Shopify stores for Dhaka merchants who want to sell, not just have a pretty URL.
I design and ship Shopify stores tuned for Dhaka buyers: fast on 4G, mobile-first checkout, COD plus bKash/Nagad messaging, and clean product pages that actually convert traffic from Facebook ads into orders.
Solo senior developer in Bangladesh. ~5 years building stores. Starts from 50,000 BDT, 50% advance, 50% on launch.
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Most Dhaka merchants who hire a "Shopify agency" end up paying for a project manager, a junior theme installer, and a markup, then chasing WhatsApp replies when checkout breaks on Eid sales day. I do the work myself — I am RH Fardin, a solo Shopify and web developer with around five years building real stores for businesses in Bangladesh and abroad, and the person you talk to in the first call is the person writing the Liquid and shipping the theme.
Shopify is the platform, not the project. The hard part is making it sell to a Dhanmondi shopper on a mid-range Xiaomi over an unreliable 4G connection, who wants to pay cash on delivery, ask one question first, and trust a brand she has never heard of. That means custom theme work, not just picking a Dawn variant. It means a checkout that does not throw shoppers off when bKash is the preferred method but the store technically only supports card and COD. It means product photography rules, Bangla-friendly typography, and shipping zones that actually match how Sundarban, RedX, and Steadfast operate inside Dhaka and to outside zilas.
I have built Shopify stores for fashion brands targeting Bashundhara and Banani shoppers, for FMCG resellers using Facebook ads as their only traffic channel, and for niche import sellers shipping from Old Dhaka warehouses to all 64 districts. Each store gets the same senior attention: a discovery call to understand product, margin, and customer; a flat scope I will not creep on; and a build that is documented so you can run it without me on day two.
I work from Bangladesh, I price in BDT, I take 50% advance and 50% on launch, and I do not vanish after handover. If your Shopify store needs to do real revenue in Dhaka, this is the right kind of relationship.
Not a Shopify template install. A Dhaka-ready commerce stack — design, custom theme, payment messaging, shipping logic, and a Facebook-ad-ready product page system.
Custom Liquid sections built around your products, not a renamed free theme. Your store stops looking like every other Bangladeshi Shopify clone in the first 5 seconds.
Shopify does not natively process bKash or Nagad through cards, so I build clear manual-payment flows and trust messaging so buyers know exactly how to pay. COD remains the default for Dhaka.
Themes optimised for the mid-range Android phones most Dhaka buyers actually use, with lazy-loaded images and a checkout that does not stall on patchy Grameenphone connections.
Inside-Dhaka, outside-Dhaka and same-day zones set up properly inside Shopify shipping, ready to connect with Pathao, RedX, Steadfast or Sundarban depending on what you already use.
Product pages built to convert paid Facebook traffic — sticky add-to-cart, social proof above the fold, video-friendly galleries, and a "call to order" path for buyers who prefer Messenger first.
Store transferred to your Shopify account, theme files yours, full documentation in Bangla-friendly plain English, and one round of training so your team can add products without calling me.
The most common mistake I see in Dhaka is treating Shopify as a one-click platform: buy a theme, dump products, run boosted posts, hope. It does not work because Shopify out of the box is built for a US buyer with a credit card, not a Mirpur college student paying COD or a Gulshan housewife sending bKash to a number in your bio. The buyer journey in Dhaka has extra friction — "koto taka delivery charge?", "Dhakar baire ki ashe?", "bKash e payment korle discount ache?" — and a generic Shopify template answers none of these on the page where it matters.
When I build a Shopify store for a Dhaka merchant, I rebuild the checkout perception layer: clear shipping rates inside and outside Dhaka, prominent bKash/Nagad payment instructions with merchant numbers shown at the right moment, an order-via-Messenger fallback for shoppers who do not trust online checkout yet, and product pages that pre-answer the koto-taka and koto-din questions before the visitor has to ask. The theme stays fast — Shopify scoring is mostly wasted in Bangladesh if your hero image is 2 MB — and the admin stays simple enough that your operations person can fulfil thirty COD orders a day without breaking the store.
Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point — I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.
Every project starts at ৳50,000
A sharp, credible site that makes the right first impression and brings enquiries.
Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra
A full, professional site that ranks and converts for a growing business.
Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra
An online store built to sell and scale.
Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra
Need something bigger? Custom & enterprise builds from ৳3,00,000. Pay by bKash, Nagad, bank transfer or card. Ask for an exact price or send an email.
Real questions Dhaka merchants ask me about Shopify before they sign.
Pricing starts at 50,000 BDT for a focused Shopify launch with a custom theme tuned for one product category, all standard pages, bKash/Nagad payment messaging, and Dhaka shipping zones. Most Dhaka merchants land between 50,000 and 1,50,000 BDT depending on catalogue size and how custom the theme needs to be. Fully custom Shopify builds with bespoke apps and complex variants start from 3,00,000 BDT. Payment is 50% advance, 50% on launch.
Not as native card-style gateways — Shopify in Bangladesh does not officially integrate bKash or Nagad inside the standard checkout. What works in practice is a manual-payment method inside Shopify plus a clear payment-instructions flow that shows your bKash/Nagad merchant number after the buyer places the order, alongside COD. I set this up properly so buyers are never confused, and you can layer SSLCommerz or Aamarpay later if you want full card processing.
Yes — cash on delivery is the default for most Dhaka stores I build. I set up shipping zones for inside-Dhaka, outside-Dhaka and same-day, configure COD with the right messaging on product and checkout pages, and structure your order workflow so your team can hand off to Pathao, RedX, Steadfast or Sundarban without manual chaos. I do not connect courier APIs by default — most Dhaka SMEs run on courier dashboards directly — but I can scope that as an add-on.
If you want to launch fast, never touch hosting, and pay a monthly subscription to Shopify, Shopify wins. If you want lower long-term cost, more customisation, and you already have a WordPress site, WooCommerce wins. For most Dhaka brands doing 50 to 500 orders a month and running mostly on Facebook ads, Shopify is the cleaner choice — fewer plugins to maintain, faster checkout, easier for a non-technical team to operate. I build both and will tell you honestly which fits your case on the first call.
A focused 50,000-BDT launch with a custom theme typically takes 2-3 weeks once content, photos and merchant payment numbers are ready. Mid-tier stores with more catalogue depth take 3-5 weeks. Custom Shopify builds with apps or special checkout flows run 5-8 weeks. The biggest delay in every Dhaka project is not development — it is the merchant taking time to send product photos and pricing, so we agree a content deadline on day one.
I focus on building the store, not running your Facebook campaigns. But the store I build is designed to convert paid Facebook traffic — sticky add-to-cart, Messenger fallback, social proof above the fold, fast LCP on mid-range phones, and a Pixel and Conversions API setup that gives your media buyer clean data. If you want SEO or Google Ads on top, I can scope those separately or recommend someone trustworthy in Dhaka.
Grab a free 15-minute call and I'll show you exactly what your new website should do — and what it'll cost in BDT. No pitch, no pressure.
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