In focus
How Uttara buyers actually pay, and how I build for it
The mistake I see most often in Uttara ecommerce builds is treating the checkout like a Western shop: full address typed out, card field, click pay, done. That is not how a buyer in Sector 11 places an order.
She opens your Facebook page from the boost ad, taps the website link, scrolls one product page, screenshots the price, sends it on WhatsApp asking if it is in stock, asks 'koto taka delivery Uttara?', then might place the order on the site or just send a bKash advance and confirm in chat.
Your site has to be the trustworthy bit in the middle — clean photos, real price, COD option visible, bKash merchant number with a 'Pay Now' button, a delivery estimate that says '24-48 hours inside Dhaka, 2-4 days outside', and a WhatsApp Click-to-Chat button that opens with the product name pre-filled.
On the technical side, I build most Uttara ecommerce stores on WooCommerce or a custom stack depending on catalogue size. Under 500 SKUs and you want easy daily editing — WooCommerce wins. Above that, or if you need multi-vendor or custom logic, we talk about a tailored build.
Either way the same things are non-negotiable: SSL on day one, bKash merchant integration (not personal number), Pathao or SteadFast courier API, abandoned-cart recovery to the WhatsApp number, Facebook Pixel and Google Tag Manager so your ads can actually optimize, and an order admin that loads on a phone. Starter ecommerce builds in Uttara begin at 50,000 BDT, mid-tier with full courier and bKash integration sits around 90,000 BDT, and a polished, conversion-tuned store with custom design and analytics lands at 1,50,000 BDT.
Larger custom catalogues start from 3,00,000 BDT. Everything is 50% advance, 50% on launch, with a design-approval guarantee — if you do not approve the design direction, you do not proceed to development.