You can hire a web developer from Nepal for your US business directly, with no marketplace in between. I’m Ujjwal Rupakheti, a full-stack developer and SEO specialist in Itahari with 3+ years of work and 13+ projects shipped. You get a fixed quote in USD, a written contract, calls in your morning and code you own on payment.
Outsourcing to Nepal
Most US companies that have outsourced web development before have one bad story: the developer who went quiet, the missing code, the site that never ranked. Here is how I prevent each.
Time zones
Nepal runs on UTC+5:45 all year, so Itahari is 10 h 45 min ahead of New York in winter and 9 h 45 min in summer, and 13 h 45 min or 12 h 45 min ahead of Los Angeles.
US Eastern and Pacific time, both seasons
Itahari, NepalNPT, UTC+5:45, no clock changes
09:00–18:00calls from 07:00 to midnight
New YorkEST, UTC−5, November to March
In effect now09:00–13:15your time, 4 h 15 min
New YorkEDT, UTC−4, March to November
In effect now09:00–14:15your time, 5 h 15 min
Los AngelesPST, UTC−8, November to March
In effect now09:00–10:15your time, 1 h 15 min
Los AngelesPDT, UTC−7, March to November
In effect now09:00–11:15your time, 2 h 15 min
A US 9-to-5 never touches my normal working day, so I move my hours instead: calls happen in my evening, booked a few days ahead. My Monday starts at 10:15 pm Eastern on your Sunday in winter, or 11:15 pm in summer, so Friday approvals are moving before your week begins.
Itahari, Nepal
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UTC+5:45, where I work from
New York
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Eastern time
Chicago
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Central time
Los Angeles
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Pacific time
Working together
Most of the work happens in writing, and the time difference does a lot of it for you: you review during your day, and I build during mine.
One working day, New York winter time
5:00 pm3:45 am in Itahari
You leave feedbackOn the preview link, then log off.
10:15 pm9:00 am in Itahari
I start on your listAnything unclear gets a written question first.
7:15 am6:00 pm in Itahari
The preview is updatedA summary of the changes is in your inbox.
9:00 am7:45 pm in Itahari
You review over coffeeIf something needs talking through, we call.
US market
US websites face rules and search habits that sites in Nepal don’t. Fixing them after launch costs more than building them in.
US businesses receive ADA demand letters over sites that screen-reader and keyboard users can’t use. WCAG 2.1 Level AA is the usual yardstick, named in the Justice Department’s 2024 rule for government sites, and I build to it.
There is no single federal privacy law. California’s CCPA, as amended by the CPRA, and other state laws govern what you collect and how people opt out, so I add clear notices, consent and “Do Not Sell or Share” links where they apply.
US search is crowded, and Google rolled out AI Overviews to US users first. Pages that answer in the opening lines, with structured data and green Core Web Vitals, rank in classic results and get cited in AI answers.
If you serve a city or a service area, your Google Business Profile and location pages do most of the work. I build service-area pages that genuinely differ, with LocalBusiness markup.
Built with these rules in mind; your lawyer has the final say. I’m a developer, not an attorney, so treat this as a technical standard, not legal advice or a guarantee against claims.
Commercials
You get one fixed price in US dollars after a short call, against a written contract that lists exactly what’s included. Payments follow the contract milestones, by bank transfer, Wise or PayPal, so you pay for work you can already see.
Domain, hosting, paid plugins and tools are extra. Prefer to talk first? Book a one-off web and SEO consultation.
Getting started
No sign-up, no bidding round and no account manager: you talk to the person who will write your code from the first message.
On WhatsApp or by email: what you need, your deadline and your time zone. I reply within one working day.
Thirty minutes on Zoom or Google Meet, in my evening, about goals, users, budget and launch date.
Scope, milestones and one price in USD, in writing, with a mutual NDA first if you want one.
A working preview link every week. You pay each milestone after you have seen it working.
Code, repository, IP and accounts in your company’s name, then a free bug-fix period.
Not ready for a project yet? A one-off consultation answers whether outsourcing to Nepal suits your plan.
Services
Small businesses are 99.9% of US firms, by the SBA’s count, and most can’t justify an agency retainer. They hire me for a first product, or a site that finally ranks.
Next.js or WordPress sites in US English, fast on a phone and accessible from the first build.
Accounts, plans, card payments, an admin console and the marketing site, built so it can grow.
Internal tools and integrations, with documented REST APIs and signed webhooks like those in Eknas.
Keyword research on US search data, technical fixes in the code, and content that answers real buyer questions.
Also available: a technical SEO audit and cross-browser QA testing. Every service and its process is on the web development and SEO services page.
Proof
Before you hire a developer abroad, open their work. These live products are mine end to end, each with a case study.
Wedding invitation SaaS
Fifty-two animated designs and a separate international site priced in USD, with PayPal or card for families abroad.
App publishing SaaS
Publish an HTML file as a live web app with sign-ins and live sync, tested with Playwright in Chromium, Firefox and WebKit.
Loyalty SaaS with a public API
A REST API documented in OpenAPI 3.1, HMAC-signed webhooks, and bills that can never be recorded twice.
Case study: SajilaiA two-sided rental marketplace where bookings can never overlap, with QR payments, recorded handovers and public pages Google can read.
“He approached the project with the precision of an engineer and the strategic thinking of a marketer.”
“Within months, our hospitality business was ranking for keywords we never thought possible.”
3+
years building for the web
15+
clients in Nepal, the US, UK, Australia, Canada and the Gulf
13+
projects shipped, each with a case study
4.9
average client rating out of 5
Time zones, contracts, payment, accessibility and SEO, answered for US companies.
Ask me on WhatsAppYes. I work with US companies as an independent contractor from Itahari, Nepal, with a fixed USD quote, a written contract, payment by bank transfer, Wise or PayPal, and an NDA if you want one. Code and IP transfer to you on payment. I’ve worked with clients in the US, UK, Australia, Canada and the Gulf.
Send me a short note on WhatsApp or by email with what you need, your deadline and your time zone. We then have a 30-minute call in your morning, and I send a fixed quote in USD with the scope and milestones in writing. Once the contract, and an NDA if you want one, is signed, work starts with a preview link every week.
A marketplace such as Upwork or Arc helps when you want to compare many profiles quickly. Hiring directly suits you once you’ve found someone whose live work you trust: the contract is between your company and me, you pay by bank transfer, Wise or PayPal, and you keep the same person after launch for fixes and SEO.
Nepal is 10 hours 45 minutes ahead of New York from November to March, and 9 hours 45 minutes ahead from March to November, because Nepal has no daylight saving time. So 9:00 am in New York is 7:45 pm in Nepal in winter and 6:45 pm in summer.
Yes, in your morning. I book calls in my evening, up to midnight Nepal time: 9:00 am to 1:15 pm Eastern in winter, or to 2:15 pm in summer. On the West Coast it’s 9:00 to 10:15 am Pacific in winter, or to 11:15 am in summer. Most weeks need one call.
It depends on scope. You get one fixed figure in USD after a short call, before work starts; a business site costs less than a SaaS product with accounts and payments. Design, build, SEO setup and launch are included, while domain, hosting and paid tools are extra. The number you sign is the number you pay.
I build to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the standard most US website accessibility claims are measured against, and test keyboard use, focus, contrast, labels and screen-reader output before launch. That lowers your risk, but no developer can promise immunity from claims, so your lawyer has the final say.
Yes. I’ll sign your mutual NDA, or send one, before you share details. The contract states that code, designs, repository and intellectual property transfer to your company on payment, and domain, hosting and accounts are in your company’s name from the start.
In USD, by bank transfer, Wise or PayPal, against invoices that match the contract milestones. If your accounts staff need a Form W-8BEN to document a foreign contractor, I can fill one in; your accountant decides what paperwork you need.
Yes. Search engines judge your pages, not where the person improving them sits. I research keywords on US search data, write in US English, add structured data and fix technical SEO in the code, plus Google Business Profile for local firms. Rankings depend on competition, so nobody can honestly guarantee a position.
For most startup and small-business projects, yes: you deal directly with the person writing your code, and weekly preview links show real progress. A US agency suits you better if you need many specialists at once or someone in your office, and if your project is that size, I’ll say so on the first call.
Send a short note about your project, your deadline and your time zone. I reply within one working day, with questions or a first estimate.
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