# hirewebdeveloper.net Independent web development practice run by Madhurjya Sarmah (madhurjya.com). Publishes rate benchmarks and buyer guides for people hiring web developers; delivers WordPress, Shopify/WooCommerce, and custom Node/React builds. Not affiliated with HireWebDeveloper.com. ## Core - / [homepage]: rate estimator, services overview, reviews quoted from public platforms - /pricing/: hourly rate benchmarks by stack and region (Q2 2026, editorial estimates), project price bands, engagement model comparison - /hire/: six-question project brief form; scoped written quote within two business days - /cost-calculator/: one-screen website cost calculator, tap keys and press =, honest USD+INR bands (international + India), email unlocks the bands; optional quote request sends the exact configuration - /about/: who operates the site, how money works, vetting, contracts, honest disclosures - /contact/: direct contact - /resources/methodology/: how every rate number on the site is calculated, sources, assumptions, limits - /resources/rate-report/: quarterly rate report, current edition, what changed, past editions archived ## Rates by region - /locations/: all regional benchmarks with timezone overlap notes - /locations/india/: India benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, plus Ahmedabad, Surat, Jaipur, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore, Indore, Nagpur, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal; the Northeast: Shillong, Agartala, Imphal, Aizawl, Kohima, Dimapur, Itanagar, Gangtok; PLUS the full 213-city layer: every major market from Gurugram, Noida, Thane, Vadodara, Ludhiana to Tiruppur, Salem, Rajkot, Patna, Ranchi, Siliguri, Goa, Jammu/Srinagar, Kozhikode, Thrissur and 80+ more, full commercial coverage of India) - /locations/india/guwahati/: Guwahati city page - /ai/: AI development services hub (chatbots, agents, RAG, LLM integration, fine-tuning, audits, AI search visibility) - /ai/chatbot-development/, /ai/ai-agents/, /ai/rag-development/, /ai/llm-integration/, /ai/llm-fine-tuning/, /ai/ai-consulting/, /ai/ai-search-visibility/ - /automation/: automation services hub (workflow automation on n8n/Make/Zapier, business process, AI automation, CRM, ecommerce, Zapier-to-n8n migration) - /automation/workflow-automation/, /automation/business-process-automation/, /automation/ai-automation/, /automation/crm-automation/, /automation/ecommerce-automation/, /automation/zapier-to-n8n-migration/ - /seo/: SEO services hub, developer-side technical SEO (audits, platform SEO, Core Web Vitals, schema, local, migration safety) - /industries/: industry-specific hiring guides and service framing (26 industries) - /industries/dental-clinics/ (booking-first, privacy care), /industries/construction-trades/ (quote-form playbook), /industries/fitness-gyms/ (class booking + memberships), /industries/salon-spa/ (booking + ecommerce), /industries/logistics-transport/ (quote engines + tracking), /industries/photographers/ (galleries + enquiry), /industries/veterinary-pet-care/ (booking + recalls), /industries/accounting-cpa/ (secure intake), /industries/wedding-events/ (galleries + RSVP hubs), plus hotels-and-tourism, tea-and-agri-business, coaching-institutes, startups, small-business, ecommerce, saas, agencies, professional-services, healthcare, real-estate, education, finance, restaurants, coaches, legal, nonprofits - /seo/technical-seo-audit/, /seo/wordpress-seo/, /seo/shopify-seo/, /seo/ecommerce-seo/, /seo/local-seo/, /seo/core-web-vitals/, /seo/schema-markup/, /seo/seo-migration/, /seo/penalty-recovery/ - /integrations/: integration services hub, third-party services engineered in (payments, messaging, CRM, accounting, ops), failure paths included - /integrations/stripe/, /integrations/paypal/, /integrations/razorpay/, /integrations/pos-inventory/, /integrations/twilio/, /integrations/whatsapp-business/, /integrations/email-deliverability/, /integrations/slack-notifications/, /integrations/crm-integrations/, /integrations/accounting-sync/, /integrations/google-maps/, /integrations/booking-engines/, /integrations/shipping-sync/, /integrations/airtable-notion/ - /development/patient-portals/: privacy-first patient/clinic portals (booking, results, secure messaging, audit trails) - /development/quote-calculators/: interactive quote/estimator calculators, the cost-calculator pattern, productized for other businesses - /locations/usa/: US benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Washington DC, San Diego) - /locations/uk/: UK benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds) - /locations/canada/: Canada benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, Waterloo) - /locations/australia/: Australia benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide) - /locations/germany/: Germany benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Stuttgart) - /locations/uae/: UAE benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah) - /locations/france/: France benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lille) - /locations/switzerland/: Switzerland benchmarks + city ecosystem pages (Zurich, Geneva) - /locations/netherlands/: Netherlands benchmarks + city ecosystem page (Amsterdam) - /locations/sweden/: Sweden benchmarks + city ecosystem page (Stockholm) - /locations/denmark/: Denmark benchmarks + city ecosystem page (Copenhagen) - Also: /locations/singapore/ (city-state, no city layer) ## Guides (buyer-facing, plain English) - /resources/guides/web-development-cost/: what a website really costs in 2026 - /resources/guides/how-to-write-a-web-development-brief/ + /resources/templates/website-brief-template/ - /resources/guides/vet-a-web-developer/: vetting checklist - /resources/guides/web-development-contract/: the five contract clauses that matter - /resources/guides/website-cost-guwahati-assam/: website cost in Guwahati & Assam, honest local bands in ₹, the ₹4,999 rental warning, local vs export work - /resources/guides/: full index, costs, briefs, vetting, contracts, platforms, engagement models, regional rate comparisons - /resources/guides/marketplace-mvp/, /resources/guides/directory-website/, /resources/guides/job-board-website/, /resources/guides/community-forum/, /resources/guides/crowdfunding-platform/, /resources/guides/real-estate-website/, /resources/guides/lms-elearning/: build-decision guides for platform projects, scope, staging, buy-vs-custom, buyer angles - /resources/guides/wordpress-maintenance-plans/, /resources/guides/shopify-app-traps/, /resources/guides/speed-rescue-core-web-vitals/, /resources/guides/cart-abandonment-technical-fix/, /resources/guides/woocommerce-at-scale/, /resources/guides/wordpress-page-builders/, /resources/guides/hosting-what-we-recommend/, /resources/guides/domain-email-ownership-clause/: maintenance/app-trap/CWV-triage/cart-fix/scale/builders/hosting/ownership guides - /resources/guides/gdpr-ccpa-cookies-consent/, /resources/guides/scraping-automation-legality/, /resources/guides/ai-content-on-business-sites/, /resources/guides/when-not-to-hire-anyone/, /resources/guides/why-no-guarantees/, /resources/guides/astro-sveltekit-remix-niche-stacks/, /resources/guides/pwa-when-your-website-should-be-app-like/, /resources/guides/headless-cms-for-buyers/, /resources/guides/multi-language-wordpress-wpml-polylang/, /resources/guides/ecommerce-website-cost/, /resources/guides/website-due-diligence-audit/, /resources/guides/change-requests-scope-mechanics/, /resources/guides/security-practices-at-build/: cookies/scraping-legality/AI-content/DIY-line/guarantees/niche-stacks/PWA/headless/multi-language/ecommerce-cost/due-diligence/change-requests/build-security guides - /resources/guides/ai-lead-qualification/, /resources/guides/ai-for-ecommerce/, /resources/guides/gdpr-and-ai-features/, /resources/guides/self-hosted-models-vs-apis/, /resources/guides/ai-cost-ceilings/: AI feature guides (lead qualification, ecommerce, GDPR, self-hosting, cost ceilings) - /resources/checklists/checkout-optimization-checklist/ (Baymard-mapped), /resources/checklists/ai-readiness-checklist/, /resources/checklists/analytics-setup-checklist/ (GA4+GSC+events), /resources/checklists/accessibility-prelaunch-checklist/, /resources/checklists/content-readiness-checklist/, /resources/checklists/website-due-diligence-checklist/ (acquisitions) - /resources/templates/takeover-safe-handover-template/: the 7-section handover record that prevents hostage situations - /resources/glossary/: 96 terms in plain English, each with why it matters for money and risk - /resources/checklists/: launch, ecommerce, security, SEO checklists + WordPress maintenance, redesign, ecommerce SEO (Aug 23) - /resources/faq/: every People-Also-Ask question answered honestly, 15 pages, 150+ questions: costs, hiring in India, finding & vetting, freelancer vs agency, remote & dedicated, platform developers (WordPress/Shopify/ecommerce), timelines & scope, maintenance & redesign, contracts & ownership, AI, freelancing in India, careers, design basics, website basics, coding questions, plus WordPress-specific: wordpress-hiring (costs, vetting, India, freelancer/agency/dedicated) and wordpress-help (fixes, speed, security, migrations, redesign, maintenance), plus shopify-hiring (costs by store type, theme vs custom, migration, speed, apps, retainers) - /process/: how this desk works, method, onboarding & timezones (IST overlap math for US/UK/EU/AU/Gulf), payments & terms (deposits, milestones, IP transfer, kill-fee), all published - /process/brief-to-quote/ (48h pipeline), /process/staging-to-production/, /process/zero-downtime-launches/, /process/qa-before-launch/, /process/uptime-monitoring/, /process/backups-recovery/, /process/ai-assisted-build/ (eval gates), /process/escalation-disputes/ ## Services - /services/: all 17 services with published price bands - /wordpress/ /shopify/ /woocommerce/ /webflow/ and platform children - /web-developer/: hire a web developer, commercial hub Facts policy: editorial rate estimates only, sources named, quarterly review, no fabricated testimonials or statistics. Billing in USD; async-first; clients in the US, UK, Australia and the Gulf.