Why prices look so different in Bangladesh
The same "online store" can cost 18,000 BDT or 3,00,000 BDT — here is why
Sit in any Bangladeshi business owner's WhatsApp inbox for a week and you will see the same pattern: one quote for an online store at 18,000 BDT, another at 95,000 BDT, a third at 4,50,000 BDT, all promising "same thing." They are not the same thing. The 18,000 BDT version is almost always a recycled WooCommerce theme dropped on shared hosting with bKash bolted on as an afterthought — fine until the first 50 simultaneous Facebook ad clicks hit it on Friday night.
The 4,50,000 BDT version is a clean custom build with proper product schema, real bKash/Nagad/SSLCOMMERZ integration, courier API hookups (Pathao, Steadfast, RedX), and an admin panel a non-technical owner can actually run from a phone.
I am RH Fardin, and I price online store builds the way I would want one priced for me — by the work, not by what I think you will pay. Five years of designing and shipping stores across Bangladesh has taught me exactly which 30 hours of build matter and which 60 hours agencies pad on to justify a 6-lakh invoice. So instead of one mystery number, this page lays out three concrete tiers — 50,000 BDT, 90,000 BDT, and 1,50,000 BDT — plus a custom option from 3,00,000 BDT. You pick the tier that matches your catalogue size, payment needs, and growth plan. No bait, no upsell parade after you pay.
Pricing in BD also shifts based on who is doing the work. A junior in a cheap package house, a mid-tier Dhaka agency with juniors hidden behind a sales lead, or a senior operator who builds it himself — all three quote differently and deliver very differently. I am the third. Every product page template, every checkout flow, every bKash callback handler is wired by me. There is no "trainee will do your store" twist after you pay the 50 percent advance.
And the price you see is what you pay. 50 percent advance to lock the build slot, 50 percent on launch day. No "oh by the way the SSL is extra," no "the bKash plugin is a monthly license," no "design revisions are 5,000 BDT each after this." If something genuinely sits outside scope (a custom integration with your ERP, a multi-vendor marketplace, an Android app on top), I quote it before I touch it.
See pricing in BDT