Guides from client work

Guides on WHMCS, web design, SaaS and AI.

Step-by-step guides written from my own client work and checked against the official documentation. Each one says when it was last reviewed, and what I sell when it matters.

124 guides · 6 topics

All articles 124 Hosting 13 Hiring 17 WHMCS 38 Security 9 Development 21 AI 26

Best WHMCS Addons, Modules and Developers: A Buyer's Guide

No single WHMCS addon is best. This buyer's guide sorts modules by job, names the vendors and module developers behind them, and gives a checklist to run before you pay.

Shahid Malla · Dec 28, 2025 · 12 min

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How Much Does an Ecommerce Website Cost?

The build, the platform bill and the card fees on every order: Shopify, WooCommerce and custom Laravel compared, with Stripe, PayPal and Square rates for the US, Canada and Australia, each one linked and dated.

Shahid Malla Nov 3, 2026

11 min

Website Maintenance: What It Covers and What It Costs

What website maintenance covers, the vendor bills that keep coming (domain, hosting, SSL, plugin licenses) with vendor prices, what the labor costs, and what to put in a maintenance agreement.

Shahid Malla Nov 3, 2026

11 min

How Much Does a Penetration Test Cost? Website, API and Server Pricing

What a penetration test costs and why: my fixed prices for website, API and server tests, public list prices, the scope drivers, PCI DSS and SOC 2 needs, and how to compare quotes.

Shahid Malla Nov 3, 2026

11 min

How Much Does It Cost to Build a Mobile App?

What a mobile app costs to build, publish and keep running: my fixed package prices and hourly rate, Apple and Google fees and commissions, and the figures to re-check every year.

Shahid Malla Nov 3, 2026

11 min

How Much Does a Real Estate Website Cost?

Agent site, agency site, listing portal or one ad landing page: what each costs to build, what an MLS or IDX feed adds every month, and the bill after launch, with every figure linked.

Shahid Malla Nov 3, 2026

12 min

Buying a Web Hosting Business: Technical Due Diligence Checklist

What to check before you buy a web hosting business: how to rebuild the revenue from WHMCS reports, which licenses legally transfer, what the license stack costs, and how to price the migration.

Shahid Malla Nov 2, 2026

11 min

How to Upgrade Laravel to 13: Steps, Breaking Changes and AI Help

A step-by-step Laravel 13 upgrade: how many major versions to hop, the PHP 8.3 minimum, the breaking changes that actually bite, Laravel Boost and Shift compared, and what Filament needs.

Shahid Malla Nov 1, 2026

9 min

How to Start an Online Business in Kashmir

A step-by-step guide to starting an online business in Kashmir: J&K registrations, when GST applies, opening a payment gateway, GI labels, where to sell and which schemes still fund you.

Shahid Malla Oct 31, 2026

9 min

Best Business to Start in Kashmir: 7 Ideas That Sell Online

Seven business ideas for Kashmir, checked against official J&K figures: GI saffron, crafts with QR labels, direct-booking stays, honey, digital services and more, with the risk and first step for each.

Shahid Malla Oct 31, 2026

12 min

SaaS MVP Development Cost: What Drives the Price

Build hours by work area for a first SaaS release, the seven decisions that move a quote, monthly running costs from vendor pricing pages, and how to compare the bids you get back.

Shahid Malla Oct 31, 2026

12 min

WHMCS E-Invoicing: Country Rules and How to Add It

E-invoicing rules for hosting companies read from government pages: Belgium, France, Poland, the UK and ViDA, what WHMCS does natively today, the hooks to use, and the data a Peppol invoice needs.

Shahid Malla Oct 30, 2026

12 min

WHMCS 9 Upgrade: What Breaks, What to Test and How to Roll Back

What a WHMCS 9 upgrade actually changes on a self-hosted install: Smarty 4 and the removed tags, PHP 8.2 and ionCube 15.0.0, gateways and modules that stop working, what to test afterwards, and how to roll back.

Shahid Malla Oct 29, 2026

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