Websites and stores
built for Iraq.
Corporate sites, e-commerce, portals — bilingual Arabic + English (+ Kurdish for KRG), wired to Iraqi payment rails, hosted in the region for low latency.
Darb Productions builds websites and online stores for Iraqi businesses — federal Iraq and Kurdistan Region alike. From a corporate site for a Baghdad trading house to an e-commerce store in Erbil accepting Zain Cash, FastPay and Qi Card, we ship the full stack in-house: design, frontend, backend, payment integrations, hosting, and content-management training for your team. Delivered remotely from our Riyadh headquarters, contracted through our Saudi entity, priced in USD — no local Iraqi middleman, no upfront agency cheque.
Darb Productions is a website development company that serves Iraqi businesses remotely from its Riyadh headquarters, building bilingual (Arabic + English, with optional Kurdish for KRG audiences) corporate websites, e-commerce stores, customer portals, and content-managed marketing sites for startups, SMEs, and enterprises based in Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, Mosul, Sulaymaniyah, Najaf, Karbala and Duhok. There is no in-country Iraq branch — the model is remote-first: contract with the Saudi entity, delivery over daily WhatsApp / Zoom / GitHub, hosting on AWS Middle East (Bahrain) for low latency to Iraqi ISPs, integrations with Iraq-native payment rails (Zain Cash, FastPay, FIB Pay, AsiaHawala, Qi Card, Rafidain digital), and full source-code ownership transferred to the client's GitHub organisation. Pricing is flexible: fixed price, monthly retainer, or a 12-month instalment plan starting at USD $99/month.
What you get, beyond the pages.
Arabic RTL that reads like it was built in Arabic first
Not a Google-Translate coat over an English site. Proper right-to-left layout, native Arabic fonts (IBM Plex Sans Arabic, Tajawal), reversed animations and icons, culturally-native microcopy, and — for Kurdistan Region clients — a Sorani or Kurmanji Kurdish layer added by native speakers.
Iraqi payment gateways wired properly
Zain Cash (mobile wallet, dominant in daily commerce), FastPay, FIB Pay (First Iraqi Bank), AsiaHawala, Qi Card, Rafidain digital — plus international rails (Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay). Every gateway tested end-to-end on real Iraqi phone numbers and cards, not just sandbox.
Hosting close to Iraq, not in America
Default hosting is AWS Middle East (Bahrain region), giving Iraqi visitors 30-60ms latency vs 200-300ms for the US-hosted sites most Iraqi agencies still ship. For clients with data-residency requirements from Iraqi regulators, we can host on regional providers or on-premises at your Baghdad / Erbil office.
Cross-border payment terms that actually work
Invoices from Darb's Saudi entity, settled via SWIFT wire, USDT / crypto, or a Gulf-based representative. 12-month instalment plans for cash-flow flexibility. We understand that «wire timing» and «bank correspondent networks» are real constraints for Iraqi founders — the pricing and payment model is built for it.
Full source-code ownership
On any of our payment models, the full codebase transfers to your GitHub organisation at end of engagement. No lock-in to Wix or Shopify or Squarespace. No proprietary CMS you can't leave. Your website is your business asset, not our leverage.
One team owns everything
Design, frontend, backend, DevOps, content migration, launch, ongoing updates — all in-house. Not four vendors stitched together. Critical when you're paying in USD from Iraq and need one accountability line, not a chain of «that's the other team's job».
From brief to live website.
Discovery + scope (remote)
One-week paid discovery over Zoom + WhatsApp: sitemap, page inventory, payment gateway shortlist, hosting plan, content migration path (if replacing an existing site). You leave with a fixed scope, timeline, and price (or instalment shape).
Design + prototype
Interactive Figma prototype. You click through every page in both Arabic and English before we write code. Every screen signed off by your team before build starts.
Two-week build sprints
Every sprint ends with a staging URL you can share with stakeholders. You review as we build — no big reveal at the end, no surprises. Content migration and QA happen in parallel with build.
Launch + handover
Production deployment, hosting on AWS Bahrain (or your chosen provider), DNS cutover coordinated with your team, backup automation wired, monitoring routed to your team's WhatsApp / Slack. Content-management training session so your team can update pages without us.
Ongoing updates + support
Post-launch retainer or per-sprint. Content changes, new pages, seasonal campaigns, security patches, gateway updates. Communication stays on WhatsApp — same channel we used during build.
Three ways to pay.
Same team, same output — different payment shape depending on your cash flow and how Iraq's cross-border banking is treating you this quarter.
Instalment starts at USD $99/month (12 months, USD $1,188 total) for a 10-page corporate marketing website. E-commerce store package (up to 20 pages, product catalogue, checkout with Iraqi payment gateways) starts at USD $109/month on 12-month instalments (USD $1,308 total). Larger scopes — enterprise portals, multi-vendor marketplaces, custom CMS, deep third-party integrations — quoted separately as fixed price or monthly retainer, typically USD $8,000 to USD $60,000+. Invoicing issued from Darb's Saudi entity via SWIFT wire; USDT / crypto settlement available on request.
Everything Iraqi business owners ask us.
Do you have a branch in Iraq?
No. Darb Productions is headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and delivers to Iraqi clients remotely — daily WhatsApp, weekly Zoom, GitHub for code, Figma for design. This keeps overhead low and passes the saving to you as USD-denominated pricing that beats most in-country Iraqi agencies. All contracts and invoices are issued from our Saudi entity. If you need someone physically on-site in Baghdad or Erbil for a specific milestone (photography for a portfolio page, on-site content shoot), we quote it as a separately-billed travel line.
How do we pay you from Iraq?
Three options. SWIFT wire in USD from any Iraqi bank that supports outgoing international transfers (TBI, Rafidain, Rasheed, Kurdistan International Bank, BBAC — most Iraqi banks can do this, timing 2 to 7 business days). USDT / crypto settlement to a Darb wallet for clients where wire timing is a blocker (settled same-day, same rate). Or a Gulf-based holding company that pays on your behalf — we work with clients who route through UAE or Turkey holding entities.
How much does a website cost in Iraq?
On Darb's instalment plan, a 10-page corporate website starts at USD $99/month for 12 months (USD $1,188 total), and a full e-commerce store with Iraqi payment gateways starts at USD $109/month (USD $1,308 total). Enterprise sites, multi-vendor marketplaces, and custom-CMS builds are quoted separately, typically USD $8,000 to USD $60,000+ depending on scope. A traditional agency quote from Baghdad or Erbil for the same scope typically runs USD $10,000+ upfront — the instalment plan is designed to bypass that upfront cheque.
Which Iraqi payment gateways do you integrate?
Zain Cash, FastPay, FIB Pay (First Iraqi Bank), AsiaHawala, Qi Card, and Rafidain digital — the five most-adopted rails in Iraq. Plus international cards on the same checkout: Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, cross-border via Stripe (for clients with a Gulf holding entity). Each gateway integrated with the correct SDK and tested end-to-end on real Iraqi cards and phone numbers, not sandbox.
Do you build in Arabic, or is it a translation layer?
Arabic-first. Content is written natively in Arabic (not translated from English), typography uses proper Arabic fonts (IBM Plex Sans Arabic, Tajawal), RTL layout is native to the CSS (not a bolted-on `dir=rtl` afterthought), icons are mirrored where appropriate, and animations reverse direction correctly. For Kurdistan Region clients, we add a Sorani or Kurmanji Kurdish layer via native Kurdish translators — this is a paid add-on but often makes the difference for KRG-audience conversion.
Where will our website be hosted?
Default is AWS Middle East (Bahrain region) — 30-60ms latency to Iraqi ISPs, vs 200-300ms for US-hosted sites. For clients with Iraqi data-residency requirements (some government-adjacent contracts require it), we can host on regional providers or on-premises at your Baghdad or Erbil office. Hosting is your account, not ours — you own the AWS account, we set it up and hand you the credentials.
Can our team update content without us?
Yes. Every site ships with a content-management layer — either a headless CMS your marketing team uses via a friendly web UI, or a code-based flow if your team is technical. Handover includes a training session in Arabic (recorded so new team members can watch later) and a written playbook.
Do you migrate from Wix, Shopify, WordPress, or a legacy site?
Yes. Content migration (pages, products, images, blog posts, redirects) is a standard scope line-item — we've moved dozens of sites off Wix, Shopify, WordPress, and hand-coded legacy stacks. We preserve SEO equity via 301 redirects, submit updated sitemaps, and monitor Google Search Console for 30 days post-launch to catch any indexing issues early.
Do you handle Kurdish (KRG) language for our Erbil audience?
Yes. Sites ship Arabic + English by default. For clients targeting the Kurdistan region, we add a Sorani or Kurmanji Kurdish layer as a paid add-on — done by native Kurdish speakers, not Google Translate. The KRG market has real purchasing power and English is not universally spoken; Kurdish localisation materially lifts conversion for KRG-audience sites.
Do you own the code, or do we?
You do. Full source code — frontend, backend, CMS config, deployment pipeline — transferred to your GitHub organisation at end of engagement. No lock-in to Wix or Shopify or Squarespace or a proprietary CMS. If you ever leave us, take the whole codebase and hire another team to maintain it — that's your right, and the way we build makes it possible.
Ready to ship your Iraqi website?
Fastest way is WhatsApp — send us a one-paragraph brief (what you sell, who buys it, what you want the site to do) and we reply within business hours (Riyadh time) with a fit read and a rough scope.