Selling into Oman from a UAE store: the border is a road, and the rial has three decimals
For a UAE online store, Oman looks like the nearest export market in the Gulf, and it is. A parcel can leave Dubai in the morning…
Category: Web
One WordPress site in Arabic and English: the plugin, the URLs, and what breaks after launch
Most UAE company sites that run in Arabic and English are one WordPress installation with a translation plugin on top. The choice of plugin and URL…
Jaywan cards are in UAE wallets now. Will your checkout take them?
Since July, UAE banks have been issuing Jaywan cards, the country’s own domestic card scheme. Most online stores have not changed a thing, and most will…
Does your site actually need an Arabic version, and what does keeping it cost
Which pages exist in Arabic, who maintains them, and the annual cost. Three levels, and most companies belong in the middle.
Getting the merchant account approved before you commission the checkout
The payment approval runs on its own timetable and requires things visible on the site. Start it before the build.
Shopify or WooCommerce, decided by how UAE payments actually behave
The platform choice for a UAE merchant is settled by gateways, cash on delivery and fees, not by features.
The WordPress site is slow in the Gulf: hosting or the build
How to separate hosting latency from front-end weight in twenty minutes, before spending money on the wrong half.
The contact forms that lose UAE enquiries
A contact form is the only page on a company website where money is directly on the line. Everything else informs. That one page converts, and…
Arabic-second always shows
A bilingual site built English-first and translated afterwards announces itself within a second. Here is exactly what gives it away, and what building Arabic-first changes.