What a business website costs in 2026

The problem. One developer quotes ₹15,000 for a business website. Another quotes ₹1,50,000. Both show attractive portfolios. The cheaper site launches quickly, looks fine on desktop, loads slowly on mobile, cannot be edited without the developer and produces few enquiries. The saving turns out to be expensive.

What a business website costs in India in 2026

• Basic business website: roughly ₹30,000 to ₹70,000 for a well-built site with core pages, mobile design and basic SEO setup. The average small-business site costs around ₹75,000 once content and extras are included.
• Ecommerce website: roughly ₹50,000 at the lower end, with professional stores commonly ₹80,000 to ₹1,20,000 and more for complex catalogues and integrations.
• Custom or large sites: multi-location, multilingual, portals or custom functionality can run into several lakh.

Very low quotes usually mean a template with minimal changes, little content work and no attention to speed, tracking or conversion.

What you are paying for

• Planning: structure, pages, user journeys and what each page must achieve.
• Design: layout, brand consistency and mobile experience.
• Development: building, forms, integrations, speed optimisation and security.
• Content: copy that explains your offer clearly, photos and proof. Often underestimated, and often what decides conversion.
• SEO and tracking setup: metadata, structured data, sitemaps, analytics and conversion events.
• Training and handover: so your team can update content without calling a developer.

The yearly costs to budget for

Domain renewal, hosting, SSL, premium plugin or theme licences, backups, security, and updates or maintenance. These are modest individually but continue every year. Ask for them in writing before you approve a build.

What makes a website worth the money

Speed, clarity and conversion. A site that loads quickly on mobile, explains what you do in seconds and makes contact easy will outperform a more expensive site that looks impressive but is slow and vague. Hosting is rarely the only speed issue, as we explain in your website is not slow because of hosting. And a handful of pages matter most, covered in the five pages that decide whether a website converts.

Do you need a new website at all?

Often not immediately. If the goal is enquiries soon, a focused landing page and a strong Google Business Profile may deliver faster. See why ads should go to a landing page. Rebuild when the current site genuinely blocks growth: it cannot be edited, it is slow, it misrepresents the business or it cannot support the services you now offer.

What Avikosh charges

Our website design and development prices are published: Core at ₹40,000 one-time, Growth at ₹60,000 one-time and Enterprise on a custom scope, all exclusive of GST.

Common questions

Should I use WordPress, Shopify or a custom build?

WordPress suits most business websites, Shopify suits most online stores, and custom builds suit unusual requirements. Choose what your team can maintain.

How long does a business website take?

Typically three to eight weeks, with content readiness usually the biggest factor.

Who should own the website?

You. Domain, hosting account, admin access and content should all be in your business’s name.

The short version

Budget roughly ₹30,000 to ₹70,000 for a solid business site and more for ecommerce or custom work, plus yearly running costs. Pay for speed, clarity, content and tracking, not decoration. Send us your current site and we will tell you whether it needs a rebuild or a fix.

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