In focus
What actually goes into a graphic design quote in BD (and why the Tk 3,000 logo is a trap)
When someone messages "graphic design koto taka?", the honest answer is that it depends on the job. But it is never as little as the marketplace ads claim. A proper logo is more than a mark. It includes a wordmark plus icon, a horizontal lockup, a stacked lockup, a mono version and a reverse-on-dark version. It also needs a favicon and clear usage rules, so your printer and Facebook Ads manager do not improvise.
That is about a week of focused senior work. It is why my brand starter sits at 50,000 BDT, not 5,000. The Tk 3,000 logo you saw on Facebook is almost always one of two things. It is a template recoloured in five minutes, or a piece bought wholesale from a Pakistani or Indonesian template farm and resold. The clue is that you never get the editable source file, only a flat JPG. There is no real source to give.
Real cost in BD graphic design comes down to four things. First, how many assets the brand needs: just a logo, or logo, social kit, signage and packaging. Second, how much research and strategy it deserves, say a one-product seller versus a multi-category retailer. Third, how many revision rounds make sense before the work gets worse, not better. Fourth, how production-ready the files must be: web-only, fully print-ready with bleed and CMYK profiles, or both.
For most Bangladeshi SMEs, the sweet spot is 50,000 to 1,50,000 BDT. That gives room for a proper identity plus the working creatives you will use this quarter. Larger custom brand systems start from 3,00,000 BDT. Whatever the number, you get the editable files and full ownership. You also get a designer you can WhatsApp directly when the next campaign lands.