US · UK · Europe — built in Karachi since 2010
We build the structure, not the surface.
A web and software engineering studio working with businesses in the US, UK and Europe. Custom code, an in-house team, and a contract written under your law, not ours.
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42 clients · 9 countries · shipping since 2010
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- Crypto Stream
- Moorestown Smile Center
- Lightstone Publishers
- Coubis
- GT Clinic
- The farms
- Life Splash Store
- BM Diagnostics
- Eastern Rivaj
- Iqra Childrens Academy
- Amzerts
Halt Designs is a web and software engineering studio that has shipped 42 client websites and applications across 9 countries since 2010, including 18 in the United States, from an in-house team in Karachi. We build custom websites, e-commerce platforms and business applications in PHP and JavaScript, quoting fixed prices against a written specification and invoicing in USD, GBP or EUR.
What we do
Nine things, done properly, by people who sit in the same room.
Every project is built by the same team, in one building. We have never sent a client's work to a freelancer we found that morning.
Web Development
Hand-built sites and web applications for projects that need more than a template.
Read more WordPress · ACF · WooCommerceWordPress Development
WordPress done properly: lean, hardened, and built for a content team to actually run.
Read more Shopify · Adobe Commerce · CustomE-Commerce Development
Stores that take payment cleanly, talk to your fulfilment stack, and survive Black Friday.
Read more Portals · APIs · DashboardsSoftware Development
Internal tools and business systems shaped to how your company already works.
Read more Figma · Design systemsUI & UX Design
Interfaces designed around the decision a visitor is trying to make, not around a moodboard.
Read more Technical · Local · AEOSEO & Answer Engine Optimization
Ranking in search results, and being quoted in the AI answers that increasingly replace them.
Read more Logo · Guidelines · CollateralBranding & Identity
A mark, a palette and a set of rules that hold up on a shopfront and a 32-pixel favicon.
Read more Monitoring · Patching · BackupsMaintenance & Support
Someone whose job it is to notice before your customers do.
Read more Managed · SSL · EmailHosting & Infrastructure
Managed servers, domains and business email, run by the people who wrote the code.
Read moreAcross time zones
Eight thousand miles away, four hours of overlap, one contract under your law.
The three things overseas buyers actually worry about, answered before you have to ask.
We work inside your day
Four hours of daily overlap with the UK, the full working day with Central European working hours, and a late shift to 9pm PKT for the US West Coast.
See the schedule ContractGoverned by your law
Your state, England and Wales, or your EU jurisdiction. IP assigned to you in writing on final payment, repository included.
Read the terms PaymentMilestones, not deposits
Invoiced in USD, GBP or EUR against agreed deliverables. You are never more than one phase exposed.
How we invoiceHow a project runs
Four phases. You know the cost and the date before the second one starts.
01 / 04
Discovery
We learn how the work actually happens now — including the spreadsheet nobody mentions. It ends with a written specification and a fixed price.
02 / 04
Design
Wireframes first, then interface. You approve the structure before anyone argues about a color.
03 / 04
Build
Code written here, reviewed here. You get a staging link on day one and watch it fill in.
04 / 04
Launch
Migration, redirects, analytics, Search Console, schema. Then ninety days of warranty while it settles.
Selected work
The problem, what we built, what changed.
Canada Pakistan Business Council
A membership platform for a bilateral trade body, replacing a brochure site that could not take a payment.
Restaurant Ordering Platform
Direct online ordering for a multi-branch group, built to cut the commission bleed to aggregators.
Construction Business Portal
Project tracking and document control for a contractor running concurrent sites.
Renewable Energy Website
A lead site built around a savings calculator, for a solar installer selling against load-shedding.
Common questions
What people ask before they call.
What does Halt Designs do?
Halt Designs is a web and software engineering studio that has built 42 client websites and applications across 9 countries since 2010, including 18 in the United States. It builds custom websites, e-commerce platforms and business applications with an in-house team in Karachi rather than contracted freelancers.
How much does a custom website cost?
A custom marketing website starts at USD 4,000. E-commerce builds start at USD 9,000, and custom business applications at USD 12,000. Every project is quoted at a fixed price against a written specification, so the number does not move unless the scope does.
Is it safe to hire a web development company overseas?
The risk in offshore development is accountability rather than technical skill. Ask for a contract governed by your own jurisdiction, written IP assignment on payment, milestone-based payments rather than a large deposit, and direct access to the engineers. We offer all four as standard.
Do you only build custom sites, or do you also do WordPress?
Both. We build fully custom sites in PHP and JavaScript for projects that need real logic behind them, and we build properly hardened WordPress sites for clients who want something editable on a tighter budget. We recommend whichever actually fits your project on the first call, not whichever pays us more.
Tell us what is broken, or what does not exist yet.
First reply within one business day. No sales sequence, no discovery call that turns out to be a pitch.
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