Khaled Al-Zahrani spent 6 years maintaining IT systems at a Riyadh bank. SAR 6,000 per month. Good benefits. Stable — and completely insufficient for the life he wanted to build.
He was repairing his colleagues' personal phones during lunch breaks and after hours. Word spread. Senior managers were bringing him their family's devices. A board member once handed him a SAR 7,000 iPhone and said simply, "I trust you."
Khaled realised: the market was coming to him. He just had not opened the door yet.
The Opening
In 2024, Khaled registered a business through Maroof in under a week — one of Vision 2030's simplifications for entrepreneurs — and opened a shop in the Malaz district of Riyadh. His investment: SAR 28,000.
He set up RepairCoreX on the free plan on day one.
"I did not want a stall. I wanted a business. A professional receipt, a proper warranty, a system that my customers would remember. Saudi customers expect professionalism. I was going to give it to them."
Month One
Khaled served 8 customers his first day. Four were referrals from his old bank colleagues. By week one, he had earned SAR 7,200 — more than his monthly salary in 7 working days.
By month end: SAR 48,000 in revenue.
"I called my brother and said, 'I made my old annual salary in one month.' He thought I was joking."
The System That Scaled It
RepairCoreX let Khaled manage every job professionally from the first customer. Device photos on intake. WhatsApp notifications on completion. Professional invoices with his CR number. Inventory alerts before he ran out of parts.
"Saudi families talk," he says. "When a customer gets a WhatsApp notification and a professional invoice and a 30-day warranty, they tell their father, their brothers, their sons. One happy Riyadh customer can bring 15 more."
His Life Today
Khaled earns SAR 35,000–SAR 40,000 per month. He employs 2 Saudi technicians and plans to expand under the Saudization employment program.
"Vision 2030 is about Saudis building businesses, not just filling jobs," he says. "RepairCoreX gave me the professional infrastructure to do that from day one."
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