diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_07_26_000001_add_show_product_details_and_product_description.php b/database/migrations/2026_07_26_000001_add_show_product_details_and_product_description.php
index 8d3b3ff..2217993 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2026_07_26_000001_add_show_product_details_and_product_description.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_07_26_000001_add_show_product_details_and_product_description.php
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ return new class extends Migration
     public function up(): void
     {
         if (Schema::hasTable('products') && ! Schema::hasColumn('products', 'description')) {
-            Schema::table('products', function ($table) {
-                $table->text('description')->nullable();
-            });
+            // charset صریح — روی سرورهای latin1-default، TEXT بدون charset فارسی را نمی‌پذیرد
+            DB::statement(
+                'ALTER TABLE `products` ADD COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL'
+            );
+        } elseif (Schema::hasTable('products') && Schema::hasColumn('products', 'description')) {
+            DB::statement(
+                'ALTER TABLE `products` MODIFY COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL'
+            );
         }
 
         if (! Schema::hasTable('settings')) {
diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_07_29_000002_fix_products_description_charset.php b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_000002_fix_products_description_charset.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf38b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_07_29_000002_fix_products_description_charset.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+/**
+ * روی بعضی سرورها (DB default = latin1) ستون description بدون charset اضافه شده
+ * و ذخیرهٔ فارسی با خطای 3988 می‌خورد.
+ */
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        if (! Schema::hasTable('products') || ! Schema::hasColumn('products', 'description')) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        DB::statement(
+            'ALTER TABLE `products` MODIFY COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL'
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        // عمداً به latin1 برنمی‌گردیم
+    }
+};
diff --git a/database/sql/kashkol_products_pricing_bootstrap.sql b/database/sql/kashkol_products_pricing_bootstrap.sql
index 70d9bb6..01949df 100644
--- a/database/sql/kashkol_products_pricing_bootstrap.sql
+++ b/database/sql/kashkol_products_pricing_bootstrap.sql
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ PREPARE stmt FROM @sql; EXECUTE stmt; DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
 
 SET @sql = IF(
     (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = @db AND TABLE_NAME = 'products' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'description') = 0,
-    'ALTER TABLE `products` ADD COLUMN `description` TEXT NULL',
-    'SELECT ''skip products.description'' AS info'
+    'ALTER TABLE `products` ADD COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL',
+    'ALTER TABLE `products` MODIFY COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL'
 );
 PREPARE stmt FROM @sql; EXECUTE stmt; DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
 
diff --git a/database/sql/products_description_utf8mb4_patch.sql b/database/sql/products_description_utf8mb4_patch.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fdf0ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/sql/products_description_utf8mb4_patch.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-- ستون products.description روی بعضی سرورها latin1 است → فارسی ذخیره نمی‌شود (MySQL 3988)
+-- idempotent — چند بار قابل اجرا
+
+SET NAMES utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+
+SET @db = DATABASE();
+
+SET @sql = IF(
+    (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.COLUMNS
+     WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = @db AND TABLE_NAME = 'products' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'description') = 0,
+    'ALTER TABLE `products` ADD COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL',
+    'ALTER TABLE `products` MODIFY COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL'
+);
+PREPARE stmt FROM @sql; EXECUTE stmt; DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;
+
+SELECT COLUMN_NAME, CHARACTER_SET_NAME, COLLATION_NAME, COLUMN_TYPE
+FROM information_schema.COLUMNS
+WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = @db AND TABLE_NAME = 'products' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'description';
diff --git a/database/sql/show_product_details_patch.sql b/database/sql/show_product_details_patch.sql
index 067ffa6..a3e20c2 100644
--- a/database/sql/show_product_details_patch.sql
+++ b/database/sql/show_product_details_patch.sql
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ START TRANSACTION;
 
 SET @db = DATABASE();
 
+SET NAMES utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
+
 SET @sql = IF(
     (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM information_schema.COLUMNS
      WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = @db AND TABLE_NAME = 'products' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'description') = 0,
-    'ALTER TABLE `products` ADD COLUMN `description` TEXT NULL',
-    'SELECT ''skip products.description'' AS info'
+    'ALTER TABLE `products` ADD COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL',
+    'ALTER TABLE `products` MODIFY COLUMN `description` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL'
 );
 PREPARE stmt FROM @sql; EXECUTE stmt; DEALLOCATE PREPARE stmt;