Now it’s time to talk about hosting in Kuwait. Population here is 4 plus million people. There is a lot of gas and oil in this area. You can meet two types of people. First: the ones who like oil, gas and everything that supplies them. And second: the rest of the people who come from Sri Lanka, India, etc.
Domain industry and hosting
Hosting does not exist. There are several dozens of design studios from India. Kuwait has 5 local hosting companies that have no address or do not sell local domain names. You cannot purchase .kw domain, on local website builder website they state that it’s coming soon, but as of now you can only buy .com domain. Kuwait’s country code top-level domain .kw will be for sale in the future only. Domain .kw ccTLD costs usually around 30 kwd (100 euros) per month. The insane price of about 100 euros monthly for .kw domain is too expensive for majority of customers. Naturally because of such costs the most popular domains in Kuwait are international: .me and .com.
“The insane price of about 100 euros monthly for .kw domain is too expensive for majority of customers” — Filip Borcov
Internet is available probably everywhere and coverage is very good, 8 of 9 people have internet access in this small country. Internet in the country is not stable, but it’s quite good with a few restrictions. If you use internet constantly, you will notice some interruptions that rarely appear in developed countries. The positive things are that internet speed is high and price is very affordable. Usually hosting resellers or locals sell service for 3kwd, but their quantity is very small, that is why everybody uses international hosting providers or providers from Emirates.
Internet is available probably everywhere and coverage is very good, 8 of 9 people have internet access in this small country. Internet in the country is not stable, but it’s quite good with a few restrictions. If you use internet constantly, you will notice some interruptions that rarely appear in developed countries. The positive things are that internet speed is high and price is very affordable. Usually hosting resellers or locals sell service for 3kwd, but their quantity is very small, that is why everybody uses international hosting providers or providers from Emirates.
“Internet in the country is not stable, but it’s quite good with a few of restrictions” — Filip Borcov
If you were to search ‘website builder in Kuwait’ in Google, there would be no result. You can find us or other providers, but usually no locals. Domain industry does not exist and domain usage is incredibly bad. Kuwait is a hosting desert: government and rich companies have no websites as it is not considered a necessity. Domain .kw is very expensive, not easy to buy and is mostly used by government institutions.
“It is a hosting desert in Kuwait: government and rich companies have no websites” — Filip Borcov
For example: if you come to museum’s official website they have one working time, and on Google they have another working time. Read the whole article to the end and you will have more reasons to visit and use our official website.
Webhosting customer support
Lots of big companies have no websites, but on the other hand, why do they need them if you know they are rich anyway. So, websites are not on daily basis and never social, everything is incorrect. You are able to find working hours for the government companies and other main things, of course. Hosting is in support 24/7, but nobody supports like it should be.
“Lots of big companies have no websites. But on the other hand, why do they need them?” — Filip Borcov
Local languages are Arabic and English, because most expatriats are mainly from India and some from Sri Lanka. Technically locals speak English, but it’s quite complicated when you talk about price and quality.
Payment gateways problem
Payment gateways are starving for good development here. Technically you can pay with local cards abroad, but at the same time locally there are several banks which do not accept international cards. For payment you must register online and with local bank’s card only. So, in fact, tourists are unable to come to the most beautiful places in the country because they can’t pay by card. That there needs improvement for sure.
“For payment you must register online and with local bank card only” — Filip Borcov
Suggestion is to use cloud. The reasons for that are: Kuwait is tiny and there is no need to host inside because everything is very expensive. Data centres are still not developed in Kuwait. Suggestion is to use cloud, but some internet interruptions may appear. Enterprise is also possible.
“Suggestion is to use cloud, but some internet interruptions are possible” — Filip Borcov
It is unusual that you will not see lots of people in the country: empty streets, parks, attractions. Nice buildings, parks — it is a good example of how oil can change the country. For example: Emirates small businesses, plenty of more than million, so they drive the economy. Websites still are not needed there. People who work with oil know each other. Nobody uses websites on daily basis just because Kuwait is very small. However, there are some internet providers developed.
“Nice buildings, parks — good example how oil can change the country” — Filip Borcov
Developed companies like Telos, Zan and many others already work there. In fact, nobody is using websites on daily basis, just because Kuwait is very small. People are looking for informatin in Google Business, but that information is also very old.
Lifehack 1: decrease prices to double sales
First good lifehack is that we doubled our sales last month just because we decreased prices. So this is a good solution there. We saw that not only the price is good. Customers would like to buy something expensive very cheap, but if you provide something else cheap then they don’t buy, this is also some tricky information.
Lifehack 2: analyse trends after test results collected
What else is worth to mention: run the test and see if something goes wrong. Sometimes you run the test and you can see huge growth or something go wrong. When you see the test results analyse the trends and focus on the positive.
Conclusion
Of course, look at negative feedback as well. For example: if your sales for expensive plans are going up, then your cheapest plan sales will go down just because of the same quantity of people. Thank you for joining this blog and you can always read the rest of them here.
