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— Case 02Zid2024

Ripple: launching the
Total Commerce era.

A flagship moment in Diriyah for 1,000+ merchants. We unveiled Zid's unified Total Commerce platform — e-commerce, social, in-store, and cross-border — and rewired how the region thinks about merchant growth.

Brand experienceProduct launchEvent marketingGTM strategy
200% growth
01 / The Brief

From e-commerce platform to commerce OS.

Zid had spent five years becoming the default home for Saudi online stores. But merchants had moved on — they were selling on TikTok, in-store, on WhatsApp, on marketplaces, across borders. E-commerce wasn't enough.

The brief: launch Total Commerce — Zid's unified vision spanning e-commerce, social, in-store and cross-border — in a single moment that resets how 12,000+ active merchants and the broader market understand what Zid does.

We named the moment Ripple. Diriyah. One stage. One platform reveal. One ripple effect across the region's merchant economy.

02 / The Approach

A platform launch built like a cultural event.

— 01 Strategy

Reframe the category, not just the product.

We anchored Zid's story on a single idea: Total Commerce. Not a feature, not a tagline — a category. Every product announcement, partner integration and merchant story laddered up to it.

— 02 Experience

Diriyah, designed end-to-end.

We built the full event identity, stage, content design, and keynote production — including a custom motion system that translated "ripple" into a visual language across screens, set, and post-event content.

— 03 Activation

1,000+ merchants. One playbook.

Beyond the keynote: a merchant-led activation program — partner booths, hands-on Total Commerce demos, success stories on stage, and an on-site content studio capturing testimonials in real time.

03 / The Film

Watch the launch.

Watch the filmZid — Ripple 2024
04 / The Outcome

The ripple turned into a wave.

+200%
YoY growth
Post-Ripple commercial year
12K+
Active merchants
On the Total Commerce platform
+50%
Basket size lift
Across cross-channel merchants
1K+
Merchants on-site
Diriyah flagship event
"

Ripple wasn't an event — it was the moment our merchants understood what we'd actually become.

Senior leadership, Zid
05 / What we did

Scope of work.

— 01
Brand & Identity

Ripple naming, event identity, motion system, kinetic typography, partner brand kit.

— 02
Strategy

Total Commerce narrative, keynote script, merchant segmentation, partner positioning.

— 03
Experience

Stage design, set, run-of-show, lighting and sound direction, technical rehearsal in Diriyah.

— 04
Film & Content

Keynote film, product reveals, merchant testimonials, post-event sizzle & long-form recap.

— 05
GTM

Pre-event teasers, partner activation, merchant comms, regional press, founder-led campaign.

— 06
Amplification

Social cuts, paid distribution, on-site content studio, post-event 90-day rollout.

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