Web Design Company in Doha, Qatar
We design and build websites for Qatar businesses: bilingual Arabic and English sites, online stores that accept Qatari debit cards, and lead-generation sites built to rank in Google and AI answers. We're a website design and development studio based in Dubai, working with Doha companies remotely.
Talk to us about DohaWhat's included
Bilingual design with real RTL
Arabic layouts designed alongside English rather than mirrored afterwards, with Arabic typography, mirrored navigation and content parity between the two.
Payments that work with Qatari cards
Checkouts that accept NAPS debit cards and Himyan alongside Visa and Mastercard, through gateways licensed to operate in Qatar.
Privacy-ready forms and cookies
Consent wording, privacy notices and form handling planned around Qatar's PDPPL, or the QFC's rules if that's where you're licensed.
A platform your team can run
Astro, Next.js, WordPress or Shopify, with a headless CMS where it helps, chosen for who will update the site after launch.
Speed on Doha mobile connections
Core Web Vitals checked on real phones, with images, Arabic web fonts and scripts kept light so pages open quickly.
SEO-safe launch or migration
Redirect maps, hreflang, schema and Search Console set up before launch, so a redesign doesn't wipe out the rankings you already have.
Web Design in Doha
What should a Qatar business website do differently?
Three things, mostly. Treat Arabic as a first language, not a translation layer. Take payments the way residents actually pay. And handle personal data the way Qatar’s law expects. Get those right and the rest is good web design anywhere: a clear offer, fast pages and an easy way to get in touch.
Most Doha sites we look at miss at least one of the three. The Arabic version is half finished, the checkout rejects local debit cards, or a contact form collects details with no privacy notice in sight.
Arabic first, or at least Arabic equal
Picture a buyer at a ministry opening your site on her phone. She switches to Arabic and finds the menu still reads left to right, the product names are in English, and half the pages fall back to the English version. She closes the tab.
We design both languages together. Arabic gets its own typeface chosen for screen reading, layouts are mirrored properly, numbers and dates are formatted for each audience, and every English page has an Arabic counterpart. Our parity checker for Arabic and English pages is one of the tools we use to catch gaps before launch. Qatar’s Law No. 7 of 2019 adds another reason: your Arabic name and logotype belong in the header, not tucked into the footer.
Checkout and payments that work with Qatari cards
Qatar has its own national card network. NAPS, run by Qatar Central Bank, processes local debit cards, and QCB’s national Himyan card can also be used for online shopping inside the country. Many international gateways don’t accept NAPS cards at all, so a store wired only for Visa and Mastercard can turn away local buyers who carry nothing else.
Before we design the checkout, we confirm which gateways licensed in Qatar fit your platform and support NAPS, Himyan and international cards together. For B2B sites that invoice instead of taking card payments, we keep it simpler: quote requests, order forms and a WhatsApp option.
Domains, hosting and the data your forms collect
The Communications Regulatory Authority reserves .com.qa for businesses registered in Qatar; .qa is open to anyone. Either can rank, and so can a .com.
The forms matter more. Law No. 13 of 2016, Qatar’s Personal Data Privacy Protection Law, makes consent the main basis for processing personal data, and QFC firms follow the QFC’s own Data Protection Regulations. So every form we build says what you’ll do with the data, cookie banners respect the visitor’s choice, and leads go somewhere secure rather than to a shared inbox.
Which platform fits a Qatar business?
| Platform | Good fit for |
|---|---|
| Astro | Fast bilingual company and B2B sites where pages change occasionally |
| Next.js | Sites with logins, dashboards or heavy integrations |
| WordPress | Teams that publish news or listings often and want a familiar editor |
| Shopify | Retail and consumer brands selling online in Qatar and beyond |
| Headless CMS (Sanity, Strapi, Contentful) | Groups running several sites or languages from one content source |
We’ll recommend one after we understand who will edit the site and what it needs to connect to.
How a build runs with a Dubai studio, and what comes next
We start with a video workshop on goals, audiences and content, then share wireframes and a clickable prototype you can review on your own time. Design rounds, Arabic copy reviews and testing follow, mostly on shared boards and short calls. For a sense of our GCC work, we built the website and run SEO for Lola, the Jeddah French brasserie.
Every site launches with redirects, hreflang and schema in place. Our checklist for relaunching a site without losing rankings is the list we follow.
The full method is on our website design and development service page. A new site is the right moment to fix search too, so see SEO for Doha companies, and if the site needs an identity first, start with Qatar brand identity design. Everything else we do for Qatar is on the Doha page.
Selected work
How we work
- 01
Audit and scope
We crawl your current site, pull Search Console data and list every page that earns traffic, links or leads. That list protects the launch and shapes the scope.
- 02
Structure and design
Sitemap, page templates and a content plan come first. Visual design follows, in both languages, reviewed on phones.
- 03
Build on staging
Development happens on a private staging link you can click through from the first templates, with real content entered as each template is finished.
- 04
Pre-launch checks
Redirects tested, Core Web Vitals measured, forms and analytics verified, Arabic pages read by a native speaker, basic accessibility checked.
- 05
Launch and watch
We go live, submit sitemaps and check crawl errors, indexing and rankings closely for the first weeks, fixing anything that slips.
Questions
Do websites in Qatar need to be in Arabic?
Not always by law, but often in practice. Law No. 7 of 2019 expects Arabic company names and puts Arabic first on trademarks, so your logo and header should reflect that. If you sell to government, Qatari-owned firms or Arabic-speaking consumers, a full Arabic version is worth the investment.
Which payment gateway should a Qatar online store use?
One that accepts NAPS debit cards as well as international cards, since many residents pay with local debit cards and some global gateways don't support them. We compare the gateways licensed in Qatar against your platform before we design the checkout.
Can you build a website for a Doha company remotely?
Yes. Design reviews, content workshops and sign-offs all work on video calls and shared prototypes. Doha is an hour behind Dubai, and we plan reviews for Monday to Thursday, when both weekends are out of the way.
Do we need a .com.qa domain?
Only if it suits your plans. .com.qa is reserved for businesses registered in Qatar and gives a clear local signal; .qa is open to anyone. Plenty of Qatar companies rank well on a .com. We'll advise based on where you sell.
How long does a website take to build in Qatar?
A focused bilingual company site usually takes several weeks; a larger store or portal takes a few months. Arabic copy and approvals are often what set the pace, so we plan content early.
How much does a website cost in Qatar?
It depends on page count, languages, integrations and whether you need e-commerce. We scope after a call and a look at your current site, so the proposal reflects what you actually need.