In focus
What drives ecommerce design cost in Dhaka up or down
Six things move the number more than anything else in Dhaka. First is product count and variants: 10 SKUs is not 1,000 with size, colour and material. Second is payment depth, from manual bKash to full ShurjoPay or SSLCommerz with refunds. Third is courier setup, from manual entry to live Pathao or Steadfast booking from the dashboard. Fourth is custom features, like vendor logins for many sellers, loyalty points or abandoned-cart SMS through SMS providers.
Fifth is language: English only, or a Bangla and English checkout. Sixth is how clean your product data already is. Hand me a tidy Excel with names, prices, weights and good photos, and I spend the budget on design and sales. If I have to chase you for product info for three weeks, the project drags, and so does the bill.
Here is how it lines up in practice. 90,000 BDT covers a clean WooCommerce or Shopify-style store. That means up to about 50 products, bKash, Nagad and COD, basic shipping zones, mobile-first design, pixel and analytics, Bangla-friendly fonts and training. 1,50,000 BDT covers a richer build. You get up to about 200 products with variants and full ShurjoPay or SSLCommerz integration. It adds the Pathao or Steadfast courier API, abandoned-cart recovery, advanced filters and a more tailored design.
3,00,000+ BDT is for custom builds. Think multi-vendor marketplaces, headless storefronts, deep ERP or POS sync, or a fully custom design system. Everything is 50% advance and 50% on launch. You approve the visual design before any production code is written. So you never pay 1,50,000 BDT and get something you don't like.