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E-commerce Website Development Cost in India

An online store needs more than a nice catalogue: checkout, payments, shipping, taxes and order management all have to work every time. The price depends on the size of your catalogue, the platform (Shopify, WooCommerce or a custom build) and how much custom logic your products and orders need. These ranges show what to budget for a store of each size.

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โ‚น20,000

Estimates in INR. Your quote depends on your scope.

Price at a glance

How much does it cost?

Starter store

โ‚น20,000 โ€“ โ‚น80,000

About 3โ€“6 weeks

A clean store on Shopify or WooCommerce with your catalogue, cart, checkout, payment gateway and shipping set-up.

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Growing store

โ‚น28,000 โ€“ โ‚น1,12,000

About 4โ€“8 weeks

Custom theme, product variants and filters, discount rules, reviews, abandoned-cart flows and integrations with shipping or accounting.

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Large or custom store

โ‚น40,000 โ€“ โ‚น1,60,000

About 6โ€“12 weeks

Big catalogues, multiple warehouses or sellers, B2B pricing, custom checkout rules, or a fully custom platform.

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These are estimates for typical projects, not fixed quotes. They exclude taxes and third-party fees, and assume a clean standard design and a normal schedule. Extra features, custom design or a rush deadline raise the price; a smaller first version lowers it.

What changes the price

What drives e-commerce store development cost

Platform

Shopify and WooCommerce are fastest and cheapest to start. A custom build makes sense when your business rules do not fit a platform.

Catalogue size and variants

Hundreds of products with sizes, colours and bundles need more data work and better search and filters.

Payments and checkout

Razorpay, UPI and cards are standard. Cash on delivery rules, part payments or custom checkout steps add work.

Shipping and inventory

Courier integrations, pin-code checks and syncing stock with a warehouse or POS system add to the scope.

Theme customisation

Adapting a good theme is quicker than designing every page from scratch.

Multi-vendor or B2B

Marketplaces with sellers, commissions and payouts, or B2B price lists and approvals, are much larger builds.

Common add-ons

Estimated extra cost for a small build. Larger builds scale these up.

  • Online payments (Razorpay, UPI, cards) Extra gateways, COD rules, part payments +โ‚น5,000 โ€“ โ‚น20,000
  • Third-party integrations (CRM, ERP, APIs) +โ‚น10,000 โ€“ โ‚น30,000
  • User accounts & login Wholesale or member accounts +โ‚น5,000 โ€“ โ‚น15,000
  • Reports & analytics +โ‚น10,000 โ€“ โ‚น25,000
  • Multiple languages +โ‚น5,000 โ€“ โ‚น15,000

Costs to plan for beyond the build

Paid to third parties or after launch, so not in the estimates above.

  • Platform subscription if you use Shopify, or hosting for WooCommerce and custom stores.
  • Payment gateway transaction fees, charged by the gateway on each sale.
  • Paid apps or plugins for features like reviews, subscriptions or shipping.
  • Product photography and content, if you need it.

Ask about these when you get a quote, so nothing surprises you later.

Keep the budget down

How to reduce the cost

  1. 1 Start on Shopify or WooCommerce and move to custom only when you outgrow it.
  2. 2 Customise a proven theme rather than designing from scratch.
  3. 3 Launch with your best-selling products and add the full catalogue later.
  4. 4 Choose apps carefully, as monthly app fees add up.

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E-commerce store cost: FAQs

WooCommerce has no platform subscription but needs hosting and more maintenance. Shopify has a monthly fee but handles hosting, security and updates. For most new stores the build cost is similar; the right choice depends on how you want to run the store.
Yes. A custom build suits stores with unusual pricing, product configuration, marketplace or B2B rules. It costs more upfront, so we usually suggest it only when a platform cannot do the job.
Yes, setting up a standard gateway such as Razorpay is included. The gateway charges its own fees per transaction.
A starter store usually takes a few weeks. Larger or custom stores take longer; see the estimated timelines above.
No. They are estimates for typical projects of each size, so you can plan a budget. Your actual price depends on your exact features, design and integrations. We confirm it in a written quote after a free discovery call, before any commitment.
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