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Web & app development engineered to convert

Fast, search-ready websites, e-commerce stores and web apps, all designed around the customer journey and built to turn visits into inquiries and orders.

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Every campaign you run ends up on your website. That makes the site the one asset that multiplies everything else or quietly taxes it. Luminari is a web development company in Cairo. We build for the customer journey before the CMS. We map what a visitor needs to see, trust and click. Then we engineer it to load in under two seconds, rank, and convert on a mid range Android phone.

Our clients sell in Cairo, in Riyadh, in Dubai and in the United States. The technical bar does not move between them. Only the content strategy does. That is the difference between a site that travels and one that stalls at the border.

What should a web development company actually hand over?

A working asset, not a folder of files. You get a milestone plan, a preview link from the first weeks, and access to the code throughout. We wire analytics, redirects and structured data before launch, never as an afterthought. Our pricing logic is public too. How much a website costs in Egypt sets out the real ranges, so you can budget before the first call.

Handover is a start date, not an end date. Updates, backups, uptime checks and a monthly optimization window keep a site earning. What website maintenance actually needs to cover lists what a care plan should include. It also names what a cheap one quietly drops.

Choosing the platform honestly

Content led marketing sites suit WordPress. Product catalogs and checkout belong on Shopify. Workflows, portals and integrations call for custom Laravel. We recommend on total cost of ownership, not on what is easiest for us to sell. Shopify, WooCommerce or custom walks an Egyptian store owner through the same decision. We also refuse to build on a platform your own team cannot run once we leave.

The app question comes up on almost every call. Most Egyptian brands do not need one yet. Mobile app or mobile web first sets out the test we apply. Nobody should spend a year on a build nobody downloads.

Arabic and RTL as a first class build

Half our clients sell in two languages. We build the Arabic layout properly, with mirrored components, correct numerals and typefaces that hold at small sizes. Flipping a finished English site is not localization. Arabic RTL websites done properly covers the details we argue about internally. Gulf clients such as Saudi Souq and the Wise Minds Law Firm in Saudi Arabia run on the same stack.

Cash on delivery is a fact here, not an edge case. Our checkout assumes a customer paying at the door, and we cut the steps that make that customer walk away.

Speed, because MENA browses on mobile data

Egyptian and Gulf traffic arrives on phones, often on a weak signal. We hold a sub two second target, discipline the images and keep the code lean. Slow sites lose money quietly, and Core Web Vitals now decide part of the ranking. Site speed for MENA audiences on mobile data shows the numbers we work to. We test on a real network, never on a developer machine.

Speed only pays if the page then asks for something. We design the inquiry and booking steps as carefully as the homepage. That is where revenue leaks. Inquiry and booking flows that actually convert covers the field order, the friction and the follow up. When a rebuild threatens rankings you already hold, we follow the plan in redesigning a website without losing your rankings.

80 projects you can open right now

We publish the work rather than describe it. The websites and e-commerce portfolio holds 26 builds, from Kheyoot to Scout Arabia to Paragon Street Wear. The wider Luminari portfolio runs to 80 projects across websites, identity, print and software. That is the evidence a web development company should put in front of you before it quotes.

ABS Egypt rebuilt with us and lifted lead volume by 147%, at a 38% lower cost per lead. The ABS Egypt rebuild explains exactly how. Every build ships search ready with our SEO team. Back office systems move to our ERP, CRM and mobile apps team. Want a read on the site you have? Book a free technical audit.

What you get

Everything included, nothing vague

01
UX and conversion-first design

Journeys, wireframes and interfaces designed around the actions that make you money.

02
WordPress and Shopify builds

Fast, maintainable sites and stores on the platforms your team can actually run.

03
Custom Laravel applications

Portals, booking systems and web apps built to spec when off-the-shelf will not do.

04
Speed and Core Web Vitals

Sub-two-second targets, image discipline and clean code, because speed is revenue and rankings.

05
SEO-ready foundations

Semantic structure, schema and clean URLs baked in from the first line of code.

06
Care plans and hosting

Updates, backups, security and continuous optimization after launch. We do not disappear.

How it works

A process you can see from the outside

No black boxes and no surprises: every engagement follows four transparent phases, each with agreed outputs and checkpoints, so you always know what is happening, what is next, and what it is achieving.

01
Scope and architecture

Goals, content and technical requirements mapped into a sitemap and build plan you sign off.

02
Design and prototype

Key screens designed and clickable early, so you react to something real, not a document.

03
Build and QA

Development with staged reviews, cross-device testing and performance budgets enforced.

04
Launch and grow

Zero-drama go-live with redirects and analytics wired, then iteration based on real user data.

What a rebuilt site can do

+147%
Qualified leads after the ABS rebuild
<2s
Target load time on every build
4.6x
Return on ad spend through the new funnel
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Questions, answered

Before you ask

The questions every smart client asks us in the first call, answered here so your first call can be about your business instead. Anything missing? Ask us directly.

A marketing site typically takes four to eight weeks; e-commerce and custom web applications run eight to sixteen depending on scope. You get a milestone plan up front and a working preview link from the first weeks. No long silences.

Often, yes. If the foundations are sound we optimize speed, UX and conversion on what you have. If the platform itself is the ceiling, we will show you the evidence and the numbers behind a rebuild recommendation. The audit decides, not our sales target.

It depends on what the site must do. Content-led marketing sites suit WordPress; product catalogs and checkout belong on Shopify; workflows, portals and integrations call for custom Laravel. We recommend based on total cost of ownership, not what is easiest to sell.

Every build includes a care plan option: updates, backups, security monitoring, uptime checks and a monthly optimization window. Websites are living products. The ones that keep winning are the ones that keep improving.

"From start to finish, the Luminari team was incredible. Their expertise in e-commerce and marketing helped boost our sales and grow our brand."

Mohamed Fathy
Co-Founder, Urban Styles
100+ Client reviews
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ABS Egypt

Doubled qualified leads through technical SEO and a rebuilt website that converts.

+147% Lead volume −38% CPL 4.6x ROAS
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