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Website Design Cost in India (2026 Price Bands)
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Website design in India costs about ₹8,000 to ₹35,000 for a 5–10 page small-business site, ₹25,000 to ₹1,50,000 for a WooCommerce store and ₹1,50,000 or more for a custom web application, as indicative 2026 bands before 18% GST. Hosting, domain and maintenance are billed separately every year.
For Indian business owners comparing design quotes, this guide explains what each price band buys and what you will pay again in year two.
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How much does website design cost in India by type of site?
A landing page costs ₹3,000 to ₹10,000, a 5–10 page business site ₹8,000 to ₹35,000, a WooCommerce store ₹25,000 to ₹1,50,000, and a custom web application ₹1,50,000 or more. These are indicative 2026 market bands before 18% GST; the job the site must do moves the price more than its page count.
| Site type | Typical range (₹) | Build time | Usually includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landing page | 3,000–10,000 | 3–7 days | One page, enquiry form, WhatsApp button |
| Small business site, 5–10 pages | 8,000–35,000 | 1–3 weeks | Responsive layout, contact forms, basic on-page SEO |
| WordPress business site | 15,000–60,000 | 2–4 weeks | Customised theme, blog, gallery |
| WooCommerce store | 25,000–1,50,000 | 3–8 weeks | Catalogue, Razorpay or PayU gateway, shipping rules |
| Custom web application | 1,50,000+ | 2 months+ | Discovery, UI/UX, development, testing, deployment |
Below about ₹5,000 you are usually buying a template with your logo dropped in. That is acceptable for a one-page digital visiting card and risky for a brand people will judge before calling.
What drives a website design quote up or down?
Five variables explain most of the gap between two website design quotes: structure, custom versus template design, who supplies content, features, and the delivery process. Ask each vendor which of these their price assumes.
Custom or template
Bespoke UI typically costs two to four times a well-customised premium theme. Most small businesses get better value from the theme.
Content
Copywriting and product photography are separate line items. Waiting on your own text is the most common cause of delay.
Features
Forms are cheap. Booking, payments, Hindi and English versions, member logins and WhatsApp ordering each add real engineering time.
Process
A freelancer iterates directly and charges less; an agency adds discovery, testing and account management and bills for them.
What recurring costs come after the website design fee?
Design is paid once, but hosting, the domain, email and maintenance renew every year, so a small business site typically needs ₹8,000 to ₹25,000 in year two. Get that year-two figure in writing before you sign for year one.
| Item | Market band (₹/yr) | WebJi® price, before 18% GST |
|---|---|---|
| Shared hosting | 1,200–6,000 | Webji Launch ₹2,868 a year; Turbo ₹3,828 |
| VPS, cloud or store-grade hosting | 4,000–18,000 | Quoted to the configuration |
| Domain | 500–1,200 | .in ₹1,000, .com ₹1,380 |
| Business email | 600–2,000 | Mailboxes included with hosting; 5 × 5 GB plan ₹2,520 |
| SSL certificate | Free–1,800 | Free Let’s Encrypt with hosting; Sectigo Positive SSL ₹1,800 |
| Maintenance (AMC) | 3,000–12,000 | WordPress updates and security ₹5,900 |
Clarify what an AMC covers: “content changes” and “code fixes” are different services. The website maintenance cost guide breaks those scopes down, and hosting renewal prices explains why the second-year hosting bill is the one to check.
Freelancer, agency or DIY builder: which costs less overall?
A freelancer is usually cheapest for a standard site, an agency is worth its premium for stores and brand-critical builds, and a builder is cheapest in cash but costs your time. Whichever you choose, keep the domain, hosting and files registered in your own name.
- Freelancer, about ₹8,000–₹40,000: one contact, fast changes, and also a single point of failure if they disappear.
- Agency, about ₹30,000–₹2,00,000+: a team, a process and accountability; you pay for coordination that only pays off on complex builds.
- DIY builder: WebJi® builder packages run ₹2,900, ₹3,900 or ₹9,900 a year before GST. Fine for a first-year experiment; moving out later means rebuilding.
WebJi®’s own website design service publishes three bands before GST: a starter site of 5–7 pages at ₹8,000–₹25,000, a 10–20 page business site with CMS at ₹25,000–₹75,000, and an e-commerce build at ₹1,50,000–₹5,00,000. Each is quoted by email before payment.
Which questions expose a weak website design quote?
Ask about ownership, scope, content, testing, SEO, speed, year-two cost and invoicing; a vendor who answers all eight clearly is quoting a service, not a template.
- Will the domain, hosting account and source files be in my name?
- How many pages and revision rounds are included, and what does page 11 cost?
- Who writes the content, and is copywriting in the price?
- Is the site tested on budget Android phones, not only on an iPhone?
- Are titles, meta descriptions, a sitemap and basic speed work included?
- What page-load target is promised, and how will it be measured?
- What does year-two maintenance cover, and at what price?
- Will the invoice carry my GSTIN so I can claim input credit?
Pay in milestones, roughly 40% at start, 40% on design approval and 20% at handover. The website launch checklist is a useful acceptance test before the last payment.
Website cost guides by site type and service
Each guide below prices one kind of site or one running cost in detail, so this page stays the overview. Start with the one closest to your project, or estimate a total with the website cost calculator.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the minimum sensible budget for a small business website?
Around ₹8,000 to ₹12,000 before GST for a clean five-page responsive site, plus about ₹3,900 a year for hosting and a .in domain on WebJi® published prices. Below that, quality and ownership usually suffer.
Why do e-commerce quotes vary from ₹25,000 to ₹5,00,000?
The low end is a WooCommerce theme with a payment gateway and a few dozen products. The high end includes catalogue migration, custom checkout, ERP or courier integrations and design work. The e-commerce cost guide shows where each band starts.
How long does a small business website take to build?
One to three weeks of build time when content is ready. In most Indian projects the delay is not design but waiting for the owner’s text, photos and approvals, so prepare those before the project starts.
Can I edit the website myself after it is designed?
Yes, if it is built on WordPress or a builder: text and images are self-service. Hand-coded sites need the developer for each change, so add the cost of edits to the comparison before choosing the cheaper quote.
Are website design prices quoted with GST?
Usually not; most quotes in India are before 18% GST. A ₹25,000 quote becomes ₹29,500 on the invoice. A GST-registered business can claim that tax back as input credit if its GSTIN is on the invoice.
Market bands indicative for 2026; WebJi® prices checked against WebJi® billing on 14 November 2026 · Reviewed by the WebJi® team, Jaipur.
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