Why prices look so different in Bangladesh
The same "online store" can cost 18,000 BDT or 3,00,000 BDT. Here is why
Why does online store development price in Bangladesh vary so much? Sit in any Bangladeshi business owner's WhatsApp inbox for a week and you will see the pattern. One online store quote says 18,000 BDT. Another says 95,000 BDT. A third says 4,50,000 BDT. All of them promise the "same thing." They are not the same thing.
The 18,000 BDT version is almost always a recycled WooCommerce theme on shared hosting, with bKash bolted on as an afterthought. It is fine until the first 50 Facebook ad clicks hit it at once on a Friday night. The 4,50,000 BDT version is a clean custom build. It has proper product schema and real bKash, Nagad and SSLCOMMERZ integration. It connects to courier APIs like Pathao, Steadfast and RedX. And it has an admin panel a non-technical owner can run from a phone.
I am RH Fardin, and I price online store builds the way I would want one priced for me. I charge by the work, not by what I think you will pay. Five years of designing and shipping stores across Bangladesh taught me a lot. I know which 30 hours of build matter. I also know which 60 hours agencies pad on to justify a 6-lakh invoice.
So instead of one mystery number, this page lays out three clear tiers: 50,000 BDT, 90,000 BDT and 1,50,000 BDT. There is also a custom option from 3,00,000 BDT. You pick the tier that fits your catalogue size, payment needs and growth plan. There is no bait and no parade of upsells after you pay.
Pricing in BD also shifts based on who does the work. It might be a junior in a cheap package house. It might be a mid-tier Dhaka agency with juniors hidden behind a sales lead. Or it might be a senior operator who builds it himself. All three quote differently and deliver very differently.
I am the third. I build every product page template, every checkout flow and every bKash callback handler myself. There is no "a trainee will do your store" twist after you pay the 50 percent advance.
And the price you see is what you pay. You pay 50 percent advance to lock the build slot and 50 percent on launch day. There is no surprise "oh by the way, the SSL is extra" line. There is no "bKash plugin is a monthly license" fee. And there is no "design revisions are 5,000 BDT each after this" rule.
Some things really do sit outside scope, and I am upfront about them. Examples are a custom link to your ERP, a multi-vendor marketplace or an Android app on top. I quote those before I touch them.
See pricing in BDT