FAQ — every question we hear, answered

A business website in Saudi Arabia is scoped after discovery. A 5–8 page bilingual brochure site, a content-heavy service site, and an e-commerce platform all need different levels of work. Every scope, including the smallest, covers Arabic-first RTL, Core Web Vitals, ZATCA-aware checkout where relevant, and a transparent CMS hand-off.

A business website in Jordan is scoped after discovery. A brochure site, content-heavy service-area site, e-commerce store, and custom platform each need a different delivery model. Scope differs from Saudi Arabia because local market needs, currencies, content depth, and integrations differ. We quote per market instead of converting one package.

Standard business websites ship in 4–6 weeks. Content-heavy or service-area sites run 6–10 weeks. E-commerce on a headless stack runs 10–16 weeks. Government and enterprise platforms run 12–24 weeks. We share weekly Vercel preview builds from week 2 — no surprise reveals.

Yes — typically 40% to start, 30% at design sign-off, 30% on launch. Larger engagements use milestone-based payment schedules tied to deliverables. We do not take 100% upfront and we do not invoice on hours-only models for production work.

Yes. Every Saudi and Jordan project is Arabic-first. RTL parity uses Tailwind logical properties; Arabic typography uses fonts tested for legibility (IBM Plex Sans Arabic, GE SS, or your brand-licensed face); numerals respect locale; Hijri date support is built in; bilingual switching keeps user state.

React and Next.js are our default for custom builds, with TypeScript and Tailwind. CMS and hosting choices depend on the project. Before selecting a hosting region, review the data collected, connected services and access arrangements. Agree privacy requirements and the person who approves them; a framework or hosting provider does not establish compliance.

We can reduce migration risk, but cannot guarantee unchanged rankings. Before launch, inventory existing URLs and map changed URLs to relevant replacements. Check redirects and canonicals, preserve useful content, and test indexability plus key customer journeys. Agree the rollback plan and a Search Console baseline with the owner. Search visibility can fluctuate while Google recrawls a move; compare affected pages and queries after launch rather than promising a recovery percentage.

Reference: Google Search Central's site-move guidance (checked 3 October 2026).

Mada and Apple Pay can be part of a custom checkout brief. Confirm the required methods with the chosen gateway, including any wallet, SADAD or BNPL requirement, before scoping development. Availability depends on the provider and merchant approval. Agree tests for failed payments and duplicate callbacks, refunds, order status updates and reconciliation. Payment acceptance and ZATCA invoice integration need separate requirements.

Start with a hosted platform if its existing features meet your business needs. Consider custom development when a required customer journey or integration cannot be delivered acceptably on that platform. Check product configuration and ERP data flows, checkout restrictions, ongoing support and ownership before deciding. Ijjad builds custom websites and custom e-commerce systems; a custom framework alone does not guarantee stronger SEO or higher conversion.

Phase 2 is rolled out in waves to targeted taxpayer groups; it is not triggered merely by running an online store or issuing a B2B invoice. Check the business's ZATCA notification and integration date with its finance adviser. Then agree how the invoicing system or ERP will connect to ZATCA, including required invoice types and acceptance tests. Connecting a payment gateway does not complete invoice integration.

Reference: ZATCA's official e-invoicing rollout phases (checked 3 October 2026).

SEO retainers are scoped after discovery based on competition, content volume, technical issues, and number of target locations. Local SEO and Google Business Profile management are lighter than enterprise SEO, while multi-location Saudi campaigns need more content, reporting, technical cleanup.

No company can guarantee a ranking. A new custom-site scope can include crawlability, metadata, sitemap plus robots controls, internal links, performance targets, and reciprocal hreflang where equivalent locales exist. Competitive commercial queries may also require useful content, implementation, earned authority, local trust, and ongoing measurement.

Yes. Research Arabic queries directly rather than translating an English keyword list. Use country-filtered Search Console data to choose useful pages and language priorities; there is no fixed Arabic-English traffic split that applies to every business. Review Arabic page content and internal links, then use reciprocal hreflang where equivalent language pages exist. Measure enquiries by market alongside search visibility.

Saudi mobile app development is scoped after discovery. A startup MVP, a production app with iOS, Android, payments, authentication, admin tools, and a government-grade platform with Nafath, Tawakkalna, or PDPL controls all require different architecture and QA depth.

React Native and Flutter are candidates when iOS and Android need shared business flows. Choose after checking the required device features and provider SDKs, performance needs, and the team that will maintain the app. React Native still supports platform-specific code; sharing a framework does not remove platform-specific work. Test the hardest integration on real target devices before committing to an architecture, and compare native development if that integration drives the project.

Reference: React Native's platform-specific code documentation (checked 3 October 2026).

Yes. The prototype scope is agreed after discovery, with the user journey and the hypothesis to test. A prototype can help you decide whether to fund a production build. Agree model-provider access and data-handling requirements before using business data; the prototype is not a compliance certification.

Headquartered in Amman, Jordan. We serve clients across Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, plus the wider GCC. Standard delivery is remote, with travel arranged for kickoffs and major reviews when the engagement requires it.

Zoom for meetings, Slack for daily comms, project management tools (Linear / Notion / Trello per engagement) for task tracking, weekly Vercel preview builds for transparency. English or Arabic — we work in both.

Government-scale engineering muscle (20+ digital products) plus SME-grade scope and timelines. Most buyers either accept enterprise overhead for enterprise quality or accept template quality for a lower cost. We sit between those.

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