Recently, my colleague Nora received quotes spanning 22,000 to 58,000 SAR for essentially the same business website. The variation? The more expensive quotes contained custom design features rather than themed methods.

Their services encompass:

• Strategic search ranking solutions
• Innovative website development solutions
• Results-driven internet promotion campaigns
• Channel oversight
• Content creation and strategy

I still think about the shock on my brother-in-law's face when he received a quote for 75K SAR for his company website. "It's just a webpage!" he shouted. Not long after, he ended up with a cheap 3,000 SAR site that appeared unprofessional and couldn't convert a single lead.

My family member Khalid originally chose the cheapest offer for his business website, only to find out later that it didn't include content development – adding an additional 8,000 SAR expense for professional content creation.

For a software business, we found that their international information was considerably stronger than their Arabic content. After enhancing their native information excellence, they achieved a significant improvement in conversion rates from Arabic-speaking visitors.

For a banking company, we developed a information campaign about family financial planning that included Islamic financial principles. This material surpassed their earlier standard financial advice by over four hundred percent in interaction.

• Realigning CTA buttons to the right area of forms and interfaces
• Reconsidering information hierarchy to progress from right to left
• Redesigning clickable components to align with the right-to-left reading pattern

Essential components:

• Traditional vs. everyday Arabic application
• Regional dialect differences appropriate for the intended users
• Formal addresses usage portraying suitable honor
• Faith-based allusions used with understanding
• Figures of speech that align with local culture

Rather than focusing only on securing the cheapest rate, evaluate the potential return that a quality website will generate for your business. A professionally created site is an investment that will continue generating returns for years to come.

• Designed a number display format that handled both Arabic and English digits
• Restructured data visualizations to progress from right to left
• Applied visual indicators that matched Saudi cultural meanings

Key timing insights:

• Post-prayer moments offering engagement opportunities
• Late evening interaction increases substantially greater than international standards
• Weekend behaviors notably varied from weekday engagement
• Temporal shifts during cultural events demanding tailored techniques
• Academic calendar influences on certain demographics

Essential medium findings:

• Chat platforms as main engagement platforms for customer service
• Snapchat functioning extremely effectively for particular audiences
• Video platforms viewing at substantially greater levels than global averages
• Microblogging considerable effect on social conversation
• Instagram especially powerful for lifestyle companies

Recently, Jskenglish.Com I was helping a prominent e-commerce business that had poured over 200,000 SAR on a impressive website that was performing terribly. The reason? They had merely transformed their English site without considering the basic experience variations needed for Arabic users.

• Reorganized the data entry sequence to follow right-to-left user expectations

• Developed a Arabic-English data entry process with automatic language toggling

• Improved mobile interactions for thumb-based Arabic text entry

• Moved product photos to the left portion, with product information and purchase buttons on the right side

• Adjusted the image carousel to move from right to left

• Added a custom Arabic typeface that kept readability at various sizes

• Locate the most essential content in the top-right section of the viewport

• Structure information segments to advance from right to left and top to bottom

• Use more prominent visual weight on the right side of balanced layouts

• Verify that indicating icons (such as arrows) orient in the correct direction for RTL layouts

As someone who has designed over 30 Arabic websites in the recent years, I can confirm that applying Western UX standards to Arabic interfaces fails miserably. The special features of Arabic language and Saudi user behaviors require a specialized approach.

• Explicitly specify which language should be used in each input field

• Dynamically change keyboard input based on field expectations

• Position field labels to the right-hand side of their associated inputs

• Confirm that error notifications appear in the same language as the required input

• Choose fonts specifically designed for Arabic screen reading (like Boutros) rather than traditional print fonts

• Increase line height by 150-175% for enhanced readability

• Set right-aligned text (never middle-aligned for main content)

• Prevent condensed Arabic fonts that compromise the distinctive letter structures