What it really costs to build a working online store in Bangladesh
If you search for online store development cost in BD, you want a number you can plan around. You do not want 'inbox for price', so here it is: development starts at 50,000 BDT. The usual tiers are 50,000 / 90,000 / 1,50,000 BDT. A fully custom platform starts from 3,00,000 BDT. One senior developer prices it, builds it and runs the handover, with no agency in the middle.
I have about 5 years of building and shipping stores on my own. The quote you get is the price you pay, with 50% to begin and 50% on launch. The design-approval guarantee means you sign off before the last taka moves.
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Designing how a store looks is not the same as building the machine that runs it. Most confusing quotes in Bangladesh mix the two up. That is why online store development cost in BD is so hard to compare. Development is the engineering underneath, starting with the cart that does not break on a slow connection. It is also the stock count that drops when an order comes in.
Then there is the admin panel you open on your phone at 11pm to check today's orders. It is the bKash and Nagad checkout that really clears. It is the cash-on-delivery flow that hands an order to Pathao or Steadfast without you typing the address again. That is the work my 50,000 BDT floor pays for, so you get a store that works, not a screenshot of one.
The cost of building an online store in BD moves with how much of that machine you need. A focused store with one payment path, COD and a clean admin sits near the floor. Then you might add stock variants by size and colour, or more than one payment gateway. You might want automatic courier handoff, customer accounts and order history, or reports you can actually read.
Each of those means more code, more testing and more hours, so you move up the tiers. Before I quote, I will walk you through which of these your shop really needs. Half of them you may not need on day one.
The price is not a soft number that quietly grows. The quote is locked before we start. You pay 50% advance to begin and 50% on launch, and you approve the build before that final payment is due. If what I deliver is not what we agreed, you do not pay the balance. That is the design-approval guarantee.
The guarantee exists for a reason. Too many shop owners in Bangladesh have paid an advance and then chased a developer who went quiet. Others watched 'small extra charges' pile up mid-project until the real cost was double the quote.
You are also not paying for an org chart, because the person who quotes your online store is the person who writes the code. I wire the payment gateway, test the checkout on a real mid-range Android, and hand you the keys. There is no project manager's salary in your invoice, and no junior is practising on your launch.
That is exactly why one senior developer can build a real store for 50,000 BDT. An agency would mark the same work up two or three times for the same result.
Before any quote, these are the factors that move the price. Read them so you know which tier your shop lands in and which features you can skip for now.
A short product list with no variants is quick to build. Hundreds of items with size, colour and live stock counts is real development work. That is what pushes a store from the 50,000 BDT floor toward the higher tiers.
bKash, Nagad and cash-on-delivery checkout come with the base price. Card gateways, more than one provider or split-payment logic means extra building and testing. That real setup work is part of what separates one tier from the next.
Taking a COD order is cheap. Sending orders straight into Pathao, Steadfast or RedX with weight and address ready costs more. It is only worth it if your volume needs it. If your volume is low, you will not be charged for it.
A basic order list is part of the floor. A dashboard with daily sales, low-stock alerts, customer accounts and reports you can export takes more work. So it sits in the upper tiers. It becomes useful once your order count is real.
A standard cart and checkout keeps you near the floor. Bundles, subscriptions, multi-vendor, loyalty points or any unusual business rule is custom work. That is where the 1,50,000 BDT tier and the 3,00,000 BDT custom range come from.
Whatever tier you land in, the deal holds. You pay 50% advance and 50% on launch, and you approve the build before the final payment. The quoted number is the number. No surprise invoices show up once you have committed.
Online store development has two prices, and an honest quote names both. The first is the one-time build, which is what you pay me to build the store, starting at 50,000 BDT. The second is what keeps it online after launch. That means your own domain and hosting, paid straight to those providers. It also means any fees the payment gateways charge on each sale.
Those running costs are not mine to invoice, and I do not mark them up. But I will tell you roughly what they cost in BDT, so the real cost of owning a store is clear before you commit. It will not be a surprise three months in, when a renewal bill lands.
I will push back if you want to pay for features you do not need yet. If you sell through Facebook with a focused product range, a store near the 50,000 BDT floor is often the whole job. It is mobile-first and fast on Android data. It has bKash, Nagad and COD working, and an admin you run from your phone.
You move up to 90,000 or 1,50,000 BDT when the business truly needs it. That means a large catalogue with variants, more gateways, automatic courier handoff and real reports. A custom platform with unusual logic is where the 3,00,000 BDT range starts. This way you pay for the store your shop needs today, built to grow. Tell me your products, payments and order volume, and I will put the real cost in writing before a single taka moves.
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These are the questions shop owners actually ask me when they want to pin down what an online store will cost in Bangladesh.
Online store development starts at 50,000 BDT. The common tiers are 50,000 / 90,000 / 1,50,000 BDT. Your tier depends on catalogue size, payment and courier setup, admin features and any custom logic. A fully custom platform starts from 3,00,000 BDT. You will see which tier you fall into, and why, before you commit, with 50% advance to start and 50% on launch.
A 12,000 BDT 'store' is usually a template with a buy button stuck on. It often has no real bKash or Nagad clearing and weak or no cash on delivery. The admin is not something you can run a business from. It looks like a shop on screen, but it breaks the moment real orders start coming in. My 50,000 BDT floor is for a real store that takes orders reliably and that you control. Cheaper almost always means paying again later to rebuild it.
Design is how the store looks and feels. Development is the working machine underneath: cart, stock, payments, courier flow and admin. The two overlap, and my tiers cover both together. The cost moves with how complex the build is more than with looks. A beautiful store with simple logic stays near the floor. Heavy stock, many gateways and custom rules push the price up, because there is more to build and test.
No. The quote is fixed before we start. Terms are 50% advance and 50% on launch. You approve the build before that final payment is due, so there are no surprise invoices mid-project. Apart from the build, you pay your own domain, hosting and payment-gateway fees straight to those providers. I will tell you roughly what those cost in BDT upfront.
Yes. All three are set up from the base 50,000 BDT tier, because in Bangladesh a store without them barely sells. Card payment, extra gateways or automatic courier links with Pathao or Steadfast can move you to a higher tier. That only happens if your volume needs them. You will not pay to build a feature your shop will not use.
Yes, and for most sellers that is the smart move. Launch a focused store near the floor price and start taking real orders. After that, have me add more as the business earns it, such as extra payment options, courier automation or deeper reports. I build the store so it can grow, so you do not pay upfront for capacity you do not need yet.
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