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(UAE · Saudi Arabia) · From Buenos Aires

Web, e-commerce & AI for businesses in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

We're a senior studio based in Buenos Aires. We build bilingual English/Arabic websites, online stores with local payments and WhatsApp-first AI assistants for Gulf companies — at fixed prices in US dollars, with a working method designed for the time difference instead of pretending it isn't there.

(Time zones) · 6 to 7 hours apart

Your afternoon is our morning

None of the three cities changes its clocks, so the shared window is the same all year. Calls happen there. Everything else moves in writing, which means your feedback from the evening is already being worked on when your next day starts.

  • Buenos Aires

    08:00 – 11:00

    UTC−3 · Mon – Fri

  • Dubai · Abu Dhabi

    15:00 – 18:00

    UTC+4 · Mon – Fri

  • Riyadh · Jeddah

    14:00 – 17:00

    UTC+3 · Sun – Thu

(What we build) · For Gulf companies

Four ways to start

(The details) · Where foreign teams slip

Built for the Gulf, not translated for it

01Arabic done right
Right-to-left layout, mirrored navigation, Arabic typography and hreflang between both versions. The Arabic copy is written or reviewed by a native speaker you approve; we build it and QA every page in RTL.
02Local payments
mada, Apple Pay, cards and buy-now-pay-later options like Tabby or Tamara, integrated through the payment gateway your bank or acquirer works with.
03WhatsApp as the front door
Click-to-chat on every page, WhatsApp Business integration and lead tracking, because that's where most of your customers will actually write to you.
04Data protection
Consent, privacy pages and forms designed around the UAE's PDPL and Saudi Arabia's PDPL. Some sectors also have data-residency rules; we host where your compliance requires. Confirm the legal side with your counsel.
05Saudi e-invoicing
If you sell in Saudi Arabia, your invoices have to follow ZATCA's e-invoicing rules. We connect your store to invoicing tools that already comply instead of building it from scratch.
06Maps and AI answers
Google Business Profile, local schema and content that AI assistants can quote — so you show up when someone asks for a provider like you in English or in Arabic.

(How it works) · Across the time difference

Fixed scope, async by design

  1. 01

    Discovery call in the shared window

    A 30-minute video call, your afternoon and our morning. We leave with the goals, the scope and what has to be ready in Arabic.

  2. 02

    Fixed scope, fixed price

    A written proposal in 5 days with milestones, deliverables and one price in US dollars. No hourly billing.

  3. 03

    Async by design

    Written progress every day and recorded walkthroughs of each milestone, so your team reviews on its own schedule. Your feedback in the evening is being worked on by the time you start the next day.

  4. 04

    Launch in your name

    Domain, hosting, code and accounts stay in your company's name from day one. You get the repository and the logins, not a hostage situation.

(Before you decide)

(FAQ) · What Gulf clients ask

Questions before the first call

In Buenos Aires, Argentina. We don't have an office in the Gulf and we won't pretend to: we're a remote studio that has worked with clients in other countries for years. What we offer UAE and Saudi businesses is a senior team, fixed prices and a working method built for the time difference.

Buenos Aires is 7 hours behind Dubai and 6 behind Riyadh, all year round (none of the three changes its clocks). Our 8:00 to 11:00 is your 15:00 to 18:00 in the UAE and 14:00 to 17:00 in Saudi Arabia, and that's when calls happen. Everything else is asynchronous: daily written updates and recorded walkthroughs, so nothing waits for a meeting.

We work Monday to Friday. With UAE clients that's the same week. With Saudi clients, Monday to Thursday overlaps fully; on Sundays we answer written messages within 24 business hours and schedule calls for Monday.

Yes, technically and completely: right-to-left layout, mirrored navigation, Arabic fonts, hreflang and QA of every page in RTL. The Arabic copy should come from a native speaker — your team or a copywriter you approve. We don't machine-translate your brand and call it done.

Projects are usually 50% upfront and 50% on delivery, invoiced in US dollars through our US LLC and paid by international bank transfer. Since the dirham and the riyal are pegged to the dollar, the price you approve is the price you pay. VAT treatment of a foreign service (5% in the UAE, 15% in Saudi Arabia) depends on your company, so check it with your accountant.

The same published prices we use everywhere: a landing page from USD 800, a business website from USD 1,500, WordPress from USD 1,200 and an online store from USD 3,000. A bilingual site adds the Arabic build and RTL QA to the scope; we quote it as a fixed price after the first call.

Not yet — the Gulf is a new market for us, and we'd rather say so than dress it up. You can see every live site we've built, with the client's country, on our work page, and ask us for a reference call with a current client before you sign.

(Ready to start?) · Tell us about your project

Let's make
something loco

Prefer good old email?

hola@loco22.com
Av. Callao 420, piso 5 — CABA, Argentina

What happens after you write to us

  1. 01We reply within 24 business hours
  2. 02Free 30-minute discovery call
  3. 03Fixed-scope, fixed-price proposal in 5 days