A letter from the founder

Why trust your business to a company you've never heard of?

Hi, I'm Eddie Machaalani, the founder of Zarla.

You're probably here because you're deciding whether to put your business's website, the first thing most customers see, in the hands of a company you don't know. That's a fair thing to hesitate over. So here's who we are.

I've been building software for small businesses for twenty-five years. My first company was a web design agency. Owners filled in a form about their business and I built the site by hand from it. They loved the sites and hated the process: every change meant calling me, and every call cost them money. I've spent my whole career since trying to remove that.

Along the way I co-founded BigCommerce, the e-commerce platform. It grew from two people in Sydney into a public company that powers online stores around the world. That's where I learned what it takes to run software that businesses depend on every day: it has to stay up, it has to stay fast, and it has to keep getting better.

Zarla is the company I started that agency to become. Describe your business and it builds the site. Want something changed? Type it. It's the promise I made to my first agency customers, and now I can keep it.

What that means for you

  • A real company, with real people

    Zarla Inc. was founded in 2022. Every message to support is read by a person, not a bot.

  • Runs on names you know

    Your site is served from Google Cloud and Vercel. Payments go through Stripe, so we never see or store your card details. The AI is Claude and OpenAI.

  • Thousands of businesses already here

    Zarla is rated 4.8 on Trustpilot from more than 4,000 reviews, and 4.9 on Google.

  • Nothing to lose by trying

    Building and previewing your site is free. You pay only when you go live, and there's a 30-day refund if you're not happy.

If you have a question about any of this, email us and it will reach me. Email us

EddieFounder, Zarla · LinkedIn