Services/United Arab Emirates

Web design and development for the UAE.

Websites and stores for companies trading in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and across the Emirates: bilingual by default, priced in dirhams, VAT handled correctly, and wired to the payment methods UAE customers expect.

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200+ websites delivered · fixed quotes · Arabic and English by default

Working in the UAE

CurrencyAED, pegged to the US dollar

LanguagesArabic and English

PaymentsLocal gateways, Apple Pay, Tabby, Tamara

Tax5% VAT handled at checkout

Working weekMonday to Friday

DeliveryRemote, on Gulf hours

200+

websites delivered

AED + VAT

handled at checkout

BNPL ready

Tabby and Tamara

Market view

The UAE is the most competitive digital market in the region.

Almost every category in the UAE is crowded, and customers compare quickly. That raises the standard on two things in particular: speed and checkout. A store that loads slowly on a phone or asks for six fields before showing a total loses to a competitor who does not. Design matters, but the measurable difference usually comes from performance and from how few steps stand between interest and payment.

The payment mix is also distinctive. Cards are well established, Apple Pay is widely used, and buy-now-pay-later through Tabby and Tamara has become a normal expectation in retail. Cash on delivery still appears in some categories. VAT at five per cent has to be handled correctly in display prices and invoices. Each of these is a decision to make deliberately rather than inherit from a default checkout.

Bilingual delivery is the third piece. English carries most business traffic, but Arabic widens consumer reach and is expected by parts of the market. We build both as designed views with their own URLs and metadata, which also means each language can rank on its own terms rather than competing with itself.

Checkout built for conversion

Cards, Apple Pay, Tabby and Tamara, with the fewest steps the category allows.

VAT handled properly

Display prices, invoices and tax lines correct at five per cent.

Fast on mobile

A performance budget per page, because that is where UAE traffic converts.

What's included

What we deliver for UAE clients.

Bilingual build

Arabic and English as parallel designed versions, each with its own URLs, metadata and right-to-left handling where needed.

Commerce with BNPL

AED pricing, local gateway, Apple Pay, and Tabby or Tamara integrated and tested end to end.

VAT and invoicing

Tax-inclusive display, correct invoices, and reporting your accountant can reconcile.

Performance work

Page weight budgets, image handling and caching measured against real mobile connections in the Gulf.

Hosting with regional edge

Infrastructure and CDN chosen so pages load fast in the Emirates, with backups and monitoring.

Search and tracking

Arabic and English keyword structure, hreflang, GA4 with e-commerce tracking, and conversion goals configured.

How it runs

How a remote project runs.

BriefGoals, categories, languages and payment routes agreed on a call in Gulf hours.

DesignBoth language views designed, with the checkout drawn as a flow before it is built.

Build & testStore or site built, payments and VAT tested with live transactions and refunds.

Launch & tuneGo live, watch the first weeks of data, then fix the drop-off points it shows.

Local detail

UAE specifics we plan for.

Buy now, pay later is expected

Tabby and Tamara materially affect conversion in UAE retail. We integrate them properly, including the messaging on product pages that makes them work.

VAT at five per cent

Display prices, invoices and tax reporting set up correctly from launch, including the difference between B2C tax-inclusive and B2B tax-exclusive presentation.

Monday to Friday week

The UAE working week differs from the rest of the Gulf. We plan reviews, launches and support windows around it.

Free zone and mainland entities

Your licence type affects which gateways will approve you and what you can sell. We check that before scoping the checkout.

A market of nationalities

Your audience may read English, Arabic, Hindi or Russian. We structure content so additional languages can be added without rebuilding.

Delivery expectations

Same-day and next-day delivery are normal. Shipping rules, cut-off times and tracking are built to match what your courier can actually do.

What it costs

What changes the price.

Languages

One language or two

A designed Arabic view is additional design and build work. We price it as its own line so you can decide.

Commerce

Payment routes and BNPL

Each route added, from Apple Pay to Tabby to cash on delivery, adds integration and testing time.

Integrations

ERP, POS, logistics

Connecting to accounting, warehouse or courier systems is scoped separately from the storefront build.

Questions

Websites for the UAE: common questions

Can you build for a Dubai company from Lebanon?

Yes, and much of our work is exactly that. Projects run remotely on Gulf hours with a one-hour time difference at most, in Arabic or English, and we quote fixed so distance does not create billing uncertainty.

Can you integrate Tabby or Tamara?

Yes. Both are standard in UAE retail and we integrate them on Shopify and WooCommerce, including the product-page messaging that makes buy-now-pay-later actually lift conversion.

How is VAT handled?

We configure tax-inclusive display for consumers, correct invoice output, and reporting your accountant can use. If you sell both B2C and B2B, we set up the different presentations each needs.

Should the site be hosted in the UAE?

Usually not necessary: a CDN with a regional edge gives local speed from anywhere. If a client contract or regulator requires data residency in the Emirates, we can host there.

Do I need Arabic to rank in the UAE?

English alone can work for B2B and expat-facing categories. For consumer retail and government-adjacent work, Arabic broadens reach considerably. We build it as a proper second version with its own SEO.

Can you migrate an existing store?

Yes, including products, customers, orders and URLs, with redirects so existing rankings and paid traffic keep working after the move.

Keep reading

Qatar →Websites for the Qatari market.Saudi Arabia →Arabic-first builds and Mada payments.Tabby →Buy now, pay later integration.Tap Payments →Gulf card processing.Shopify →Store builds and migrations.Middle East →Working across the region.

Selling into the Emirates?

Send us your product range and payment requirements. We will map the checkout and quote the build at a fixed price.

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