Can you fix my existing site rather than rebuild it?

Often, yes, and it is usually the cheaper answer. Speed problems, a broken mobile layout, a form that silently fails or missing structured data are all fixable on the site you already have. I will tell you which of the two you need after looking, and a rebuild only gets recommended when the fix would cost more than starting again.

What hours will you be available to us in Mardan?

The same hours you keep. I am based in Pakistan, so there is no offset to manage, no overnight wait for a reply, and meetings can happen in person as well as on a call.

Will the site actually rank in Mardan search results?

The build handles what is technically controllable: crawlable HTML, correct headings, structured data, fast pages, a clean sitemap and Search Console set up on day one. Ranking also depends on your competitors, your domain's age and the links pointing at you, which no developer controls. Anyone guaranteeing a position is guessing or lying.

Do you provide ongoing maintenance after launch?

Thirty days of snag fixes are included after launch at no extra cost — anything that does not work as specified gets fixed. Beyond that there are monthly plans for updates, backups, monitoring and small changes. They are optional and cancellable; a site handed over properly does not require a retainer to keep running.

Do you build on WordPress or something custom?

Whichever the project justifies. WordPress when you need to edit content constantly and want a familiar admin. A static build when speed and security matter more than a plugin ecosystem. Custom PHP and MySQL when the logic is genuinely yours. The choice is explained in the quote with its trade-offs, not presented as a foregone conclusion.

What happens if I am not happy with the result?

Work is delivered in milestones against a written scope, and you review each one on a staging URL before it is paid for. If the delivered milestone does not match the scope, it gets corrected before anything moves forward. That structure exists so disagreement is resolved at the stage it happens rather than at the end when it is expensive.

Do I need to provide the content and images?

Content, yes — you know your business and I do not. I will restructure and edit what you send so it reads for the web, and I will tell you where a section is missing. Photography is worth paying a local photographer for; stock images of people in offices are recognisable as stock and quietly cost you credibility.

Islamabad and the North · Pakistan

Custom PHP and MySQL application development in Mardan

When an off-the-shelf plugin does not fit the business, I build the thing that does — booking systems, client portals, quote calculators, admin dashboards, and integrations with whatever API you already depend on. For Mardan businesses, quoted in PKR from $200, typically live in 10 days.

What custom php and mysql application development includes for a Mardan business

Fixed scope, agreed in writing before development starts. From $200, typically live in 10 days.

Database design and schema, documented rather than improvised
Application build in PHP with a MySQL backend
Admin interface built for the people who will use it daily
Role-based access control where more than one person logs in
Third-party REST API integrations
Transactional email via PHPMailer with proper SPF/DKIM alignment
Input validation, prepared statements and CSRF protection throughout
Written handover documentation — you are not dependent on me to keep it running

The terms for a Pakistani client

Starting price	From $200, quoted and invoiced in PKR
Typical timeline	10 days once content is supplied
Tax position	sales tax on services at the provincial rate; invoices issued in PKR
Data protection	the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, with sectoral SBP rules already binding on fintech — resolved by not applicable — the data never leaves the country
Payment rails available	Stripe is not available domestically, so builds use JazzCash, Easypaisa, Safepay or a direct bank integration
My day in Mardan time	09:00–18:00 — the same hours you keep

Why this matters for Pakistan specifically

This is the one country where I can meet you in person, invoice in rupees, take payment by local bank transfer and run milestone meetings face to face. Every other page in this section says the opposite, because it is true everywhere else.

What actually ships when a Mardan project goes live

A handover for a Mardan client is not a link and a login. It is the repository, the hosting account in your name, the domain registered to you, the payment provider account under your business, and a written record of every credential as it was created rather than dumped in one email at the end.

The test I apply is uncomfortable but correct: if I disappeared tomorrow, could another developer pick this up on Monday without calling me? If the answer is no, the handover is not finished. That standard is why the documentation takes a day I do not bill separately — it is part of the build, not an upsell.

Retail and e-commerce in Mardan

A store is judged at the checkout, not the homepage. For Pakistan that means the payment methods have to match what people actually use — Stripe is not available domestically, so builds use JazzCash, Easypaisa, Safepay or a direct bank integration — and the cart has to survive a slow connection and a page refresh. Most abandoned baskets are not indecision; they are a checkout that broke and gave no reason why.

The second issue is stock truth. A product page saying "in stock" when it is not costs you the sale and the customer, and the fix is unglamorous plumbing between wherever your stock actually lives and the storefront. That is worth a day of work far more than the product photography carousel is.

The contact form that silently fails

The most expensive bug on a small business website makes no noise at all. A form posts, shows a thank-you message, and the email never arrives — usually because the host's mail function is unauthenticated and the receiving server drops it without a bounce. The business concludes demand fell.

The fix is authenticated SMTP with SPF, DKIM and DMARC configured on the sending domain, plus a database write so a submission survives even when delivery fails. If you are unsure whether your Mardan site has this problem, submit your own form from a phone on mobile data and see what actually arrives.

What I am not claiming about Mardan

I have no office, postal address or phone number in Mardan
I cannot meet you in person outside Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and if that is a requirement you should hire locally
I am not claiming existing clients in Mardan specifically — my live work is listed on the work page and you can check it
Nothing on this page is a guarantee of search rankings, which no developer can honestly offer