Most professionally built small business websites in Bangladesh cost between ৳18,000 and ৳1,50,000 in 2026, roughly $145 to $1,220, depending on who builds the site and what it needs to do. That's the direct answer to how much a business website cost, and the sections below explain why the range is so wide.
Quotes for the same site can differ several times over, since the number on a proposal depends on who builds it, what it has to do, and what it costs to run after launch, not on any fixed market rate.
Quick Answer: How Much Does a Business Website Cost in Bangladesh?
A professionally built business website in Bangladesh typically costs ৳18,000–৳60,000 for a basic 5–8 page brochure site, ৳65,000–৳1,50,000 for a lead-generation site, and ৳1,50,000–৳5,00,000 or more for e-commerce or custom platforms. Running costs add roughly 10–20% of the build price each year.
A business website is a multi-page site, typically Home, About, Services, and Contact pages, and often a blog, built to represent a company and generate leads or sales. It differs from a single landing page built around one offer and from a personal portfolio with no commercial goal.
What Kind of Website Do You Actually Need? (Quick Self-Diagnostic)
Business websites fall into three types: brochure sites of 3–8 pages that build credibility, lead-generation sites that add a blog and conversion tools, and e-commerce stores with product catalogs and checkout. The type sets the price floor more than any other single choice.
Brochure site: Home, About, Services, and Contact pages that establish credibility and answer basic questions. Lead capture stops at a contact form.
Lead-generation site: A brochure site plus a blog, service pages built around specific search terms, and conversion tools such as forms, calculators, or booking widgets.
E-commerce site: A storefront with product catalogs, checkout, payment processing, and inventory management. In Bangladesh, that usually includes local payment options such as bKash and Nagad alongside cards.
A brochure site and an e-commerce store both quoted at ৳1,00,000 are not the same product, even though the number looks identical on a proposal.
Cost by Build Method: DIY, Freelancer, or Agency
In Bangladesh, a DIY builder costs about ৳1,200–৳12,000 a month, a solo freelancer typically ৳8,000–৳25,000 per site, a mid-tier Dhaka agency ৳18,000–৳1,50,000, and an established professional firm ৳1,50,000–৳5,00,000 or more for larger builds.
The cheapest end of the market carries a trade-off. Entry-level freelancers commonly price around ৳5,000–৳8,000, while experienced freelancers with an established portfolio typically price ৳15,000–৳25,000, and post-launch support and code quality typically differ meaningfully between the two tiers.
What Actually Drives the Price Up or Down
Four factors move a website quote the most: page count, design (template or custom), functionality such as e-commerce or booking, and integrations with payment, CRM, or marketing tools. Design and functionality changes are what push a project from freelancer pricing into agency pricing.
A template-based site changes colors and images on a ready-made layout, which is faster and cheaper. A custom design adds research, wireframes, and design hours, which raises the price. Blog systems, multilingual support in Bangla and English, and payment gateway integration such as bKash and Nagad typically have a medium impact on price, while e-commerce carts and custom modules have a high one.
The platform matters too. WordPress is often cheaper because many developers know it, while custom frameworks cost more because of specialized coding time. See WordPress, Webflow, or custom development for how that choice affects cost and flexibility.
One mistake people often make is comparing two quotes on price alone without checking that both include the same four factors. A ৳45,000 quote and a ৳45,000 quote can describe completely different scopes.
Hidden Costs Most Quotes Leave Out
Beyond the build fee, a Bangladeshi business website has yearly costs: domain ৳1,000–৳2,500, hosting ৳4,000–৳30,000 or more, SSL free or ৳3,000–৳15,000, and maintenance ৳15,000–৳50,000 or more. Quotes that list only the build fee leave these out.
Domain: ৳1,000–৳2,500 per year, renewed annually.
Hosting: ৳4,000–৳30,000 or more per year. Shared hosting suits basic sites, while cloud or dedicated hosting suits e-commerce and higher traffic.
SSL certificate: Often bundled free with hosting, or ৳3,000–৳15,000 per year for a premium certificate.
Maintenance and support: ৳15,000–৳50,000 or more per year for updates, backups, security fixes, and broken-link repairs. See a full breakdown of monthly maintenance costs for what each tier includes.
Premium plugins, themes, and paid tools: Priced per tool, so ask for them itemized.
Content and translation: Many quotes assume you supply the text and images. Bangla and English copywriting is a separate cost unless the quote says otherwise.
Yearly costs are often summarized as 10–20% of the build price. On small builds, the fixed minimums for hosting and maintenance can exceed that share.
Ongoing maintenance is the line item most cost guides skip over entirely, which is why it catches first-time buyers by surprise.
What Will Year One Really Cost? (A Worked Example)
Year one costs more than the quote. An illustrative ৳45,000 five-page brochure site from a mid-tier Dhaka agency comes to about ৳54,500 with domain and hosting, and about ৳69,500 with a basic maintenance plan, using low-to-mid points of the ranges above.
This is an illustration built from the ranges above, not a client quote. The year-one total is about 54% above the build quote. From year two, the recurring bill in this example is ৳24,500 for domain, hosting, and maintenance, and that figure drops if you skip the maintenance plan and handle updates yourself.
Realistic Budget by Business Type
A local service business typically budgets ৳18,000–৳1,50,000 for a brochure or lead-generation site, while an e-commerce store typically needs ৳1,50,000–৳5,00,000 or more. Multi-location businesses start in the lead-generation tier and rise with each location page added.
A single-location electrician and a five-location retail chain will both call their project a business website, but the second is scoped closer to a small store in complexity, even without a shopping cart.
Bangladesh vs. International Pricing: What Actually Changes
A basic Dhaka build at about 145–490 costs a fraction of typical US prices, where published guides put freelancer builds at 1,500–8,000 and agency builds at 6,000–35,000 or more. The gap reflects labor-market cost, not build quality.
US guides disagree with each other too. Business.com puts small business websites at 500–3,000, Leadpages at 500–5,000 for most small businesses, and GruffyGoat at 4,000–15,000 for a professional build. Wix places freelancer hourly rates at $50 and up.
Dhaka developers commonly bill in the range of 20–50 an hour based on current market rate patterns. A lower quote does not automatically mean lower quality, and a higher one does not automatically buy more skill. Frame Cipher is a Dhaka-based agency serving clients in Bangladesh and in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and the UAE.
DIY or Hire Someone? A Simple Decision Framework
Choose a DIY builder for a simple brochure site on a tight budget, a freelancer for custom branding on a moderate budget, and an agency when the site needs strategy, ongoing optimization, or e-commerce and multi-location complexity. The deciding factor is who owns updates after launch.
A DIY builder puts updates on the business owner. A freelancer or agency takes that work on, at a proportionally higher price. For a deeper look at this tradeoff, see DIY builder vs. hiring a developer.
What a Fair Website Quote Should Include (Checklist)
A fair website quote itemizes the page count, design approach, platform, features and integrations, revision rounds, domain and hosting, SSL, support period, training, and ownership of files and accounts. Missing items are where cost surprises start.
Pages and content: How many pages, and who writes the text and supplies the images.
Design approach: Template or custom, and how many revision rounds are included.
Platform: WordPress, Webflow, or a custom build, and who can edit content afterward.
Features and integrations: Forms, blog, Bangla and English support, and payment gateways such as bKash and Nagad.
Domain, hosting, and SSL: Who buys them, what each costs per year, and whether they are registered in your name.
Support period: How long bug fixes are included after launch, commonly 30 days for basic builds and up to 90 days for standard builds, though this varies by provider and should always be confirmed in writing.
Training and handover: Whether you get a walkthrough of the content editor and the login details.
Payment milestones: When each installment is due and what is delivered at each stage.
Project effort on a typical build is usually weighted toward development and design, with smaller shares for discovery and testing. A quote with no design or testing line at all is worth a question.
Common Mistakes That Blow the Budget
The most common budget mistakes are underscoping the build, ignoring year-one running costs, and choosing a platform on price alone. Each tends to show up later as a rebuild or a platform migration.
Underscoping the initial build: Choosing the cheapest option for a business that needs lead-generation or e-commerce features, then paying to rebuild.
Ignoring year-one running costs: Budgeting only for the build and being surprised by hosting, renewal, and maintenance bills.
Choosing a platform by price alone: Picking the cheapest option without checking whether it supports the business's growth plans.
The rebuild trap is the most expensive version. For example, a ৳8,000 template site rebuilt at ৳45,000 within eighteen months costs ৳53,000 in total, more than starting with a right-sized ৳45,000 build. If the site is already live and only aging, check the signs it might be time for a redesign instead before committing to a full rebuild.
How These Prices Were Gathered
The Taka ranges in this guide reflect current market pricing patterns among Dhaka web development providers as of 2026, converted at roughly ৳123 per US dollar. International figures come from 2026 guides published by Wix, Leadpages, Business.com, and GruffyGoat.
All figures are estimates based on published pricing patterns, not a formal market survey or a guarantee of what any specific provider will quote, and individual quotes vary with scope. Prices were last checked in September 2026. For a figure tied to your own scope, request an itemized quote.
Conclusion
Three things determine what a business website costs: the build method, the type of business the site serves, and what is included after launch, not just at delivery. Budgeting for year one, including domain, hosting, and maintenance, and matching the platform to real growth plans avoids most cost surprises.
Businesses weighing these options against their own scope can get a free, no-pressure quote from Frame Cipher's website design and development team.