I’m Ujjwal Rupakheti, a full-stack web developer in Itahari, Nepal. For 3+ years I’ve built fast websites, online stores with eSewa and Khalti, and web apps in Next.js and WordPress for businesses across Nepal and abroad, with the SEO set up in the same build so customers find you on Google.
01What I build
I build four kinds of web project. Each one is designed for phones first, tested on slow mobile connections, and launched with titles, structured data and a sitemap already in place, so it can start earning trust with Google from the first week.
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Service pages, an enquiry form, WhatsApp and map links, and a blog, written around what your customers actually search for. A static site when your pages rarely change; WordPress or a CMS when you post every week.
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Custom online stores, or WooCommerce and Shopify when they fit better, with eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay QR and bank transfer for customers in Nepal and PayPal or card for buyers abroad.
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Sign-in, dashboards, roles and payments. Jhino, Eknas, Nimtto and Sajilai are live products I built from the database up, and I build the same kind of software for clients.
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A new design or a new platform without losing the traffic you already have. Every old URL is mapped to a new one, the content that ranks stays in place, and I watch Search Console for the first weeks after launch.
02Platforms
I recommend the platform that fits how you’ll run the site, not the one I enjoy most. Here is how the three compare for a business in Nepal.
| Static HTML | WordPress | Next.js | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Small sites whose pages rarely change | Sites you update every week, blogs and WooCommerce stores | Web apps, custom stores and sites that must be very fast |
| Who edits it | I do, or you edit simple files | You do, in a visual editor | You do, in an admin or CMS I set up |
| Speed | Fastest: nothing to load but the page | Fast with a light theme and few plugins | Rendered on the server, full content on first load |
| Running cost | Almost nothing on GitHub Pages | Hosting, plus any paid plugins | A small server, Vercel or Cloudflare |
| My example | Hotel Aarohi, and my static website package | My WordPress package and WordPress SEO guide | Eknas and Pustau |
I build most websites and web apps in Next.js and React with TypeScript. Next.js renders each page on the server, so visitors and Google both receive the full content straight away, and the same code grows from a five-page site to a SaaS dashboard. Eknas runs on Next.js with PostgreSQL and Prisma, and Pustau on Next.js 16.
If your staff will publish every day without a developer, WordPress is often the right call, and I’ll recommend it. I keep it fast with a lightweight theme and only the plugins you need. My WordPress SEO guide for Nepal shows how I set one up, and the technical SEO checklist covers what I check before launch.
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Core Web Vitals
03Built for Nepal
Most visitors open your site on a phone, often on mobile data, and many prefer to read in Nepali. I plan for that from the first wireframe, and I check every launch against Google’s Core Web Vitals targets on a phone.
Static or server-rendered pages, WebP images at the right size, self-hosted fonts and no heavy page builders.
Nepali Unicode that renders correctly, a language switch and hreflang tags. Nimtto and Pustau are both bilingual.
BS shown beside AD wherever dates matter, from event pages to invoices, as in Nimtto and Jhino.
eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay QR and bank transfer in Nepal; PayPal or card for buyers abroad.
Click-to-chat buttons, and link previews that show your name and image when someone shares a page.
A correct Google Business Profile, LocalBusiness data and a page per area. More on my local SEO page.
04Proof
The fairest way to judge a web developer is work you can open and click. Each case study covers the problem, the stack, the trade-offs and what I’d still improve. All 13+ are on my work page.
B2B catalogue & CMS
A catalogue website for a carpet exporter, with five craft pages, trade enquiry forms and a CMS staff update themselves.
Read the case study
Wedding invitation SaaS
52 animated designs with Bikram Sambat and AD dates side by side, a one-tap Nepali switch and RSVP per ceremony.
Read the case study
App publishing SaaS
Upload an HTML file and it becomes a live app with sign-ins, sharing and live sync, tested in Chromium, Firefox and WebKit.
Read the case study
Vehicle rental marketplace
Cars, bikes and vans from verified rental businesses across Nepal, with the exact price for your dates and QR payments.
Read the case study
Loyalty SaaS
A loyalty wallet, counter app and owner dashboard for shops in Nepal, with rotating signed QR codes and a public API.
Read the case study
School assessment SaaS
CAS ratings and report cards for grades 1 to 10, with office review, locked marks and report cards in Nepali and English.
Read the case studyOpen them yourself: nimtto.com eknas.com jhino.com pustau.com heligo.studionepal.com hotelaarohi.ujjwalrupakheti.com.np
I saw a real problem in the Nepali market: online wedding invitations were made for Western weddings, not for ours. Ujjwal Rupakheti helped me bring my idea to reality. He built Nimtto with Nepali and English, Bikram Sambat dates and RSVPs for every ceremony, exactly the way I imagined it.
Businesses in Nepal rarely know who their regular customers are, or whether an offer actually brings anyone back. Ujjwal Rupakheti built Eknas to change that: a free wallet for customers, a counter app where staff record a purchase by phone number or QR code, and a dashboard where owners run offers and see results by branch. He understood the problem and built every part of it properly.
Working with Ujjwal on our agency project was a remarkable experience. He approached the project with the precision of an engineer and the strategic thinking of a marketer. The website he built not only looks polished but ranks exceptionally well for our target keywords. His dedication to quality and his availability made the entire process seamless.
Ujjwal’s SEO expertise transformed our online visibility. Within months, our hospitality business was ranking for keywords we never thought possible. His technical understanding of search algorithms combined with his development skills makes him uniquely effective. He doesn’t just optimize, he builds systems that sustain rankings long-term.
13+
projects shipped, each with a case study
15+
clients in Nepal and abroad
3+
years building for the web
4.9/5
average client rating
05How to choose
The best web developer for your project is one whose work you can check. Judge any developer, including me, on these eight points before you pay a deposit.
Screenshots can be borrowed; live sites cannot. Open each link on mobile data, tap through a few pages and try the contact form.
Run two of their sites through PageSpeed Insights and look at the mobile result. A developer whose own work is slow will build you a slow site.
At many agencies the person in the sales meeting is not the person who builds your site. Ask who will, and talk to them.
A good quote lists pages, features, timeline, price and what is not included. “Website: NPR 50,000” in a chat message is not a scope.
The domain and hosting in your name, the code in a repository you can open, and the admin logins handed over at the end.
Ask how they handle titles, structured data, sitemaps and redirects from an old site. A site Google can’t read wastes most of its budget.
How long is the bug-fix period, what does maintenance cost each month, and how fast do they reply? Get answers before the final payment. My guide to website maintenance cost in Nepal shows what a monthly plan should cover.
Nobody controls Google, so nobody can promise first place. Treat a guarantee as a warning sign, and the same goes for “best in Nepal” claims you can’t check.
Hire a freelance web developer when you want to work directly with the person building your site, at a lower cost and with quick decisions. Hire an agency when you need several people working at once, such as designers, writers and developers in parallel, or round-the-clock support. If your project needs an agency, I’ll tell you on the first call.
06Included
You shouldn’t have to pay again later for things a website needs on its first day. These come with every build, at every price.
07Pricing
A static website starts from NPR 18,000, a business website with a CMS from NPR 35,000, an online store from NPR 60,000 and a web app from NPR 70,000. Each package page prices every option and gives you a PDF quotation; the final quote is fixed in writing after a short call.
| Project | Starting price | Typical timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Static websiteService pages, an enquiry form, WhatsApp and map links | NPR18,000 | 1–2 weeks |
| Business website with CMS or WordPressMore pages, a blog, content you edit yourself | NPR35,000 | 2–4 weeks |
| Online storeeSewa, Khalti, Fonepay, bank transfer, PayPal or card | NPR60,000 | 3–8 weeks |
| Web app or SaaS, first versionAccounts, dashboards, roles and payments | NPR70,000 | 6–12 weeks |
| RedesignURL map, redirects, and the rankings you have kept | Quoted per site | By size |
| MaintenanceUpdates, backups, uptime checks and small changes | Monthly | By site size |
A five-page site with your own text sits near the starting price. A store with hundreds of products and delivery charges by area does not.
Not included: domain, hosting, paid plugins or themes and stock photos. Clients abroad are quoted in USD. To price your own site line by line, use the calculator on the static website, WordPress website, e-commerce website or SaaS page. Every price I offer is on my services page, and my guide to SEO cost in Nepal covers what ongoing SEO costs once the site is live.
08Process
A 30-minute call about your business, customers, pages, budget and deadline.
Pages, features, timeline and price in writing, in NPR or USD.
A working preview link every week, so you give feedback early.
Redirects, Search Console, analytics and a final test on real phones.
A free bug-fix period, then optional maintenance or monthly SEO.
We talk on WhatsApp, Viber, email or video calls, in English or Nepali. I work on Nepal time (UTC+5:45).
09Across Nepal
I live and work in Itahari, in Sunsari, Koshi Province. In Itahari, Biratnagar, Dharan or Jhapa we can meet in person. Businesses in Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan and the rest of Nepal work with me over WhatsApp, email and video calls, with the same weekly preview links.
I’m a Full Stack Web Developer at Ektukra Digital Agency since June 2026, after SEO content strategy and QA there in 2025–2026, and I’m studying for a BSc (Hons) in Computing at Itahari International College. More on my about page and experience page.
Prices, timelines, platforms and ownership, answered before you ask.
Ask me on WhatsAppThe best web developer in Nepal for your project is one whose live work you can check. I’m Ujjwal Rupakheti, based in Itahari. In 3+ years I’ve shipped 13+ projects, including Jhino, Eknas, Prishta, Nimtto and Sajilai, each with a case study, and every site I build launches ready to rank on Google.
With me, a static website starts from NPR 18,000, a business website with a CMS or WordPress from NPR 35,000, an online store with eSewa, Khalti and Fonepay from NPR 60,000, and a web app from NPR 70,000. Domain, hosting and paid plugins are extra. You get a fixed quote in writing after a short call. For domains, hosting and yearly running costs, see my guide to website cost in Nepal.
An online store with me starts from NPR 60,000 and takes 3 to 8 weeks. The price grows with the number of products, payment methods and delivery rules, and with whether I write the product pages. eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay QR and bank transfer are standard, and PayPal or card can be added for buyers abroad.
A static website takes 1 to 2 weeks, a business website with a CMS 2 to 4 weeks, an online store 3 to 8 weeks and the first version of a web app 6 to 12 weeks. Late content and slow feedback cause most delays, so we agree a review schedule at the start.
I’m a freelance web developer, not a web development company, so the person you talk to is the person who writes your code and sets up your SEO. For a project that needs several developers at the same time, or round-the-clock support, I’ll tell you honestly that an agency may suit you better.
Both. I design the pages and build them myself, so you get one person for web design and web development in Nepal. Layouts are planned for phones first, then coded in Next.js or WordPress, and every build gets the same checks as my UI/UX audit, so the site is easy to use as well as fast.
Because most ranking problems start in the code. As a web developer and SEO expert in Nepal, I build the page structure, speed, schema and internal links for Google from the first day, instead of one person launching the site and an SEO expert fixing it later at extra cost.
Yes. I build custom online stores and stores on WooCommerce or Shopify, with eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay QR and bank transfer for customers in Nepal and PayPal or card for buyers abroad. Every payment is confirmed on the server, and product pages carry structured data so prices can appear in Google. Before you start, read how to start an online store in Nepal.
Both. I build most websites and web apps in Next.js and React. If you’ll edit pages every day without a developer, WordPress is often the better choice, and I’ll recommend it. For a small site that rarely changes, plain static HTML is fastest and costs almost nothing to host.
Every site I build launches with clean URLs, titles, structured data, a sitemap and fast mobile pages, which gives Google a strong technical base. Rankings also depend on your content, your competitors and links, so nobody can honestly promise a position. For ongoing work, see my SEO expert in Nepal page.
Yes. Before a redesign I map every old URL to its new one, keep the content that already ranks, test the new site on a staging address and set up 301 redirects. After launch I watch Search Console for errors and fix them in the first weeks. My website redesign checklist lists every step.
Yes. I build sites in Nepali Unicode, in English, or in both, with a language switch and correct hreflang tags so Google shows each visitor the right version. Nimtto and Pustau are bilingual and show Bikram Sambat dates beside AD.
Yes. After the final payment, the code, the repository, the domain and the hosting accounts are in your name. I hand over the admin logins and a short guide to running the site, so you are never tied to me.
Yes. I work on Nepal time (UTC+5:45), which overlaps well with European mornings, the Gulf working day and Australian afternoons. International work is quoted in USD and paid by bank transfer, Wise or PayPal, and I’m happy to sign an NDA. Each country has its own page, for example hire a web developer from Nepal for a US business or remote web developer for UK businesses.
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