I'm Shashikant Shah, a digital marketing expert in Kathmandu and a software engineer with a B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering. Website development is the part of my work where I build the thing the marketing sends people to: marketing sites, web applications and internal tools, in Next.js, React and Node.js. It's for businesses in Nepal that need a site that loads fast on a phone here, that Google can read, and that they own outright. It sits under my wider software development work, next to the SEO and ads I run on the same sites.

Short answer: website development in Nepal, done properly, means a written scope before any code, a build in Next.js, React or Node.js that serves real HTML to Google, hosting on Cloudflare or Vercel in your own account, and a handover with the repository, the domain and the deployment steps in your name. A marketing site takes weeks, not months.

When you need this

Most businesses in Nepal don't wake up wanting a new website. Something forces it. The old site takes forever to open on a phone, the price list is from two Dashains ago, or the developer who built it has moved to Australia and nobody has the login.

The other trigger is marketing. You start Google Ads or SEO and find that the page the ads land on loses people, or that Google sees almost nothing because the whole site is drawn in the browser by JavaScript. The site looks fine to a person and says nearly nothing to a crawler, including the AI crawlers.

Then there's ownership. A lot of sites here sit on the agency's hosting, under the agency's login, sometimes on a domain the agency registered. Leaving means starting again, and I won't build one like that.

The problems I see most often:

  • A site that only renders in the browser, so Google and the AI crawlers get almost no HTML to read.
  • A themed CMS carrying a dozen plugins, slow on every phone.
  • No way to reach you the way people in Nepal actually do: no WhatsApp button, no Viber, no click to call.
  • The domain, the hosting or the repository in someone else's name.
  • Nothing measured, so nobody knows whether the site brings enquiries or just exists.

What I actually do

  • Scoping: a written scope with fixed deliverables and a definition of done, before the first commit. You get a document you can hold me to, whether you're a technology company or a shop.
  • Marketing websites in Next.js: server rendered or static pages, real HTML in the response, structured data and a sitemap built in, and a page structure mapped to how your buyers search. You get a site that's ready for technical SEO without a rebuild.
  • Web applications and internal tools in React and Node.js: dashboards, portals, booking systems, and the spreadsheet your staff pass around turned into something with validation, permissions and history. You get a working product, often with n8n automation behind it.
  • Payments and contact paths for Nepal: eSewa, Khalti and Fonepay where you sell online, WhatsApp, Viber and click to call everywhere else. You get enquiries the way your customers already send them.
  • Speed and accessibility: measured on a throttled mobile connection, self hosted fonts, keyboard navigation and a proper heading order. You get a site that works on the phone your visitor actually has.
  • Hosting and deployment on Cloudflare or Vercel in your own account, with automated checks that fail the build on broken links, missing assets or bad structured data. You get a site that keeps working after I've gone.
  • Rebuilds and migrations that keep the URLs and redirects, so the search traffic you already have survives the move. You get a new site without losing the old one's rankings.

How it works

First call and scoping. The first thirty minutes are free. You tell me what the site has to do for the business, not which pages you want, and I tell you whether it needs a rebuild, a targeted fix or nothing at all. If you go ahead, scoping gives you a written plan with fixed deliverables, dates and what's not included.

The work. A marketing site is usually a few weeks; an application depends on the scope. I build in a repository in your name and put every increment on a staging URL you can open on your phone. Most of it is remote, whether you're in Lalitpur or Pokhara. Content, photos and the domain get sorted alongside the build, not on launch day.

Reporting, and what you keep. You get a plain language update every week during the build, and if I also run the marketing, a monthly report from your own Analytics and Search Console after launch. The code, the repository, the domain and the hosting are in your name. If we stop, you lose my access and nothing else.

Proof from website development work

Treebones Resort's website, deployment workflow and Cloudflare setup were mine, alongside its brand identity and content. NIMBUS Holdings came to me for website design and promotion. Kyte Research (kyte.one) and AirLyft (airlyft.one), both technology companies outside Nepal, had me on web development and full stack development. The scope of each is on the case studies page.

This site is proof too. I built it myself, and it passes 15 automated checks on every deploy: links, assets, structured data, consent, responsive layout and more. I haven't published a website result with numbers, and I won't invent one. The SEO and ads numbers on the case studies page carry a note that some came from agency team engagements, so read those as account totals.

What website development costs

A website or web application is quoted per project after the first call, because the scope decides the price. Everything I build is created in your name, on accounts and hosting you control, so ending the engagement costs you nothing but my access. My published retainer for ongoing work is USD 1,800 a month, about NPR 245,000, and the audit and sprint prices are on the pricing page. The first thirty minute call is free, and if a targeted fix to the site you already have is enough, I'll say so and quote for that instead.

Questions about website development

WordPress or a custom build?

If your staff need to publish often and won't touch code, a properly set up CMS usually wins. If the site is mostly fixed marketing pages, or a real application, a custom Next.js build is faster, cheaper to host and easier to secure. I'll talk you out of a custom build when it isn't justified.

How long does a website take?

A marketing site is usually a few weeks once the content is ready. An application depends entirely on scope. The scope document sets the dates, and if something is going to slip you hear it early, not on the deadline.

What does a website cost in Nepal?

It depends on scope, so I quote per project after the first call. I've written up what websites cost in Nepal and what each price band actually buys in this guide. Tell me your budget and I'll tell you honestly what it buys, including when it isn't enough.

How is this different from your frontend development page?

This page is the whole site: scope, frontend, backend, hosting and launch. Frontend development is the interface only, for businesses that already have a backend team or an API and need the screens built to plug into it. Same person either way.

Will the site be optimised for search?

Structurally, yes: real HTML in the response, fast pages, schema, a sitemap and proper headings. Ranking is ongoing work and a separate engagement, described on my technical SEO page. I don't guarantee rankings on either.

When are you not the right person?

If you want a site by Friday with no content, a template at the lowest price you can find, or a build that stays on my hosting so you have to keep paying me, I'm not your developer. I take a few projects at a time and do the work myself, so if I'm full I'll say so.

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Send me the address of the site you have, or a line about the one you need, and I'll tell you the first thing I'd fix or build, whether or not you hire me.

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