Full-Stack Development · Web & Mobile

Chișinău, MD · Working Globally

Technicalpartnerdigital agenciesrely on.

Projects move forward. Deadlines are met. I help agencies deliver complex builds on time — and founders ship platforms that scale.

Taking on Q3 work

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№ 01 / Services

What I buildfor you.

Two tracks. One dev. Starting from €1,000 and moving up from there depending on complexity.

Fast Launch · from €1,000

Client sites, shipped in days.

For agencies who sold a website last week and need it live next week. WordPress done right — no plugin soup, no drama, client happy.

WordPressPHPCustom ThemesACFStripe

Kickoff to launch in 5–10 working days
White-label — your agency owns the client
30 days of post-launch fixes included

Build & Scale · from €8,000

Platforms built to last.

SaaS products, multi-tenant apps, mobile builds. The projects where “just use a template” stopped being an option three discovery calls ago.

ReactNode.jsiOSAndroidSupabase

Architecture, integrations, payments, the works
Weekly demos. You always know where it stands.
Handover docs so the next dev isn't cursing your name

№ 02 / Process

How it works.

Four steps. No mystery. The kind of cadence a PM can actually plan around.

Brief

You share the scope.

Docs, Figma, a voice note, a napkin sketch. I've read worse.

Plan

I come back with timeline & cost.

Usually within 48h. Honest scoping — no sandbagging, no surprise changes.

Build

Weekly demos. No ghosting.

Staging links from day one. Slack, Basecamp, Notion — I show up where your team lives.

Deliver

On time. Tested. Documented.

Handover notes so whoever maintains it next isn't archaeology-digging through my commits.

№ 03 / Selected Work

Things I've shipped.

Click any row for scope & stack. Six of roughly a hundred — the rest are either NDA'd or too boring to show.

Nº

Client

Country

Year

Stack

CipAuto.md

🇲🇩Moldova

2024

WordPressPHPMySQL

Role: Lead dev & architecture

Automotive platform with club membership, partner discount engine and vehicle listing module. Built custom member dashboards, tiered benefits logic and a lightweight CRM for the in-house team.

cipauto.md

Built 2024 · ongoing maintenance

GratisPO.nl

🇳🇱Netherlands

2023

WordPressStripeTCPDF

Role: Full build, payments & invoicing

Continuing-education platform for Dutch lawyers. Stripe-powered enrolment, automated teacher invoicing, and generated PDF certificates stamped on completion.

gratispo.nl

Built for a Dutch legal-ed partner

Ernocom.md

🇲🇩Moldova

2023

WordPressPHP

Role: Design-to-build handoff

Corporate site for a gas supplier operating in Moldova. Multilingual, with a service catalogue and a tariff calculator. Shipped on a tight regulatory-approval timeline.

ernocom.md

Agency client · white-labelled

ClevrCar

🇩🇰Denmark

2022

WordPressCF7Anti-Spam

Role: Lead-gen & integrations

Car leasing platform for a Danish firm. Custom multi-step lead generation forms, honeypot & IP-based anti-spam layer, and a routing logic that sent filtered inquiries straight to the right salesperson.

clevrcar.dk

92% drop in spam submissions

Ticket.ao

🇦🇴Angola

2022

WordPressEMIS GPOPHP

Role: Payments integration & ticketing

Event ticketing platform with EMIS GPO (Angolan national payment gateway) integration. Local currency, local payment methods, zero chargeback headaches.

ticket.ao

First non-local dev on project

Monochronicle

🇺🇸United States

2021 → ongoing

WordPressCustom CPTTheme

Role: Platform dev & custom rating systems

Art-commissioning platform with a multi-juror rating system and demographic equity tracking across submissions. Long-running retainer; theme originally built as CasaRoyal on ThemeForest.

monochronicle.com

Partnership since 2021

№ 04 / What clients say

In their words.

Five years, one platform, no drama.

“

I've known Alex as the developer of our WordPress theme CasaRoyal since 2021. While we liked the original theme a lot, we had many requests for customisation, optimisation and design. Alex always had a beautiful solution — and completed the requested work in a timely manner.

Iryna Kanishcheva

Founder · Monochronicle

№ 05 / Insights

Notes from the build.

Written when something was worth writing down. No content calendar, no SEO filler.

SEO Tips and Tricks for Local Car Rental Businesses

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May 12, 2023

9 min read

How to evaluate and improve website speed

Page speed is an important factor to consider when building and maintaining a website. A slow-loading website can lead to a poor user experience, which can negatively impact engagement and conversions. In this article, we will discuss how to evaluate and improve page speed. Evaluating Page Speed The first step in improving page speed is

September 24, 2021

3 min read

The archive is short on purpose.

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№ 06 / About

Who you're hiring.

Based in Chișinău, working across four continents.

I've been building for the web since 2004.Over two decades I've worked with agencies and founders across Europe, the US and Africa — delivering everything from fast WordPress launches to complex, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.

Agencies come back to me because I communicate clearly, deliver on time, and don't disappear mid-project. That should be the baseline for this industry. Somehow it isn't.

I also publish themes on ThemeForest under FantasyThemes — so the code behind your build has already been stress-tested by thousands of other sites.

If your PM has had a bad week and muttered “I just need a dev who actually replies”— that's usually where I come in.

20+

Years building

100+

Projects delivered

Continents served

№ 07 / FAQ

Questions I get a lot.

The honest version. Written for agency owners and PMs who've been burnt before.

Do you sign NDAs and white-label the work?

Yes to both, by default. I never case-study or name-drop a client without written sign-off, and I'm happy to sign your standard mutual NDA before the brief. Most of my agency work never appears on this page.

What do you cost?

Fast Launch starts at €1,000 for a defined scope; Build & Scale starts at €8,000. Most retainers land between €3k–€7k/month. I quote fixed-fee when scope is clear, T&M when it isn't — and I'll tell you which is which upfront.

What timezone do you work in?

Chișinău is GMT+2 / GMT+3. I overlap comfortably with EU mornings and US east-coast afternoons. For Africa and LATAM clients I flex the schedule — there's always at least a four-hour overlap with your working day.

How do you communicate during a project?

Whatever works for you — Zoom, Google Meet, WhatsApp, Viber, or plain old email. Day-to-day we share files via Google Docs and design work through Figma. Weekly async video update is standard; sync calls when decisions need making, not for theatre. Staging links from week one so nothing is a surprise at handoff.

Do you work on retainer, or project-by-project?

Both. Many agency relationships start as a one-off build and become a retainer for maintenance + overflow. Minimum retainer is 20 hours/month. I cap active agency retainers so nobody ends up at the back of the queue.

Can you take over a project another dev started?

Yes, and I do it often. First step is always a paid audit — usually a day or two — so I can tell you honestly whether to continue, refactor, or rebuild. No emotional attachment to other people's code.

What if the client changes their mind halfway through?

They will. I plan for it. Change-order process is written into every proposal — scope changes get estimated, approved, and then executed. No scope creep, no surprise invoices, no “but you said…” conversations.

№ 08 / Contact

Contact

Replies within 24 hours. Usually less.

Let's work
together.

me@alexgurghis.com

Based

Chișinău — working globally

Timezone

GMT+2 / +3 — flex for US & AO

Availability

Q2 2026 — taking new work

Elsewhere

Dribbble · ThemeForest