Dominican storefronts are in Spanish and price in Dominican pesos (DOP), usually written RD$, while resort rooms in Punta Cana and Bávaro, real estate and some used cars are quoted in US dollars. Card payments on local sites usually run through the acquirers Azul and CardNET, and imported goods often arrive through courier services such as Aeropost that give shoppers a Miami address for buying from US stores.
Corotos is the country's main general classifieds site and SuperCarros the reference for vehicles. For grocery and household prices, teams check Supermercados Nacional and Jumbo, both run by Centro Cuesta Nacional, as well as La Sirena, run by Grupo Ramos, Supermercados Bravo and Plaza Lama, which sells groceries, electronics and home goods under one roof. PedidosYa and Uber Eats cover restaurant delivery, and Mercado Libre runs a Dominican site. News and ad inventory is concentrated in Diario Libre, Listín Diario, El Día and Hoy.
Commerce centers on Santo Domingo and on Santiago de los Caballeros, the hub of the northern Cibao region, while the eastern coast around Punta Cana and Bávaro runs on dollar-priced, largely all-inclusive tourism, so hotel rate checks and grocery price checks call for different locations and currencies. Google is the dominant search engine, and Spanish-language results for Dominican businesses sit beside English pages written for North American and European travelers. Data protection rests on Law No. 172-13 on the protection of personal data (2013); teams planning to collect personal information should confirm how it applies to them.
Travel prices depend on which of several airports a trip uses. Punta Cana International serves the eastern resort coast, Las Américas outside Santo Domingo handles the capital, Cibao International serves Santiago and the north-central region, and Gregorio Luperón at Puerto Plata and La Romana's airport cover the north coast and the southeast. Arajet, a low-cost airline that began flying in September 2022 from hubs in Santo Domingo and Punta Cana, competes with US and Latin American carriers on routes such as Miami, Toronto, Buenos Aires and São Paulo. On land, Caribe Tours runs intercity buses, the budget option for comparing trips between Santo Domingo, Santiago and Puerto Plata.