What a Shopify store really costs in Bangladesh, and why some quotes are 30,000 BDT while others are 3,00,000 BDT
I am RH Fardin, a senior solo designer and developer. I build Shopify stores myself for businesses across Bangladesh. Some are first-time brands launching one product line. Others are established sellers moving off Facebook-only selling. This page shows my real Shopify store development price in Bangladesh, what each tier includes and what makes a quote go up or down. No vague "contact for price" runaround.
Price floor 50,000 BDT. Senior tiers 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT. Custom Shopify builds from 3,00,000 BDT. 50% advance, 50% on launch. Design-approval guarantee: you sign off before I touch a line of code.
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Most business owners first ask me some version of "Shopify store er koto taka?" The honest Shopify store development price in Bangladesh depends on three things. Which Shopify plan do you choose? Which theme route do we take? How much custom work do you really need? Shopify's own fee starts around 27 USD per month for the Basic plan, paid in USD to Shopify.
On top of that, you pay a one-time fee to the person who builds the store. In Bangladesh, that build fee ranges from 30,000 BDT for a copy-paste template job to 5,00,000+ BDT. The top end is a fully custom Liquid build with custom apps. My own floor is 50,000 BDT, and I explain why below.
You may see a 25,000 BDT Shopify quote on Facebook. What you almost always get is a free Dawn theme with your logo dropped in. Then 5 to 10 products are copied from your spreadsheet, and the store is handed over. There is no real direction on product photos and no thought about your category page layout.
There is also no cash-on-delivery setup for Bangladeshi customers, no abandoned-cart flow and no proper SEO setup. The store exists. It almost never sells. Within 60 days, the same owner is paying someone else 90,000 BDT to fix it.
My tiers are priced for real results, not just a store that loads. The 50,000 BDT tier is a small-catalogue store on a paid premium theme like Impulse or Prestige. You buy the one-time theme licence yourself, so you own it. I set it up properly with COD plus bKash and Nagad checkout steps. You also get clean product categories, mobile-first product cards and basic on-page SEO.
The 90,000 BDT and 1,50,000 BDT tiers add depth. You get more products and custom sections. The homepage and product pages are designed to sell. Reviews are built in. Shipping rates differ for inside and outside Dhaka. Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel are set up properly, so your ads can optimise.
Custom Shopify development from 3,00,000 BDT is a different conversation. That is where we build custom Liquid sections and a bespoke theme structure. It can include multi-currency for export brands. It can include custom app links to your own warehouse system, a courier API like Pathao or Steadfast, or a B2B portal.
That is the kind of build that supports a brand doing 50 lakh+ taka a month. On the first call, I will tell you honestly which tier you need. It will not be the most expensive one I can sell you.
I build every Shopify tier below myself, with the same hands and the same standards. The price changes because the scope changes, not because the quality changes.
Every tier from 50,000 BDT uses a properly licensed paid theme. The theme is your one-time purchase, around 350 USD, and it stays with your store forever. No free-theme limits.
Cash on delivery is on by default for Dhaka and outside-Dhaka zones. Clear bKash and Nagad payment steps appear on the checkout and order-confirmation pages. It is built for how Bangladeshi customers really pay.
Over 80% of your shoppers will be on a phone. Product cards, image galleries, size pickers and Add-to-Cart are tuned for thumbs and 4G speeds. They are not desktop templates squeezed onto mobile.
The homepage hero, collections, social proof, trust signals and product pages are ordered to guide buying decisions. They are not just "sections that look pretty in the demo." This is what separates a 50,000 BDT store from a 25,000 BDT one.
Different shipping rates and delivery times for Dhaka city, outside Dhaka and other districts. All set up correctly in Shopify, so customers see accurate totals before they hit Place Order.
Google Analytics 4 and the Meta Pixel are installed and tested with Shopify. Key events like add to cart, start checkout and purchase fire properly. So your Facebook ads can truly optimise for sales.
Five things move my Shopify price within a tier. They are product count, design depth, custom apps or integrations, content (copy and image work) and your Shopify plan. A 30-product store costs about the same to build as a 60-product store, if your product data is clean in a spreadsheet. I import in bulk. But a 200-product store with variant images and 4 collections of category filters takes another 10 to 15 hours. That lifts a 50,000 BDT job to the 90,000 BDT tier.
Design depth is a simple choice. Do you want my best work on a premium theme with 4 to 5 customised sections? Or do you want every section designed from scratch for your brand? The first costs 50,000 to 1,50,000 BDT. The second moves into the 3,00,000 BDT+ custom tier, because it is real theme development, not theme setup.
Custom apps and integrations are the biggest swing factor, and quote-shoppers miss it every time. A standard Shopify store uses standard apps: Judge.me for reviews, Klaviyo for email and a courier app for shipping. I set those up inside the existing tier. Custom work is different. Maybe you need a Pathao Merchant API link that pushes orders to your courier dashboard. Maybe you want a Bangla SMS alert flow through SSL Wireless, or a B2B price list for logged-in wholesale buyers.
Each of those is a separate build, and the honest price will show it. I quote each one as its own line item. I don't hide it inside a vague "custom Shopify development" number that explodes by milestone 2. To read any Shopify quote in Bangladesh, ask exactly what is in scope and what is out. If the seller cannot answer that clearly in a 10-minute call, the price you see is not the price you will pay.
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The real Shopify pricing questions Bangladeshi business owners ask me, answered straight.
My tiers are 50,000 BDT, 90,000 BDT and 1,50,000 BDT. The first is a small-catalogue launch on a premium theme. The second adds deeper sales design, more products and full BD shipping and payment setup. The third adds a larger catalogue, advanced sections, custom collection logic, full analytics and integrations. Custom builds with bespoke Liquid code start from 3,00,000 BDT. Payment is 50% advance and 50% on launch. You pay Shopify's monthly fee (from about 27 USD for Basic) directly to Shopify.
At 25,000 to 30,000 BDT, nobody can afford to set up a store properly. The only way the math works is a free theme, your products dumped in, and goodbye. So those stores rarely sell and need a rebuild within a year. My floor reflects the real time one experienced person needs to make a store ready for orders in Bangladesh. That means a premium theme, real design, proper product pages, COD plus bKash and Nagad, shipping zones and analytics. You pay for "a store sells," not "a store exists."
Yes. Shopify bills its monthly fee directly to you in USD. Basic is about 27 USD, Shopify about 79 USD and Advanced about 299 USD. Shopify Starter is about 5 USD if you only need a buy button. My build fee, from 50,000 BDT, is a one-time charge for design, development and launch. You need an international card to pay Shopify. Most of my clients use a dual-currency card from EBL, City Bank or Brac Bank. I will help you pick a plan on our first call.
Most new Bangladeshi brands launch with under 50 products and under 10 lakh BDT in monthly revenue. For them, Basic at 27 USD/month is right. You can upgrade in one click later. Move to the Shopify plan (79 USD/month) when you need professional reports, lower transaction fees or 5 staff accounts. Skip Shopify Starter for a full store, since it is only for social selling. I earn nothing from Shopify for these tips. My advice is based on what saves you money.
Not directly. Shopify Payments is not yet available in Bangladesh, and bKash and Nagad have no official Shopify link. I set up the workaround most successful BD stores use. Cash on Delivery is the main checkout option. Clear bKash and Nagad pay-now steps, with your business account number, appear on the checkout and confirmation pages. You mark orders paid once money arrives. For busier stores, I can add SSL Commerz or 2Checkout for card payments. We will pick the right setup on our first call.
The 50,000 BDT tier usually takes 10 to 14 working days from approved design to launch. The 90,000 and 1,50,000 BDT tiers take 18 to 25 working days, with more products to import and more sections to design. Custom builds from 3,00,000 BDT take 6 to 10 weeks, based on the integrations. Two things slow projects down: late product photos and design changes after approval. I keep timelines tight by locking the design first, with the design-approval guarantee. I only write code after you sign off.
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