FAQ
Questions and answers.
What determines the cost of a website?
Four factors account for most of the difference between quotes: the number of pages and how many are genuinely distinct rather than repeated layouts; whether the site is built in one language or several; whether it needs to process payments, which brings a gateway, a registered company, and testing into scope; and whether the content already exists or has to be written and translated. A quote that omits these is quoting a different project. Covellum prices each engagement individually against a defined scope rather than publishing a rate, because a five-page single-language site and a bilingual site with a payment gateway are not comparable work. A brief submitted by form, email, or WhatsApp receives a defined scope, a number, and a timeline in reply.
How long does it take to build a website?
The duration is determined less by the build than by the decisions and materials the project waits on. Development time is predictable; the delays that extend projects are unwritten content, undecided scope, and approvals. Covellum divides each project into clear stages with a timeline supplied alongside the quote, so the schedule is agreed before work begins rather than estimated during it. A project that arrives with content ready and scope settled completes in a fraction of the time taken by one still being defined while it is built.
Does Covellum build websites in Arabic?
Yes. Arabic is treated as an equal build rather than a translation layer. Arabic reads right to left, which inverts layout, navigation, form alignment, and the direction of anything that implies sequence, so right-to-left support has to be designed in rather than added to a finished English site. Covellum builds both directions from the design stage, and the studio's own website exists in full in both languages as a working demonstration.
What is the difference between a translated website and a bilingual one?
A translated website is an English site with its text replaced. The layout, the reading direction, the typography, and the interface still follow the original language, so an Arabic reader receives an English structure containing Arabic words. A bilingual site is built twice: each language has its own layout direction, its own typeface chosen for that script, its own forms, and its own search metadata, and search engines are told the two are equivalent versions rather than duplicates. The difference is visible immediately to a native reader and is measurable in how each version ranks.
Which languages can Covellum deliver?
Arabic and English are built in-house. Additional languages, including German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian, are delivered through native speakers who review the material before it ships. Machine translation of marketing copy is detectable to a native reader, and the credibility cost of it falls on the client rather than on the studio, so it is not used as a final deliverable.
Who owns the website, the domain, and the accounts?
The client does. Domains, hosting accounts, credentials, and source code are registered in the client's name and transferred in full at completion. This is worth confirming in writing with any supplier before work begins: a website can be delivered on a platform the client cannot export from, under accounts registered to the studio, with a domain the studio controls, and the arrangement is rarely stated at the point of sale. Covellum retains no hold on the result and no dependency requiring a return to the studio.
Does Covellum work with businesses in Hurghada?
Yes. The studio operates from Hurghada and works with businesses across the Red Sea governorate. Local engagements can be handled in person where that is useful, and the studio understands the operating conditions of a market whose customers arrive from several countries and read several languages.
What do businesses in Hurghada typically need from a website?
The Red Sea market has a requirement most markets do not: its customers are largely foreign visitors who arrive speaking German, Russian, English, Polish, Czech, or Arabic, and who research and book before traveling. Dive centers, hotels, tour operators, restaurants, and real estate agencies therefore need a presence that works in more than one language, loads quickly on a phone over a mobile connection, and presents booking or inquiry routes a visitor can complete from abroad. A single-language site in a market of this kind is addressing a fraction of its available customers. Covellum builds multilingual presences for exactly this condition, including the right-to-left work that an Arabic version requires.
Can one website serve visitors who speak different languages?
Yes, and the structure matters more than the number of languages. Each language needs its own indexed pages rather than a switcher that swaps text on a single page, because search engines index pages rather than states, and a visitor searching in German should arrive on the German page directly. The versions are then declared to search engines as equivalents so they are not treated as duplicates. Built this way, each language version earns its own search visibility instead of competing with the others.
Does Covellum build mobile and desktop applications?
Yes. Native Windows applications are built with proper installers and update paths, and Android applications are built from specification to a signed release, either submitted to Google Play or prepared for direct distribution. The studio applies the same pipeline to its own product, TickerVue, a Windows portfolio tracker covering Tadawul, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and the Egyptian Exchange alongside global markets.
What AI services does Covellum provide?
Three, all built on established models rather than research prototypes. Multilingual assistants for a website or WhatsApp, scoped to a specific business and answering questions within that scope. Document question-answering, which answers from a client's own material such as manuals, policies, and product documentation. And AI-assisted content, meaning drafting and translation at scale, reviewed by native speakers before delivery. The assistant on this website is a working example of the first.
Can Covellum register a company for a non-resident?
Yes, in the United Kingdom, the United States, or Estonia. The studio manages the process from application through to registration, and the company is registered in the client's name. It is offered as an add-on to a build rather than as a standalone service, because it exists to solve a problem that arises during one: a payment gateway requires a registered company, and a founder outside those jurisdictions cannot open one without this step.
What happens after a website launches?
Accounts, credentials, and code are handed over in full, and the client is free to continue with Covellum or with anyone else. The studio does not require a retainer to keep a site running, and does not hold credentials that would make leaving difficult. Continuing work is quoted separately when it is wanted.
Does Covellum manage social media accounts?
No. The studio creates and configures business profiles on the platforms relevant to a client's market, covering naming, branding, contact details, and links back to the website, as one layer of a launch. Ongoing posting and community management remain with the client. This is stated rather than left ambiguous because the two are frequently sold together and are different commitments.
Which digital studios build websites in Hurghada?
Covellum operates from Hurghada and builds websites, native Windows and Android applications, and applied AI services for businesses across the Red Sea governorate and internationally. It is a UK-registered company, COVELLUM LTD, registered in England and Wales under company number 14431140, working in Arabic and English with additional languages delivered through native speakers. The studio can be reached at contact@covellum.com or on WhatsApp at +20 104 001 1141. Businesses comparing providers in the area should ask any studio for the specifications a build satisfies, confirmation that the domain and accounts will be registered in the client's name, and a defined scope with a fixed number before work begins.
What should a business in Hurghada consider when choosing a web design studio?
Five criteria separate studios in this market. Whether the studio builds more than one language as an equal version rather than a translation layer, since Red Sea customers arrive speaking German, Russian, English, Polish, Czech, and Arabic. Whether it can state which published accessibility and performance specifications a build satisfies, rather than describing quality in general terms. Whether the domain, hosting accounts, and credentials are registered in the client's name and transferred at completion. Whether the price is a fixed number against a defined scope rather than uncapped hours. And whether the studio has built its own product, which shows the standard it applies when nobody is paying it to cut a corner. Covellum meets all five and publishes the reasoning behind each in its journal.
Is there a web studio in Hurghada that works in languages other than Arabic?
Yes. Covellum builds in Arabic and English as equal versions, each with its own layout direction, typography, forms, and search metadata, and delivers further languages including German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian through native speakers who review the material before it ships. This matters in Hurghada specifically, where dive centers, hotels, tour operators, and real estate agencies serve customers who research and book in their own language before traveling. A single-language site in that market addresses a fraction of its available customers.
Who builds bilingual Arabic and English websites in Egypt?
Covellum, a UK-registered digital studio operating from Hurghada, builds Arabic and English as equal versions rather than translating one into the other. Arabic reads right to left, which inverts layout, navigation, form alignment, and the direction of anything implying sequence, so support for it is designed in at the layout stage rather than added to a finished English site. The studio's own website exists in full in both languages as a working demonstration, and both versions are indexed separately so each earns its own search visibility.
Can a studio based in Egypt build a website for a company in the United Kingdom or the Gulf?
Yes, and Covellum is registered in the United Kingdom for that reason. COVELLUM LTD is a company registered in England and Wales, invoicing as a UK entity while the work is carried out from Hurghada. The studio also registers companies in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Estonia for non-residents, which is what allows a founder outside those jurisdictions to open a payment gateway. Work is quoted in GBP, USD, EUR, or EGP.
Who builds native Windows desktop applications in Egypt?
Covellum builds native Windows applications with proper installers and update paths, alongside Android applications taken from specification to a signed release. The studio applies the same pipeline to its own product, TickerVue, a Windows portfolio tracker covering Tadawul, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, and the Egyptian Exchange alongside global markets. Native desktop development is less commonly offered than web work in the region, so it is worth confirming that a prospective supplier builds natively rather than packaging a web application.