Web developer in Basirhat, by the Ghojadanga crossing
As a web developer in Basirhat, I start you with a small first version, every line of it agreed in writing. The plan fits a trader by the crossing, a paperwork service or a farm business outside town. Each site says what you deal in and how a customer reaches you, in words a stranger can follow.
Overview
A site that has to stand in for a visit
For a buyer far from the crossing, the site stands in for a visit. They decide from what it shows.
My own work runs on the same footing. I work with clients in 19% of the world's countries, remotely, from Kolkata, India.
Work around the Ghojadanga crossing splits three ways. The site is built for the one you run, and the lines for the other two stay off it.
One thing I can't supply is the detail of your trade. That comes from you. The site says only what you confirm.
What a scope from me looks like
What goes in, and what waits
Included
- A written scope: every page and feature as its own line, agreed before work starts
- Design to build, reviewed on a staging URL that stays open the whole project
- Mobile first — checked on a real phone
- Domain, hosting and every account created in your name from day one
- What you trade and how it reaches the buyer, written for a stranger to check
- Basic on-page SEO: titles, descriptions, headings, sitemap, Search Console connected
- A runbook at handover: how to edit it, what renews and when
Phase two
- A second language, once a real share of enquiries call for one
- A product or stock list with enquiry
- Ongoing SEO once the site has traffic to read
- A maintenance plan once the site is live
- Logo and brand design, quoted separately from the build
Not doing
- Guaranteed rankings
- Confirming what's legally allowed across the border — that's your customs adviser's call, not mine
What gets built here
Trade, paperwork and farm work
Each one starts from a different first screen. You tell me which one is yours.
- A trading business — what you deal in and how it is delivered, written in plain words a buyer can check before ordering.
- A paperwork service — which papers you handle and what a customer must bring, so a phone call isn't spent on basics.
- A farm business — what you grow or supply, with a named person to call about quantities.
- For all three — a phone number that's answered, and opening hours, kept current.
What moves the number
What the quote depends on
I write the estimate once we've agreed what goes on the site. Each of these lines adds to it separately, and you see every one before you say yes.
- A second language at launch, if your customers need one now
- How many trade lines or services need a section of their own
- Photographs of the goods — one set for the site, or a set for each trade line
- How much paperwork detail needs a page to itself
- Checking your listing against the site after launch, now and then
Where this comes from
The people doing the build
I lead every build, working with three developers, a designer and three SEO specialists in the Kolkata, India office, plus around six people working remotely. Finished work from that team is open to anyone.
Open any of them on your phone to see how it reads there.
Nearby
Barrackpore, Habra and the district
Barrackpore and Habra sit in the same district.
FAQ
Records, borders, rules and orders
Whichever of the three businesses you run.
How are decisions kept track of?
- In writing. Each decision made on a call is noted in the scope, so nothing depends on remembering what was said. You approve each page on a private staging link first. If something needs showing rather than telling, we share a screen on the call.
We trade across the border. What should the site show?
- What you deal in and the route it takes to the buyer, in plain words. A counterpart across the crossing can then check the basics before the first call. Naming the paperwork you handle helps too, so nobody has to ask for it by message. A photograph of the goods themselves gives that counterpart one more thing to check.
Can a paperwork service explain the rules on its site?
- It can describe your service: the papers you deal with and how a customer gets started. What's allowed across the border is a question for your customs adviser, so the site leaves the rules to them. Where a customer needs advice, the site gives them your number to call.
Can a farm business take orders through the site?
- Enquiries, yes, from the first version. Ordering from a product list is a bigger build, so it sits in phase two and is priced on its own. The enquiry form sends each message to an email address you choose, and a named person to call about quantities can sit beside it from the start.
What if we change developer later?
- Every login, from the domain to the hosting, is registered to the business itself. A new developer starts with full access and the notes on how the site is put together. Nothing about it depends on me staying involved.
Next step
What do you deal in, and where does it go?
Your answers become the first lines of the scope. After that, the questions turn to your customers and what they need to see before buying.
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