Running a businessUAE
Planning your UAE website around the buying calendar
The UAE market has a rhythm that catches out businesses used to a Western calendar. Demand does not decline gently over August and pick up in September…
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Web designUAE
Arabic on your website: do it properly or leave it out
There is a version of Arabic support that costs almost nothing: run the site through a translation plugin, add a language toggle, tick the box. It is also…
· 3 min read
Running a businessUAE
What actually drives the cost of a website in Dubai
Ask five agencies in Dubai to quote for the same website and you will get five numbers that look like they belong to different projects. That is not…
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Web designUAE
Every Dubai property listing needs a permit number. Most websites are not built for that.
A Dubai property advert without a valid Trakheesi permit number is a RERA violation, with fines reported to start at AED 50,000. That is a website structure problem, and most brokerage sites solve it with a text box and hope.
· 6 min read
Web designUAE
What a business website actually needs in the UAE
The UAE is one of the most competitive markets in the world for attention. It is also one of the easiest to get wrong from the outside, because the…
· 3 min read
Running a businessUAE
Service charges are the number Dubai buyers check second, and most sites hide it
Price gets the click. Service charge decides whether the enquiry happens. It is the most requested figure on any Dubai listing and the one most agencies leave out.
· 3 min read
Web designUAE
What an off-plan launch page has to answer before anyone books a unit
Off-plan buyers in Dubai are committing to something that does not exist yet. Most launch pages sell the render and skip every question that decides whether someone actually pays the booking fee.
· 4 min read
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