NineGravity

NineGravity is a WordPress-focused development studio founded in 2021 by Nik Patel, who transitioned to full-time freelancing during lockdown before formalizing the business two years later. Based in Ahmedabad, India with a remote liaison office in New York, the company operates a team of 32 developers, designers, and operations staff. They build and maintain WordPress sites for businesses and agencies, with a stated focus on performance (90+ PageSpeed scores), security, and conversion-driven design. The founding principle is depth over breadth: they work exclusively with WordPress, not as a platform among many.

Services and capabilities

NineGravity offers three core services. Their audit product—priced at $299 with a 5 business day turnaround—delivers a 30-point scored PDF report covering Core Web Vitals, security scans, SEO foundation, UX and conversion flow, WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility compliance, technical WordPress health, competitive benchmarking, and a prioritized action plan. Development work spans custom WordPress builds, theme development, plugin integration, and ecosystem work (Shopify, secure portals, booking systems, gated content). Maintenance plans start at $99/month and include monthly updates, backups, and monitoring.

They work with technologies including WordPress, PHP, ACF (Advanced Custom Fields), FacetWP, custom forms, workflow automation, Shopify integration, and login-based access control. Recent projects show expertise in healthcare (medical/pharmacy/longevity), fintech, nonprofit membership platforms, and B2B lead generation. PageSpeed performance is a recurring deliverable: case studies cite load times between 1.1s and 1.9s, and bounce rate reductions (one healthcare rebuild dropped from 68% to 41%).

Notable work

NineGravity publishes nine case studies with before/after metrics. nuBioAge (healthcare) saw page load time cut from 5.6s to 1.9s, bounce rate drop from 68% to 41%, and organic traffic increase of 35%. She Runs It (nonprofit) reduced load time from 6.5s to 1.2s while adding membership, donation, event registration, and job posting workflows. Progress Pharmacy (pharmacy/healthcare) built a WordPress-Shopify ecosystem connecting patients, prescribers, and supplements with sub-2.5s mobile LCP targets and Rx/refill workflows. Fountainhead Commercial Capital (FinTech) delivered a secure SBA lending platform processing $28B+ in closed loans, handling guided applications and scalable conversion paths. NUHX (longevity services) launched a ~1.1s performance site with booking, protocol access, and member/provider login flows. Plente (B2B lead generation) received a minimalist WordPress build focused on inquiry conversion.

How they work

NineGravity operates across two primary time zones: Ahmedabad (GMT+5:30, 09:00–18:00 IST) and a remote US Eastern liaison in New York. This provides four hours of overlap with US mornings and continuous Asia-Pacific coverage. For agencies, they offer white-label services under NDA with dedicated Slack channels and SLA response times; clients are billed for development, maintenance, or both. For direct business clients, the entry point is the $299 audit. Larger engagements (over $1,500) receive audit credits applied toward fixes. The company emphasizes clean, documented code, editable content systems (no developer-dependency builds), and first-pass performance targets.

Team and credentials

Founded by Nik Patel, NineGravity's leadership includes Rojers Christian (Director), Chandrika Vaghela (Finance Head/CFO), and Shyam Patel (Head of Operations & AI Expert). The 32-person team includes four project leads/senior developers (Sachin Suthar, Vachan Nagar, Ankur Patel), a DevOps engineer (Mihir Suthar), frontend and backend specialists, UX/UI designer, QA analyst, and support staff. The company holds a 4.9-star Clutch rating across 27 verified reviews and is an Automattic for Agencies partner, granting priority escalation on hosting and security issues, preferred Pressable/WordPress.com VIP/Jetpack rates, and early roadmap access. Team members contribute to WordPress core and speak at WordCamps. The company lists 100+ sites under maintenance and 4+ years building WordPress.