Website Design — UAE 2026

Your Website Should
Look Like Nothing
Else in the Market.

Custom Design · Bilingual EN/AR · Built to Convert · Not a Template

Most UAE websites are Envato templates with a logo swap. The visitor recognises it immediately — not consciously, but in the half-second trust calibration that happens before they read a single word. Titan Digital builds original websites from scratch: designed for your brand, engineered for your buyer, and built to perform in the specific conditions of the UAE market.

Custom Design Bilingual RTL WordPress & Shopify Core Web Vitals UAE Payment Gateways WhatsApp Integration
+340%
B2B RFQs for RAKEZ logistics client — after rebuilding from legacy template to custom CRM-integrated site
-65%
Bounce rate for Al Marjan hospitality brand — bilingual RTL architecture capturing traffic previously lost to OTAs
Patient bookings for Al Nakheel healthcare clinic — WhatsApp scheduling and structured doctor profiles
AED 4,500
Starting investment — bilingual 5 to 8 page corporate website, English and Arabic, mobile-first, with SEO setup
The Execution Record

25+ Years of International Marketing. Every Website Built from a Blank Canvas.

25+
Years international marketing — Kaan Bozoglu's execution record since 1999
16+
Years as Titan Digital founder — websites built across Canada, USA, Hong Kong, and UAE
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Envato templates sold — every Titan website is custom-designed from discovery to launch
RAK
Innovation City workshop partner — web design and conversion strategy training delivered
Original Design — Not a Template with Your Logo
Every visual decision — typography scale, whitespace architecture, colour weight, motion — is made in the context of your specific brand and your specific buyer. No design we produce looks like any design we have produced before, because no two businesses have the same audience, the same trust signals, or the same conversion path.
Performance Built In — Not Audited After Launch
Core Web Vitals targets — LCP under 2.5 seconds on UAE mobile networks — are build constraints, not post-launch remediation tasks. We build only what the project requires. No template CSS for features you are not using. No render-blocking scripts from apps that were installed and forgotten.
Bilingual Architecture — Native, Not Translated
RTL Arabic is built into the theme from the ground up — correct bidirectional text, mirrored navigation, properly formatted Arabic typography, and Arabic content written by native UAE professionals. Hreflang tags implemented so Google indexes both language versions as independent ranking assets.
Portfolio — Live Client Work

Twenty Live Sites. Eight Industries. Four Countries. Every One Custom Built.

Every project shown is live and in active commercial use. Real estate portals, logistics brands, fashion eCommerce, hospitality booking engines, professional services sites, and more — each designed from scratch for its specific market, buyer, and conversion objective. Click any card to view the full screenshot.

Ardmore Exhibits website
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B2BExhibitionBilingual

Exhibition Equipment — USA / Canada

Ardmore Exhibits

Full bilingual English and French rebuild for a North American exhibition equipment supplier. Trade show lead generation architecture built for procurement decision-makers.

Global Sky Logistics website
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UAELogisticsCorporate

Air Logistics — UAE

Global Sky Logistics

Corporate site for a UAE air freight company. Built for international buyer credibility with service scope and a streamlined quote request flow for freight forwarders and importers.

Seven Links Group website
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UAELogisticsGroup

Logistics — UAE

Seven Links Group

Corporate brand site for a multi-service UAE logistics group. Divisional structure and direct inquiry pathways per service line, built for enterprise procurement buyers.

Beton Montreal website
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CanadaConstructionBilingual

Concrete Construction — Canada

Beton Montreal

Bilingual French and English site for a Montreal concrete and balcony repair specialist. Regulation compliance content and local targeting for property managers.

Off-Plan RAK portal
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UAEReal EstatePortal

Off-Plan Real Estate — UAE

Off-Plan RAK

Authority investment portal for off-plan property in Ras Al Khaimah. Targeting regional and international investors researching Al Marjan Island and Al Hamra Village developments.

Sev7n VIP Services website
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UAELuxuryVIP

VIP & Concierge — UAE

Sev7n VIP Services

Premium brand site for a UAE-based VIP concierge service. Dark luxury aesthetic with editorial typography and WhatsApp-first booking for a high-net-worth clientele.

Sev7n video production page
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UAEVideoCommercial

Video Production — UAE

Sev7n — Video Production

Dedicated service page for Sev7n's commercial video division. Demonstrates how multi-service luxury brands can segment offerings without diluting the master brand identity.

Sev7n luxury car rental page
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UAECar RentalBooking

Luxury Car Rental — UAE

Sev7n — Luxury Car Rental

Looping video hero and fleet showcase for Sev7n's supercar hire division. WhatsApp booking optimised for high-value, short-notice hire decisions by UAE-based and visiting clientele.

Accounting Montreal website
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CanadaFinanceAuthority

Professional Services — Canada

Accounting Montreal

Authority content site for a Montreal CPA firm. Bilingual service pages and local search dominance generating consistent inbound enquiry without paid advertising.

Roger Roy jewelry website
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eCommerceJewelryLuxury

High-End Jewelry — Canada

Roger Roy

Luxury jewelry eCommerce for a Canadian fine jeweller. Editorial photography, minimal navigation, and a product-to-checkout experience that protects brand perception.

NSI Technology website
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CanadaITB2B

IT Tech Support — Canada

NSI Technology

Corporate site for a Canadian managed IT provider. Establishes technical credibility and drives enquiries from businesses evaluating outsourced IT partners.

MAS Cleaning website
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CanadaLocalBooking

Residential Cleaning — Canada

MAS Cleaning

Local service site for a Montreal cleaning company. Neighbourhood-level targeting and frictionless booking converting first-time visitors into recurring service bookings.

PromoMax Pro website
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CanadaPrintBilingual

Promotional Printing — Canada

PromoMax Pro

Bilingual English and French eCommerce for a promotional printing company. Animated hero rebuild and quote system for B2B trade show print buyers.

Cecilina fashion website
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eCommerceFashionLifestyle

Women's Fashion — Canada

Cecilina

Lifestyle fashion eCommerce with editorial collection pages, lookbook integration, and a mobile-first shopping experience reflecting the brand aesthetic.

M. Tyler fashion website
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eCommerceFashionBilingual

Women's Fashion — Canada

M. Tyler

Bilingual Shopify build for a Montreal women's clothing retailer. Collection filtering and a loyalty-aware product structure built for repeat purchase from an existing customer base.

Metrospec Construction website
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CanadaConstructionEmergency

Construction — Canada

Metrospec Construction

High-urgency service site for an emergency renovation contractor. Direct CTA architecture capturing leads from property managers in active crisis situations.

Literie Hotel website
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CanadaHospitalityB2B

Hospitality Supplies — Canada

Literie Hotel

B2B eCommerce for a Canadian hotel linen supplier. Product catalogue architecture for procurement buyers with bulk pricing and account-based repeat ordering.

Dahan Canine Education Center
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CanadaServicesLocal

Dog Training — Canada

Dahan Canine Education Center

Trust-first design with trainer credentials and a booking flow built to convert pet owners making a significant purchase decision. Local SEO for Montreal neighbourhood search.

IFE Istanbul website
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TurkeyEducationInternational

Professional Education — Turkey

IFE Istanbul

English-language international site targeting corporate buyers across GCC and MENA. Programme credentialing, faculty authority sections, and B2B application flow for training procurement.

Balcons Montreal website
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CanadaConstructionBilingual

Balcony Design — Canada

Balcons Montreal

Bilingual French and English site built around Quebec's mandatory balcony inspection regulations. Authority content targeting property owners and building managers across Greater Montreal.

The Market Reality

Most UAE Websites Are a Copy of a Copy of a Copy. Here Is Exactly What That Costs.

Walk through any UAE business district and open the websites of ten companies in the same sector. Six of them are on the same three Envato templates. The visitor does not consciously recognise the theme — but they feel the absence of distinctiveness, the generic layout, the stock photography they have seen before. That feeling is the opposite of trust. This is the specific damage a template causes, and what custom design repairs.

Envato / Template Approach

What a template gives your business

  • A design made for the broadest possible market — deliberately generic so it works for any business in any sector in any country
  • The same visual identity as every other business using that theme — your sector competitors, businesses in unrelated industries, small operators in other countries
  • Stock photography embedded in the theme demo that ends up in your live site because replacing it was never prioritized
  • CSS and JavaScript for every feature the theme includes — carousels you do not use, mega-menus, parallax sections, accordion libraries — all loaded on every page, all slowing your Core Web Vitals
  • Arabic RTL handled via a translation plugin overlay — broken text direction, misaligned UI elements, wrong checkout typography on mobile
  • A conversion flow designed by the theme author for their ideal demo site, not for your actual buyer's decision process
  • No schema, no structured data, no AI citation architecture — because the theme was not built for SEO or GEO depth
  • A visual signal to every visitor that this business made the same decision as everyone else
Titan Custom Design

What a custom-built website gives your business

  • An original visual identity — typography, spacing, colour weight, and layout decisions made specifically for your brand positioning and your buyer's trust calibration
  • A conversion architecture — every section exists because it moves a specific visitor toward a specific action, not because the theme shipped with a hero section, a services grid, and a testimonial block
  • Photography direction brief — your actual assets, shot or sourced for your specific pages, not placeholders that remained because the brief never covered imagery
  • CSS and JavaScript compiled for your project only — no unused styles from features you are not deploying, Lighthouse scores 15 to 30 points higher than equivalent template sites
  • Native RTL Arabic built into the theme — correct bidirectional layout across every component, Arabic content written by Gulf market professionals, hreflang implemented correctly
  • UAE-specific conversion triggers — WhatsApp integration positioned where UAE buyers expect it, BNPL payment options where they increase order value, trust signals calibrated for the specific sector
  • Schema injection at the theme level — Product, LocalBusiness, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList JSON-LD built in, feeding Google rich results and AI Overview citations from day one
  • A visual signal that this business invested in their brand — and that investment is visible before a word is read
What Design Quality Actually Means

Six Design Decisions That Determine Whether a UAE Buyer Trusts Your Website in the First Three Seconds

Trust is formed before a conscious decision is made. The half-second visual calibration that happens when a buyer lands on a page is determined by six design dimensions — all of them controllable, none of them addressed by a purchased template that was not designed for your brand.

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Typography Hierarchy and Scale

The relationship between heading size, body size, weight contrast, and line spacing determines whether a page reads as authoritative or amateurish. Template typography is set to defaults. Custom typography is calibrated for the specific brand register — a logistics company and a luxury perfume brand require fundamentally different type systems even if both are B2B.
UAE outcome: A visitor who cannot articulate why they trust one site over another is responding to type hierarchy. It signals that someone made deliberate decisions about every element.

Whitespace Architecture

Whitespace is not empty space — it is a signal of confidence. Brands that fill every pixel communicate anxiety. Brands that know which elements matter leave room for them to breathe. Template sites have fixed padding and margin systems designed for the widest possible range of content. Custom sites have whitespace decisions made for the specific content and hierarchy of the specific page.
UAE outcome: Premium products and services require premium visual treatment. Whitespace is the most reliable marker of brand tier — and UAE buyers in the real estate, finance, and luxury sectors read it instinctively.
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Visual Weight Distribution

Every page has a visual weight map — where the eye goes first, second, third. Custom design directs the eye toward the specific elements that drive the conversion goal. Template design distributes visual weight evenly because it has no knowledge of the conversion goal. The result is that template sites feel directionless — visitors scan rather than move toward action.
UAE outcome: The visual journey from landing to WhatsApp button, contact form, or product is engineered. Conversion rates on custom sites consistently outperform equivalent template sites for this specific reason.

Motion and Microinteraction

Scroll-reveal animations, hover state quality, transition timing, and the feel of interactive elements are the difference between a site that feels alive and one that feels static. Template animations are generic CSS transitions applied to every element uniformly. Custom motion is designed for the specific brand energy — a financial services firm and a fashion retailer require entirely different motion languages.
UAE outcome: Motion quality is an invisible differentiator. The visitor does not notice it consciously — but the site that feels polished and responsive builds more confidence in every interaction than one that feels flat.
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Colour System Discipline

Most template implementations use brand colours incorrectly — the primary colour applied everywhere, at full saturation, producing a site that feels garish rather than branded. Custom design uses a structured colour system: primary for primary CTAs only, secondary for supporting elements, and carefully calibrated background tones that create depth without competing with foreground content.
UAE outcome: Colour discipline is the difference between a site that signals "this is our brand" and one that signals "we picked these colours and applied them everywhere." The first builds brand recognition. The second builds visual fatigue.
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Mobile-First Composition

A template designed at desktop and adapted for mobile produces layouts that work but were not conceived for the mobile reading experience. Custom mobile-first design starts with the 390px viewport and works outward — every content hierarchy decision, every tap target size, every image crop is made for the device where 70% of UAE visitors arrive. Desktop is an enhancement of the mobile design, not the primary design with mobile as a constraint.
UAE outcome: In a market where the majority of web sessions begin from Instagram and WhatsApp links, the mobile composition is the primary brand impression. Custom mobile-first design makes every landing a confident one.
Technical Architecture

What We Build Into Every Site That Templates Cannot Give You

Design quality is visible. Technical quality is invisible — but it determines whether the site ranks, whether it loads on UAE mobile networks in under 2.5 seconds, and whether Google's AI systems can cite it for relevant queries. These are the technical decisions built into every Titan Digital website from day one.

Technical decisions built into every build

Performance-First CSS — Only What the Project Uses
No global stylesheet from a theme framework. CSS compiled specifically for the pages and components in the project. No carousel styles loaded on pages with no carousel. No mega-menu JavaScript on sites with simple navigation. The result is a CSS payload of 30 to 80KB rather than the 180 to 400KB typical of theme-based builds — a structural Lighthouse advantage that compounds across every page on the site.
Schema Injection at the Theme Level
LocalBusiness, WebPage, Service, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, Product, and AggregateRating JSON-LD injected via the theme template or custom plugin — not via a third-party app that adds page weight or breaks silently on an update. Every page renders complete structured data in the server-side HTML that Googlebot indexes, feeding both Google rich results and AI Overview citations from launch day.
Bilingual Architecture — RTL in the Code, Not the Plugin
Arabic RTL built into the theme's CSS using dir="rtl" and CSS logical properties — not a translation plugin overlay that produces broken bidirectional layout on mobile. Hreflang implemented across every URL type — product, category, page, blog — so Google indexes both language versions as independent ranking assets and serves the correct version to the correct searcher.
Core Web Vitals as Build Targets
LCP under 2.5 seconds on UAE mobile networks, CLS under 0.1, INP under 200ms — measured in a UAE network environment, not a Western CDN. Image optimization via AVIF and WebP with correct srcset attributes. Font loading via font-display: swap preventing invisible text during load. Critical CSS inlined above the fold. These are build specifications, not post-launch audits.
WhatsApp and UAE Payment Gateway Integration
WhatsApp Business click-to-chat and API integration — with agent routing, auto-reply flows, and UTM tracking — built into every project. UAE payment gateway integration: Tabby, Tamara, PayTabs, Telr, Stripe UAE, and Network International configured for the specific commerce architecture. BNPL placement optimized for the conversion moments where it increases average order value in UAE consumer behavior.

Template vs custom — technical performance comparison

Metric
Template Build
Titan Custom
Lighthouse mobile score
42–68 typical
80–96 target range
LCP on UAE mobile
3.5–6 seconds
Under 2.5 seconds
CSS payload
180–400KB (all theme features)
30–80KB (project-only)
Schema markup
Plugin-dependent or missing
Theme-level, every page
Arabic RTL
Translation plugin overlay
Native theme architecture
AI citation eligibility
Partial or none
Full — schema + entity data from day one
Hreflang accuracy
Plugin-generated, frequently incorrect
Hardcoded, validated in Search Console
WhatsApp integration
Third-party app or missing
Native, with agent routing and tracking
Every website is fully owned by your business from day one

Full source code access, admin credentials, hosting account in your name, and a 1-hour handover training session covering all content management tasks. No platform license fees, no vendor lock-in, and no recurring charges to maintain features we built into the theme itself.

Verified Client Results

What Happens When a Template is Replaced with a Designed Site

These results are from live UAE client engagements — not industry benchmarks. Each one began with a business running on a template site and ended with a custom-built site engineered for a specific commercial outcome.

Logistics · B2B · RAKEZ
+340%
B2B RFQs
Rebuilt a legacy WordPress site into a high-speed, mobile-first lead generation asset with direct CRM integration. Custom RFQ module, procurement-team-optimized information architecture, and technical SEO that achieved Page 1 rankings within 8 weeks of launch.
Hospitality · Bilingual · Al Marjan
-65%
Bounce Rate
Implemented a fully bilingual RTL architecture with a frictionless direct booking engine. The Arabic-language version, which was previously a broken translation app overlay, became an independent ranking and booking asset capturing traffic previously lost to OTA platforms.
Healthcare · Clinic · Al Nakheel
Patient Bookings
Trust-optimized clinic portal with integrated WhatsApp scheduling and structured doctor profile schema driving local SEO visibility. Patient booking volume doubled within the first quarter — driven primarily by mobile users from Arabic-language search queries that the previous template did not rank for.
Real Estate · Developer · UAE
-42%
Cost Per Lead
High-converting property engine with interactive floor plans, automated WhatsApp routing for sales agents, and GCC investor-targeted content architecture. Cost per qualified lead reduced 42% in the first three months — same ad spend, dramatically higher page-to-lead conversion from landing page quality.
Platform Selection

WordPress or Shopify — The Decision That Determines Your Technical Ceiling

Platform choice is not an aesthetic preference — it determines your long-term ability to control your design, manage your content, scale your eCommerce, and implement the technical architecture your business needs. We help you choose correctly before a pixel is designed.

WordPress WordPress + Elementor Pro
Best for: Corporate, professional services, real estate, healthcare, B2B
  • Complete design flexibility — every layout, every section, full typographic control
  • Custom post types for properties, team profiles, case studies, and doctor listings
  • Advanced schema injection via functions.php for full AI citation architecture
  • WPML or Polylang for bilingual EN/AR with correct hreflang implementation
  • CRM and API integration without platform restrictions
  • Full custom page templates — no page builder required for published content
WordPress is the correct platform when design control, content architecture, and custom functionality matter more than built-in eCommerce. For businesses where the website is the primary sales and trust asset, not a product catalogue, WordPress provides the highest ceiling.
Shopify Shopify + Custom Liquid Theme
Best for: eCommerce, fashion, retail, luxury goods, B2C product brands
  • Hosting, security, and PCI compliance handled natively — no separate server management
  • Custom Liquid themes written from scratch — not wrapped Debut or Dawn templates
  • Shopify Markets for bilingual EN/AR storefront architecture with native hreflang
  • Tabby, Tamara, PayTabs, and Stripe UAE integrated at checkout natively
  • Shopify Plus for B2B wholesale, custom checkout logic, and multi-storefront management
  • Maison Noir luxury framework — proprietary Shopify Plus architecture for premium UAE brands
Shopify is the correct platform when product catalogue management, payment gateway compliance, and inventory control are the primary requirements. Our Shopify builds use custom Liquid themes — not purchased themes — so the design quality matches our WordPress work exactly.
Industries We Build For

Every Sector Has a Different Buyer, a Different Trust Signal, and a Different Conversion Path

A real estate developer and a healthcare clinic and a logistics company all need a website. They do not need the same website. The buyer, the trust signals, the conversion mechanism, and the technical requirements are entirely different for each. We design for the specific industry context, not the generic web design brief.

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Real Estate and Developers

Property engine with interactive floor plans, GCC investor content architecture, WhatsApp agent routing, CRM integration, bilingual off-plan and ready property sections, and conversion-optimized project gallery pages. Schema for real estate listings and developer entity authority.
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Retail and eCommerce

Custom Shopify or WooCommerce builds with Tabby and Tamara BNPL integration, mobile-first product grids, bilingual product catalogues, Arabic checkout flows, and product schema for AI shopping citations. Fashion, luxury goods, fragrance, and consumer electronics.
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Healthcare and Clinics

Trust-optimized clinic portals with structured doctor profiles for local SEO, integrated WhatsApp appointment scheduling, HAAD-compliant service descriptions, bilingual treatment pages, and structured data schema driving Map Pack and AI Overview visibility.
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Logistics and Industrial

Corporate portals with custom RFQ modules, CRM pipeline integration, service capability pages for JAFZA and RAKEZ free zone positioning, procurement-team information architecture, and B2B schema authority building for AI-cited expertise.
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Hospitality and Tourism

Bilingual booking engines with OTA parity protection, room and package landing pages for paid search, multilingual offer pages, MICE and event inquiry flows, and direct booking conversion architecture capturing traffic that translation-app sites cannot hold.
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Professional and Financial Services

Authority websites for DIFC and ADGM professional service firms — case study architecture, team profiles with structured Person schema, service page SEO depth, bilingual B2B content, and thought leadership blog infrastructure supporting GEO and AEO citation building.
The Delivery Process

Five Stages. Fixed Price. Launched on Schedule.

Every project begins with a genuine technical discovery call — not a sales presentation. No scope is agreed and no price is quoted until we understand your specific requirements, platform, bilingual scope, integrations, and go-live timeline.

Discovery and Scoping
Revenue goals, technical requirements, platform decision, bilingual scope, integrations, and go-live timeline confirmed. Fixed-price proposal delivered in writing — no scope creep, no surprise invoices.
Week 1 — your deliverable
Wireframe and UX Design
Mobile-first wireframes defining the page architecture, conversion flow, and bilingual structure before any visual design begins. Every section justified by its role in the buyer journey.
Weeks 1–2
Design and Development
Original visual design and custom code execution simultaneously — not sequential. Bilingual architecture, schema injection, performance optimization, and UAE payment and WhatsApp integration built in during development, not added after.
Weeks 2–4 (corporate) / 4–8 (eCommerce)
Testing and SEO
Full QA across iOS and Android on UAE mobile networks. Core Web Vitals measurement. Schema validation via Google's Rich Results Test. Hreflang pair validation. 301 redirect implementation for migrations. GA4 and Search Console configuration.
Final week pre-launch
Launch and Handover
Go-live with DNS transition managed by us. 1-hour onboarding session covering all content management tasks. Full admin access, source code, and hosting credentials transferred to client. 30-day post-launch support included.
Ongoing — full ownership
Investment Guide

Transparent, Fixed-Price. Free Discovery Call First. No Surprise Invoices.

All projects begin with a free technical discovery call. Every quote is fixed-price and delivered in writing before any work begins. The numbers below are starting points — final scope confirmed after discovery, always in writing.

Corporate Website
AED 4,500
from — 3 to 5 week delivery
  • 5 to 8 pages, custom designed
  • Bilingual English + Arabic (native RTL)
  • WordPress + Elementor Pro
  • Mobile-first, Core Web Vitals optimized
  • Full technical SEO setup and schema
  • WhatsApp integration
  • GA4 + Search Console configuration
  • 1-hour handover training
Enterprise / Custom
Scoped
individually — 10 to 16+ weeks
  • Real estate property engines with CRM
  • Multi-language enterprise portals
  • B2B RFQ and procurement platforms
  • Shopify Plus + Maison Noir luxury builds
  • Custom API and ERP integrations
  • Healthcare portals with booking systems
  • Dedicated project manager
  • Full SEO and marketing launch plan

"In the UAE, a visitor makes a trust decision in the first half-second before they read a single word. That decision is made on visual signals — and the signal of a purchased Envato template is unmistakable. It says: this business made the same decision as every other business on this theme. That is not the decision a brand confident in its own quality would make. Every website we build is original because your business is original — and that originality is visible before your proposition has had a chance to speak."

Kaan Bozoglu — Director, Titan Digital UAE — RAKEZ, Ras Al Khaimah

Ready to Stop Looking Like Everyone Else?

Tell us your industry, your current site, and your main goal. We will review it and send you a short, direct assessment with a fixed-price proposal — no obligation, no templates.

Start on WhatsApp — From AED 4,500