Web Development FAQ Your questions, answered honestly.

Yes. UHL Developers is a web development agency based in Islamabad, Pakistan. We work with local businesses in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and with clients in the UK, USA, Australia, the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Yes, most of our clients are outside Pakistan. We work in English, schedule calls in your time zone and share daily progress updates and a live preview link, so distance is never a problem.

We are in Pakistan (PKT, UTC+5). Our working day overlaps with the UK, Europe and the Gulf, and we schedule morning or evening calls for clients in the USA and Australia.

On WhatsApp, email, Zoom or Google Meet, whichever you prefer. You talk directly to the developers building your website, not an account manager.

You get senior developers and agency-quality work at a fairer price, because our running costs in Islamabad are lower than in London or New York. The standards are the same: custom design, clean code and SEO built in.

A landing page starts from $200, a 1–3 page business website from $500, a 5–7 page custom website from $600 and a full online store from $800. Enterprise and custom projects are quoted individually. See our pricing page for full package details.

With us, a landing page in Pakistan starts from $200 and a 1–3 page business website from $500. The final price depends on the number of pages, design, e-commerce features and integrations. You always get a fixed quote before work starts.

Never. Our quotes cover the agreed scope. Any change in scope is discussed and agreed with you before extra work begins, so there are no surprise invoices.

Yes. We work on 50% upfront and 50% on completion. For larger projects we can split payments into milestones.

PayPal, bank transfer (SWIFT/IBAN), Wise and other international payment methods. We agree the easiest option for your country during onboarding.

Yes. Clients on monthly maintenance plans and repeat clients get preferential pricing on new projects.

A landing page takes 3–5 business days, a multi-page business website 7–10 days and a Shopify or WooCommerce store 10–14 days. Custom web applications are scoped individually, usually 3–6 weeks. See our process.

Yes. Rush delivery is available for most projects for an additional fee. Contact us with your deadline and we will tell you honestly what is possible.

Usually late feedback or missing content. Feedback within 24–48 hours at each stage and having your logo, images and text ready keeps your launch on schedule.

We take deadlines seriously and rarely miss them. If a delay is caused on our side, we tell you early and fix it at no extra cost.

Web design is how your website looks and feels: layout, colours, typography and user experience. Web development is the code that makes it work. We handle both, from first sketch to launch.

Your design is created for your brand and your customers, not copied from a ready-made template, so your website won't look like anyone else's.

Yes. We use your logo, colours and fonts so the website feels like your brand. If you don't have brand guidelines yet, we can create simple ones as part of the project.

Yes. Every website is designed mobile-first and tested on phones, tablets and desktops, because most visitors will see your site on a phone first.

UI is how things look (buttons, forms, typography). UX is how easily visitors find what they need and take action. Good UI/UX turns visitors into customers.

WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, React.js, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Tailwind CSS. We choose the best platform for your goals, not the one that is easiest for us.

Yes. WordPress is one of our core platforms. We build custom WordPress websites, integrate plugins, build WooCommerce stores and handle WordPress migrations. WordPress development.

Yes. WordPress and Shopify sites come with an easy dashboard so you can edit text, add blog posts and manage products without code. We walk you through it after launch.

Yes: third-party APIs, custom plugins, membership areas, booking systems, live chat and CRM connections. If you can describe it, we can usually build it.

Yes. We redesign outdated websites and handle platform switches, including content migration and protecting your SEO rankings. Website redesign.

Yes. Every website includes an SEO foundation: clean structure, meta titles and descriptions, image alt text, schema markup, a sitemap, Google Search Console setup and speed optimisation.

For lower-competition keywords you can see early movement in 4–8 weeks. Strong rankings for competitive terms usually take 3–6 months of consistent work. We set realistic expectations from day one.

Yes. Local SEO helps you appear when people search for your service in your city, whether that is Islamabad, Rawalpindi, London or Dubai. It includes location-focused pages, on-page optimisation and local business schema. SEO services.

On-page SEO is everything on your website: content, keywords, titles, speed and structure. Off-page SEO is external signals like links from other sites. On-page SEO is included in every project; link building is a separate service.

Yes. Our SEO audit and optimisation service starts from $200 and includes a technical audit, keyword research, on-page fixes, schema and a clear action plan.

Yes. We build custom Shopify stores including theme design, product setup, payments, shipping and tax settings. Shopify development.

Yes. We build WooCommerce stores on WordPress with product catalogues, payment gateways like Stripe and PayPal, shipping zones and an optimised checkout. WooCommerce development.

Shopify is easier to manage and fully hosted, great if you want simplicity. WooCommerce is more flexible, has no monthly platform fee and suits complex catalogues. We recommend the right one after hearing your goals.

Yes. We integrate Stripe, PayPal, Square and local payment options, set up a secure checkout and test every payment method before launch.

Yes. Product upload is $100 per 50 products, including images, descriptions, categories, variants and prices. Larger catalogues are imported in bulk.

Yes. Monthly maintenance starts from $50 per month and includes updates, security monitoring, backups, speed and uptime checks, and small content changes. Website maintenance.

Every project includes 7–60 days of post-launch support. Issues caused by our work are fixed free during that time. After that, fixes are covered by a maintenance plan or billed hourly.

Yes. Outdated plugins are one of the most common causes of hacked or broken WordPress sites. Monthly updates, which our maintenance plans include, keep your site safe.

We don't resell hosting, but we help you choose the right provider and set everything up: SSL, DNS, email and files. Hosting setup is a one-time $50.

For WordPress: SiteGround for most businesses, Cloudways for performance, Hostinger for tight budgets. Shopify includes hosting. For custom apps we recommend DigitalOcean or AWS.

Yes. Website migration starts from $150. We back up everything, move it, test it and update DNS, keeping your content and rankings safe.

SSL, strong admin access, removal of unused plugins, correct file permissions, security headers and a firewall or scanner for WordPress sites.

Contact us straight away. Malware cleanup is included in maintenance plans and available as a one-off service. We clean the site, restore backups if needed and harden it against future attacks.

Yes. We set up automatic backups where your hosting supports them, and on maintenance plans we check them every month.

We aim for under 2 seconds, using optimised WebP images, lazy loading, minified code, caching and a CDN where needed.

Google's measures of real user experience: how fast the main content loads, how quickly the page responds and how stable the layout is. Good scores help your rankings.

Yes. We audit your site, find what slows it down and fix it. Ask us for a free speed check.

Yes, from booking plugins on WordPress to fully custom booking flows with calendar sync, confirmation emails and payments.

Yes: gated content, member logins, subscription billing and member dashboards, on WordPress or as a custom build.

Yes. We connect HubSpot, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, Klaviyo and others so leads and orders flow straight into your tools.

Yes. We set up multilingual WordPress or React websites. You provide the translations, or we can recommend translation services.