Almost nobody in this industry publishes prices. That's understandable — a five-page brochure site and a fifty-product store are genuinely different jobs, and a single number would mislead. But it leaves business owners unable to tell whether a quote is reasonable.
So here are real ranges, what moves them, and what a suspiciously low number usually means.
The ranges
These are typical market rates in Bangladesh for agency-built work, not freelancer-marketplace pricing.
| Type of site | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Landing page, one page | ৳25,000 – 60,000 |
| Business site, 5–10 pages | ৳60,000 – 200,000 |
| E-commerce, standard | ৳150,000 – 500,000 |
| E-commerce, custom features | ৳400,000 – 1,200,000 |
| Web application / internal tool | ৳400,000 upward |
Roughly, ৳100,000 is about $850 and ৳500,000 about $4,200.
If a quote sits far below its range, that isn't automatically a bargain. See the last section.
What actually moves the price
Page count matters less than people expect. Ten pages using three layouts is a smaller job than four pages each needing its own design.
Content is the most underestimated cost. If you don't have text and photos ready, someone has to produce them. That's often 20–30% of a project, and it's the single most common cause of delay — usually because it sat with the client while everyone waited.
Custom functionality is where budgets actually go. Bookings, payments, inventory sync, dashboards, integration with something you already run. A standard Shopify store is well-charted. A store with custom pricing rules by customer group is a software project wearing a store's clothes.
Integrations are rarely as simple as they sound. "Just connect it to our accounting system" can be a day or a month, depending entirely on whether that system has a decent API.
Migration costs real money. Moving 500 products or ten years of blog posts, with redirects so you don't lose your search rankings, is a genuine line item.
What should be included
Ask specifically. These are the things most often quietly missing:
- Mobile design — not "responsive" as an afterthought, but designed for a phone
- Basic SEO setup: titles, descriptions, sitemap, Search Console
- Analytics, configured so it actually tracks enquiries
- A way for you to edit your own content
- Redirects from your old URLs, if you have an existing site
- A support period after launch
- Your ownership of the code, domain, and hosting account
That last one matters more than it sounds. Some agencies build on systems only they can maintain, which means you can't leave without starting over. Ask directly: if we part ways, what do I walk away with? The answer should be "everything."
Ongoing costs
A website isn't a one-time purchase. Budget annually for:
- Domain: ৳1,200–2,500
- Hosting: ৳0 on a modern static host for a small site; ৳6,000–30,000 for traditional hosting
- Maintenance: ৳3,000–15,000 a month for updates, backups and monitoring
Skipping maintenance is the most expensive saving available. Unpatched sites get compromised, and cleaning up afterwards costs more than a year of the plan.
When a quote is too low
If someone quotes ৳15,000 for a business site, one of these is happening:
- It's a bought theme with your logo dropped in — which can be a legitimate choice, but you should be told that's what you're buying
- The content work is excluded and will appear later as an extra
- They're building on their own hosting so you can't leave
- They plan to disappear after launch
None of that is inherently dishonest. It becomes dishonest when it isn't disclosed. A fair proposal states what's included, what isn't, and what happens after launch.
How we price
Fixed price per project, agreed before anything is built. After a scope call we send a written proposal with everything included, everything excluded, and one number. If scope changes later we re-quote in writing rather than adding it to the bill quietly.
We don't publish a price list, because the honest answer to "what does a website cost" is "it depends" — but you should get a real number after one thirty-minute call, not after a three-week sales process.
If you want that number for your project, book a scope call. If it turns out you need something simpler than you thought, we'll tell you that too.