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WordPress in Motijheel: own the site, don't rent it
There is a specific trap that catches Motijheel firms more than most, because the area runs on relationships and word of mouth. Someone's nephew or a one-man shop builds the WordPress site cheap, hosts it on their own account, registers the domain in their own name, and keeps the admin login. It feels like a favour.
Then a year later you want changes, or you want to move developers, and you realise you do not actually own your own website — the domain, the hosting and the admin keys all sit with someone else. I have untangled this exact mess for clients near the DSE more than once. When I build for you, the domain is registered in your name, the hosting is in your account, and you hold the master admin login from day one. You are buying an asset, not renting access to one.
On the money question — the honest 'koto taka' answer for WordPress development in Motijheel depends on three things and very little else. First, how many pages with real distinct content: a 50,000 BDT build covers a solid 6-page corporate WordPress site; 90,000 BDT covers the full 10–12 pages most firms here need including a notice board, careers and a directors' section; 1,50,000 BDT adds custom design work, downloadable company profile, a rate or product table your staff can edit, and bilingual Bangla pages.
Fully custom builds — member portals, regulatory document archives, deep integrations — start at 3,00,000 BDT. Second, do you have copy and photos ready, or do I write and clean them up. Third, the quiet hour-eaters: a careers form that emails HR with the CV attached, ISO or certification badges re-drawn from a blurry scan, a multilingual switcher. What does not move the price is vague stuff like 'modern', 'animation' or 'professional look' — any competent senior developer gives you that at 50,000 BDT.
Payment stays simple: 50% advance to start, 50% on launch, via bKash, Nagad or bank transfer.