A website, webshop or app for your business in Doha, Lusail, Al Wakrah or Al Rayyan: equally strong in Arabic and English, online booking or ordering, payment by card, Apple Pay and local debit cards, and visibility in both Arabic and English search.
Smart Design is a web agency from Haarlem in the Netherlands with a team whose native language is Arabic. We have no office in Qatar and work fully remotely: through video calls, a shared schedule and a test environment. We build custom with Laravel and Vue, with your own admin panel in Arabic and English.
One point of contact, in Arabic or English
In Qatar you address Qatari customers, a large international community and business visitors at the same time. They expect the same standard as the international hotels and brands they see in Doha every day.
Much of your audience reads English, but Arabic builds trust with Qatari customers and institutions. Both versions get the same care.
Visa, Mastercard and Apple Pay, plus local NAPS debit cards through a payment gateway or bank operating in Qatar.
Qatari addresses use zone, street and building numbers. The checkout asks for exactly those, plus a pin on the map.
Calm design, strong photography and fast pages. In a market with a lot of international competition, the first impression counts.
Keywords in Arabic and English, pages for districts such as West Bay, The Pearl or Lusail, and a Google Business Profile per branch.
Your own app for bookings, orders or loyalty, on the same database as your website. Apps from €3,500.
Since the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Qatar has developed further as a destination for tourism, sport, conferences and events. With Qatar National Vision 2030 the country is working towards a diversified economy in which small businesses and digital services play a larger role. For hotels, restaurants, tour operators, event companies, training providers and service businesses this means many visitors who first find, compare and book you online.
A visitor from Europe or Asia searches in English, a Qatari guest often in Arabic. Both need to see within seconds what you offer, what it costs and how to book. We build sites that do exactly that: clear pages per service or location, availability and prices you keep up to date yourself, and a booking or enquiry that arrives straight in your admin panel and on WhatsApp.
What we set up:
One site, two audiences
These are the businesses we talk to most in Qatar, and what their site usually has to do.
Listings with filters by area, type and rent or buy, pages per project in Lusail or The Pearl, and enquiries routed to the right agent.
Bilingual menus, table reservations, online ordering and pick-up, and catering or event requests from companies.
Treatments and doctors per language, online appointments, reminders via WhatsApp or email and a clear privacy policy.
Courses with registration and payment, quote requests for contractors and service firms, and a portal for regular clients.
In Qatar, customers mostly pay online with Visa or Mastercard, and more and more with Apple Pay on their phones. Many residents also use their local debit card, which runs on the national NAPS network. Whether you can accept those cards online depends on the payment gateway or bank you work with.
Mollie and iDEAL do not work in Qatar. That is why we choose a local payment gateway or your bank’s payment solution together, one that supports cards, Apple Pay and, where possible, local debit cards. You sign the merchant contract yourself in the name of your Qatari company. We handle the technical integration, test every payment method and make sure orders, refunds and payouts are clearly shown in your admin panel.
Many businesses in Qatar still receive their requests by phone, Instagram and WhatsApp, spread across several staff members. Requests get left behind or answered twice. A good site brings it together: the customer chooses a date, time or package, pays a deposit where needed and receives an instant confirmation.
Behind the scenes every booking lands in one overview, with a WhatsApp or email notification for the right team. For addresses we use the Qatari system of zone, street and building numbers, so drivers and technicians find the way without calling. Customers get a reminder before their appointment, which reduces no-shows.
$ New booking #3184
→ Service: private event, 40 guests
→ Date: Thursday 19:30
→ Address: zone 66 · street 840 · building 12
✓ Deposit received (QAR)
✓ Notification to the events team on WhatsApp
✓ Arabic confirmation sent to the customer
Qatar has its own personal data protection law (Law No. 13 of 2016). Your site gets a privacy policy in Arabic and English, a cookie banner with a real choice and forms that only ask for what is needed. Your adviser decides exactly which rules apply; we do not give legal advice.
A Qatari domain shows you are active locally. For .com.qa the registry usually asks for a Qatari commercial registration. Many businesses combine a .qa with a .com. We handle registration, DNS, SSL and business email.
In Qatar people search in both Arabic and English, and often through Google Maps: a restaurant in Lusail, a clinic in Al Sadd, an estate agent in West Bay. We research the keywords in both languages, write pages per service and area, set correct hreflang tags and set up your Google Business Profile for each branch.
We also connect your site to the systems you already use: a CRM for leads, your calendar, a POS or accounting system, and conversion tracking for ads on Google and Meta. Where it fits, we add an iOS and Android app on the same database. Apps start from €3,500; after a call you receive a quote for your situation.
Qatar is one to two hours ahead of the Netherlands, so meetings fit easily into your working day. You can always see progress in a test environment.
We discuss your business, your audiences and what the site or app must do. You then receive a clear quote and schedule.
You approve the design in Arabic and English; we build the site and connect booking, payments and your other systems.
After testing everything goes live, we submit the site to Google and walk through the admin panel together. A three-month warranty follows.
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We do not have an office in Qatar. We are based in Haarlem in the Netherlands and work fully remotely for clients in Qatar and the rest of the Gulf, through video calls in Arabic or English.
Yes. Arabic and English each get their own URLs, copy and keywords, and Arabic works fully right-to-left. Extra languages can be added later.
Visa, Mastercard and Apple Pay, plus local debit cards if your payment gateway or bank supports them. We choose the gateway together; you sign the contract yourself.
Yes. Customers choose a date, time or package, pay a deposit or the full amount and receive an instant confirmation and a reminder later.
Yes, for iOS and Android, connected to the same database as your website. Apps start from €3,500; the exact price depends on the features.
A standard website is usually live within 10 to 20 working days. A site with booking, payments and integrations, or an app, needs more time; you receive a schedule up front.
That depends on the languages, features and integrations. After a short call you receive a quote with a fixed price and no hidden costs.
Tell us about your business and your plans. You will receive a personal reply within one business day, in Arabic, English or Dutch.
