Everything you'd ask before hiring a developer.

You never have to trust blindly. The code is in your GitHub from the first commit, you see a working demo every week, and payments are split into milestones tied to what you have already seen working. Everything is built on a mainstream stack and documented as it goes, so if I were ever unavailable, another developer could pick it up from your repository.

My freelance work runs alongside my role at Gravitones, so I take on one freelance project at a time and plan it around fixed weekly hours. Your proposal states the hours per week and the date of every milestone, and the Friday demo shows whether we're on track.

You do, completely. Source code, design files, domains, hosting and app store accounts are all set up in your name.

A business website takes 2–3 weeks, an online store 4–6 weeks, and custom software or mobile apps 6–12 weeks. The exact timeline is written into the proposal with weekly milestones.

Not at all — most clients aren't. I explain decisions in plain language, you review everything visually through demos, and you get a training video for the admin panel at handover.

You get 30 days of free bug fixes. After that you can run it yourself, call me for occasional changes, or choose a monthly care plan for hosting, updates, backups and small improvements.

Yes. I work remotely, and my largest build so far is a live marketplace in Kenya. I'm on IST (UTC+5:30), which overlaps comfortably with the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and with US mornings.

Small tweaks are absorbed in the weekly sprint. Larger changes get a short written quote before any work starts, so you always decide with the price in front of you.

Every project runs on a short written agreement covering scope, price, milestones, confidentiality and the transfer of all rights in the work to you. Each milestone gets an invoice, payable by bank transfer — international clients can also pay through Wise or PayPal.

Yes, happily, before we discuss anything confidential. Your idea and data stay private.

You get agency-level output — design, web, mobile, backend and SEO — without paying for account managers and office overhead, and you speak directly with the person building your product.

Shopify is a great start. Custom makes sense when monthly app fees add up, you need multi-vendor features, local payment methods like M-Pesa or UPI flows Shopify can't do well, or you want full control of your data and checkout. On the free call I'll tell you honestly which fits.

Razorpay, Stripe, PayPal, Cashfree and M-Pesa (Safaricom Daraja API, already live in production for Vedrastores), plus cash-on-delivery flows.

Yes. Every store ships with an admin panel for products, stock, orders, coupons and customers, plus a recorded walkthrough so new staff can learn it in an afternoon.

Yes — products, customers and order history can be migrated from Shopify, WooCommerce or spreadsheets, with redirects so you keep your Google rankings.

Every site ships with technical SEO done properly — page titles, meta descriptions, structured data, sitemap, fast load times and Search Console. Rankings also depend on content and competition, so I'll give you a simple content plan too.

Yes. You get an admin/CMS where you can update text, images, services, team members and blog posts without touching code.

I structure every page and write conversion copy for headlines and calls-to-action. For long-form content, I work from your notes or a short interview.

Yes. I keep what's working (URLs, rankings, content) and rebuild the rest, with 301 redirects so you don't lose search traffic.

One codebase serves iOS and Android, which typically saves 30–50% of the cost and every future update ships to both platforms at once. Apps like Instagram, Shopify and Discord use React Native in production.

Yes. I prepare the listings, screenshots and privacy declarations and handle the review process for both Google Play and the App Store, under your own developer accounts.

Most apps need at least an admin dashboard and a landing page. I build those alongside the app so everything shares one backend.

Usually $0–$50/month for hosting at launch scale, plus Apple's $99/year and Google's one-time $25 developer fees. I'll estimate your running costs in the proposal.

Off-the-shelf tools work until your process doesn't fit them — custom bundles, batch tracking, your own approval steps or integration with your store. Custom software fits how you already work and has no per-user fees.

Yes. Stock syncs both ways with your online store, so a sale online reduces shelf stock and a delivery updates the website automatically.

Yes. I map and import your existing products, stock levels and suppliers from Excel or CSV so you go live with real data on day one.

Yes — the system is fully responsive, and an optional mobile app turns any phone into a barcode scanner for stock-takes and deliveries.

Yes — role-based permissions, encrypted connections, hashed passwords, audit logs and daily backups. The system is hosted in your own cloud account, so you own and control the data.

It produces payroll-ready attendance, overtime and leave summaries. Full salary calculation can be added for your country's rules, or exported to the payroll tool your accountant already uses.

Yes. Check-in works from any phone browser or an optional app, with GPS geo-fencing or QR codes at your premises to prevent proxy attendance.

That's the point of custom software. Your policies — carry-forwards, comp-offs, half-days, region-specific holidays — are built in exactly as you run them.

If an off-the-shelf CRM fits, use it — I'll tell you so. Custom wins when per-seat fees grow with your team, your sales process has steps those tools can't model, or you need tight integration with your own website, inventory or billing.

Yes, through the official WhatsApp Business API — templates for follow-ups, quotes and payment reminders, with replies logged on the customer timeline.

Yes. Contacts, deals and notes import from Excel, CSV or most CRMs, de-duplicated and mapped to your new pipeline.

Adoption is designed in: fewer fields, mobile-friendly screens and automation that removes data entry. Your team reviews the designs before anything is built.

Yes. I scope the smallest version that proves your idea, ship it in weeks, and build it on architecture that can scale when it works — so you don't pay for a rewrite later.

They usually do. Small changes fit inside the weekly sprint; bigger ones get a written quote before any work starts, so the price never surprises you.

You do — fully. The code lives in your GitHub from the first commit, deployed to cloud accounts in your name.

Yes. I start with a paid code audit, tell you honestly what's worth keeping, then fix, extend or rebuild in stages.

It's built to answer only from your approved content, cite where the answer came from, and hand over to a human when it isn't sure. You can review every conversation.

AI usage is billed per message by the model provider and is usually a few dollars a month for small businesses. I'll estimate it from your expected volume before you commit.

No. I use API access with data-retention controls, and your documents stay in a database you own.

Yes — search, summaries, drafting, classification and chat can be added to most existing systems through an API layer, without a rebuild.