Website Design · Chattogram

Ecommerce Website Development in Chittagong

Ecommerce website development in Chittagong is not the day the store goes live. It is the day it starts taking orders the way your buyers already order: on WhatsApp, on bKash, on delivery.

I am RH Fardin, a senior website designer and developer. I design, build and ship every store myself. That covers the catalogue, checkout, bKash and Nagad matching, cash-on-delivery logic and the Pathao or Steadfast handoff. I build for Chattogram sellers, from Agrabad trading houses to Khulshi Facebook-page sellers going proper. No agency layer, no juniors, no theme demo passed off as a launch. From 50,000 BDT, 50% advance and 50% on launch, with the design signed off before any code.

One senior operator, about 5 years building real stores in BD. Mobile-first, because nearly every Chattogram buyer checks out on a phone. You brief one person, and that person ships.

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Ecommerce development, built for Chattogram trade

A Chittagong store has to fit a business that already runs on WhatsApp and word of mouth

Most Chattogram sellers do not start from zero when they come to me. They already have a business. It might be a trading house off Agrabad or a clothing or home-goods page run from Nasirabad. It might be an electronics reseller working the Reazuddin Bazar supply chain. So ecommerce website development in Chittagong is rarely about inventing a sales channel from nothing.

That business already runs on something. There is a WhatsApp number, a Facebook inbox, a phone that rings, and customers who have known the shop for years. The job is to build a store that fits a business already moving, without breaking how it takes orders. Get that wrong and the shiny new store just sits there. Every real order keeps coming through the same WhatsApp number as before.

Here is what a Western template never accounts for. In Chattogram, the website is often the front of the funnel, not the whole funnel. A buyer finds a product, and the first message is koto taka. The real talk happens in DMs before money moves: colour, size, delivery to Halishahar or out to Cox's Bazar, and bKash or cash on delivery. A cold, card-first checkout that ignores this converts almost nothing here.

A store that respects this works much better. It has a clear product page and an order form that does not demand an account. It has a one-tap path from the product into a WhatsApp chat, with the item details filled in. That turns browsing into the conversation your shop already closes well. This bridge between site and chat is most of the real work. Cheap builds skip it entirely.

There is also a quirk that catches Chattogram trading businesses out. Many of you sell both retail and semi-wholesale from the same stock. A customer might buy one piece, while a small reseller near Khatunganj might take twenty. A normal store with one price per product cannot handle that.

So the store must show retail pricing cleanly, while you quote bulk privately through the same chat funnel. It should not bolt on a clumsy B2B plugin that confuses the retail buyer. This decision has to be made before the catalogue is set up, not patched in after launch. A junior on an agency assembly line never even asks about it.

I work alone, and that is the whole point. The person who maps your order flow on a call also structures the catalogue and writes the checkout. I wire the WhatsApp handoff too. I answer when you message at 10pm because a price must change before you post. I have spent about five years building real, running stores in Bangladesh, including for the import-and-resell trade Chattogram is built on.

So I know where these stores leak orders, and I build against it from the start. If your budget is truly under 50,000 BDT today, I will say so. I will tell you to keep running on Facebook and bKash and save up first. That is honest timing, not a brush-off.

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What's included

What a properly developed Chittagong store does that a template never will

Here are six things I build into every Chattogram store. They decide whether the website earns orders or just sits next to the WhatsApp number that does all the work.

01

Website to WhatsApp

A one-tap path from any product into a WhatsApp chat, with the item and details filled in. Your buyers ask koto taka the way they always have. But now the conversation starts from your store, not a stranger's Facebook ad.

02

Retail and bulk

Clean retail pricing on the page, plus a private quote path for the semi-wholesale buyer taking twenty pieces. It is built into the catalogue structure. It is not a B2B plugin bolted on that confuses the one-piece customer.

03

Payments that match

bKash and Nagad are wired to your real accounts, so each confirmed payment lines up with its order. You stop hunting for screenshots in WhatsApp at midnight. Cash on delivery stays the default, because that is how most Chattogram buyers still pay.

04

Courier handoff

Ready to export for Pathao, Steadfast, RedX or Sundarban, with delivery rates set per zone. Inside-city Agrabad or Khulshi gets one rate. Cox's Bazar or beyond gets another. No more retyping addresses into a spreadsheet every morning.

05

Fast on real 4G

Product pages load fast on a mid-range Android over local 4G, even in CDA Avenue or GEC Circle traffic. I test this before handover. Chattogram buyers will not wait on a slow page. A slow store quietly wastes the ad spend that brought them in.

06

One senior hand

The person you ask koto taka is the same person who maps your order flow, writes your checkout and picks up when it breaks. No agency telephone game. No Dhaka project manager you can never reach. No junior you never meet doing the real build.

In focus

The website is the front of the funnel, not the whole funnel

Picture how a sale closes for a Chattogram seller today. A buyer scrolls past a boosted post, likes the product and sends a message: koto taka, ki ki colour ache, Halishahar e delivery hobe? The shop answers and builds a little trust over a few messages. It confirms cash on delivery or a bKash number, and the order lands. That DM thread is your real shopfront, and it has worked for years.

Most developers treat the new website as a replacement for that thread. They drop in a cold, card-first checkout built for a Western buyer who pays a stranger upfront. So the store launches and looks sharp in screenshots, but converts almost nothing. Every real buyer still goes back to WhatsApp. Now you pay to keep a website that does not earn its keep.

I build the store as the front of that funnel, not a wall in front of it. Product pages carry the photos, prices and detail a buyer needs. The order form is short and shows the cash-on-delivery option without forcing an account. Every product has a one-tap jump into WhatsApp with the item filled in. bKash and Nagad are wired to match real orders, and the courier export is ready from day one.

This is what ecommerce website development Chittagong BD sellers really need. We map all of it on a call before I write a line of code, so the flow matches your buyers. You approve the design in Figma first. That is the design-approval guarantee, and you never pay the balance for a build you did not sign off. A focused store is 50,000 BDT, with 50% advance and 50% on launch by bKash, Nagad or bank transfer.

Investment

Pricing in BDT, no mystery.

Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point. I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.

Every project starts at ৳50,000

Starter

Starter Website

A sharp, credible site that makes the right first impression and brings enquiries.

৳50,000/ from
  • Up to 4 custom pages
  • Mobile-first responsive design
  • On-page SEO setup
  • Contact form + WhatsApp
  • Live in ~2 weeks
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Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra

Ecommerce

Ecommerce Store

An online store built to sell and scale.

৳1,50,000/ from
  • Shopify or WooCommerce
  • Product, cart & checkout
  • bKash / SSLCOMMERZ + delivery
  • SEO-ready product pages
  • Launch QA + training
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Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra

Design-approval guarantee. You approve the design first, and you only pay the second half once your site is live and you're happy.

Need something bigger? Custom & enterprise builds from ৳3,00,000. Pay by bKash, Nagad, bank transfer or card. Ask for an exact price or send an email.

Frequently asked

Straight answers before we build.

The questions Chattogram sellers really send before they commit to the 50% advance, answered straight.

Ecommerce website development e koto taka lage Chittagong er jonno?

It starts at 50,000 BDT for a single-vendor WooCommerce store. That includes bKash, Nagad and cash on delivery, up to 30 products loaded by me, the WhatsApp handoff, courier exports and your own admin. The 90,000 BDT tier adds up to 150 products, filters, customer accounts and abandoned-cart recovery. A mid-size store with a custom theme and Pathao courier API is 1,50,000 BDT. Multi-vendor, ERP sync or custom checkout starts from 3,00,000 BDT. Hosting and domain are paid in your own name. Payment is 50% advance, 50% on launch.

Most of my orders already come through WhatsApp and Facebook. Why do I need a store at all?

The website does not replace your WhatsApp. It feeds it and gives you something you own. Right now your shopfront is someone else's feed. The algorithm decides who sees you, and a buyer must message before they even know your range. A proper store puts your full catalogue and prices in one link you control. Then it drops the buyer into a WhatsApp chat with the product filled in. You keep selling on Facebook and the phone. This just adds a channel you own outright.

Can the store handle both retail and bulk pricing, since I sell single pieces and to small resellers?

Yes, but it must be planned before the catalogue is built, not patched on later. The page shows clean retail pricing for the one-piece buyer. A private quote path, usually into the WhatsApp funnel, serves the semi-wholesale buyer taking twenty or more. That keeps retail simple while still serving the reseller near Khatunganj you do not want to lose. A full self-service B2B portal with tiered logins is a custom build from 3,00,000 BDT. Most Chattogram trading sellers do not need that yet.

Can I take bKash and Nagad without a registered merchant account?

Yes. At the 50,000 BDT tier, I set up a personal-merchant flow. The buyer pays your bKash or Nagad personal number and adds the order ID. The system matches it when you confirm in admin. Most Chattogram sellers start this way, because bKash Merchant approval takes weeks and needs a trade license and bank details. When you are ready for the bKash Payment Gateway with auto-confirm, I add it for about 10,000 BDT. I do it once your account clears, without rebuilding the checkout.

Does courier delivery from a Chittagong store actually work outside the city?

Yes. Pathao, Steadfast, RedX and Sundarban all pick up in Chattogram. The store exports a courier-ready order file you upload to whichever one you use, so you never retype addresses each morning. Delivery charges are set per zone from day one. Inside-city areas like Agrabad, Khulshi or Halishahar get one rate. Places outside the city, like Cox's Bazar or Dhaka, get another. Full API auto-push to the courier is an add-on. Honestly, it is not worth it until you pass about 30 orders a day.

Do we need to meet in person in Chittagong, and how long does the build take?

No meeting in person is needed. I work with sellers across Bangladesh, including many in Chattogram, over phone, WhatsApp and Google Meet. A 50,000 BDT store takes about 2 to 3 weeks once the advance clears and you send product details and brand assets. The 90,000 to 1,50,000 BDT tiers with full courier API and customer accounts take 4 to 6 weeks. You approve the design in Figma before any code is written. After launch, you reach me directly when you need a change, not a ticket queue.

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