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Service · WebJi® India
Create an Online Store in India
Quick answer
WebJi® builds online stores for Indian sellers on WooCommerce, on a domain you own: catalogue, UPI, card and COD checkout through Razorpay or PayU, pin-code shipping rules and GST invoices. Builds take two to four weeks and fall in an indicative ₹1,50,000–₹5,00,000 band, quoted in INR before work starts.
For D2C brands, wholesalers and Instagram sellers who want their own checkout, customer list and margin instead of renting a marketplace shelf.
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Jaipur · IN
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Last editorial update: 14 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
What a WebJi® online store build includes
A WebJi® online store is a finished WooCommerce shop on your own domain — designed, stocked, wired to payments and shipping, tested with real orders and handed over with the admin login. It is not a theme you finish yourself; the team does the setup work that usually stalls first-time sellers.
- Catalogue: category, product and variant pages (size, colour, pack) with stock counts, search and mobile-sized images.
- Checkout: UPI, cards, net banking and wallets through Razorpay or PayU, plus cash on delivery with a cart-value ceiling.
- Shipping: rates by weight and pin code, courier labels through an aggregator such as Shiprocket, and blocked pin codes where delivery fails.
- Tax: GST invoices carrying your GSTIN, HSN codes and the CGST/SGST or IGST split, numbered against each order.
- Policy pages: terms, privacy, shipping and returns — payment gateways ask to see these before they approve the account.
- Search basics: clean category URLs, product schema, sitemap, Search Console and a Core Web Vitals pass.
- Training: a walkthrough on adding products, processing orders, refunds, coupons and reports.
Pages around the shop — about, wholesale enquiry, landing pages — are designed by the same team through website design services, so the store and the brand site look like one business.
Who should build their own online store, and who should wait
An own store pays off for sellers with a brand, a repeatable product list and buyers who come back; it is the wrong first step for an untested product or a multi-seller marketplace. The deciding question is whether you want to own the customer list and the margin, or rent demand from a platform.
Good fit: wholesalers
Distributors who want a price list, MOQ rules and GST invoices that trade buyers can order from without a phone call.
Good fit: Instagram sellers
Shops already selling through DMs that need one checkout link instead of answering "price?" fifty times a day.
Wait: untested product
Validate one product on a marketplace or a WhatsApp catalogue first; a full build makes sense once orders repeat.
Different build: marketplaces
Many sellers on one site needs vendor dashboards, payouts and commission logic — a separate e-commerce website development project.
Wait: no fulfilment
If nobody is ready to pack, ship and handle returns daily, a store creates complaints faster than sales.
How much it costs to build an online store in India
A WebJi® store build falls in the published e-commerce band of ₹1,50,000 to ₹5,00,000, indicative, with the exact figure quoted in INR before work starts and 18% GST shown on the invoice. Where a project lands inside that band depends on four things more than anything else.
| Cost driver | Lower end of the band | Higher end of the band |
|---|---|---|
| Catalogue | Under 100 products, clean sheet with photos ready | Thousands of SKUs, variants, missing images or descriptions |
| Design | Standard layout styled to your brand | Custom home, category and product templates |
| Payments | One gateway with UPI and cards | Gateway plus COD rules, EMI or a second gateway |
| Shipping | Flat rate or free above a cart value | Weight, zone and pin-code rules across several couriers |
Hosting and the domain renew yearly and sit in the same quote, so the first invoice covers year one in full. The e-commerce website cost guide breaks down what Indian stores pay at each tier.
Own online store vs marketplace, Instagram shop or website builder
A marketplace sells this month but keeps the customer and takes commission; an own store costs more upfront but keeps margin, data and brand. Most Indian sellers end up running a store alongside one marketplace rather than choosing only one.
| Channel | Who owns the buyer | How you pay | Choose it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Own WooCommerce store | You, with email and phone | Build quote, then yearly hosting and domain | You have repeat buyers and need COD, GST or pricing control |
| Marketplace listing | The marketplace | Commission set by the platform on each sale | You need demand now and can absorb fees |
| Instagram or WhatsApp catalogue | You, inside the app | No listing fee; staff time on chats | Buyers already message before they buy |
| Website builder | You, on the builder platform | From ₹2,900 a year before GST (Builder — Basic) | The site is a brochure and selling comes later |
When orders or the catalogue grow, the same WooCommerce store moves to bigger servers instead of being rebuilt. Platform-by-platform detail is in the guide to the best e-commerce platforms in India.
UPI, cash on delivery and GST: the Indian checkout details
UPI is tested first, COD is capped, and GST invoicing is configured before launch, because these three decide whether an Indian store keeps its orders and its money. Each one is set during the build, not left as a to-do after handover.
- UPI
- QR, intent and collect flows are checked on Android and iPhone, then cards and net banking. A UPI payment that succeeds at the bank but never marks the order paid is the defect that silently loses sales.
- Cash on delivery
- COD helps first-time buyers trust you but every refused parcel costs a return trip. The store gets a cart-value ceiling, and pin codes with poor delivery records are blocked after the first month of data.
- GST invoices
- Invoices carry your GSTIN, HSN codes and tax breakup. If you also sell on a marketplace, use a separate invoice series so numbers never collide.
Settlement times and per-transaction charges differ by gateway; the payment gateway guide compares them.
Online store build timeline: two to four weeks in five stages
A typical store goes live two to four weeks after an approved brief; product data and payment gateway KYC are the two waits that move the date. A 50-product shop on a standard layout sits at the short end, a 2,000-SKU catalogue with custom templates at the long end.
- Brief and fixed quote. You send the product sheet, categories, shipping zones and return policy; the INR quote follows before any payment.
- Mobile-first design. Home, category and product pages are approved on a phone screen first, then desktop.
- Build and import. WooCommerce is installed, products imported, checkout fields and GST details set.
- Gateway and test orders. KYC completes against the live site; test orders run through every payment mode and one label per courier route.
- Launch and handover. Domain, SSL, sitemap and analytics go live, your team is trained, and 24/7 email support continues.
What to prepare before you ask for an online store quote
A complete product sheet and the gateway paperwork shorten the build more than any design decision. Gather these before the first call and the quote can be fixed on day one.
- A spreadsheet with SKU, product name, selling price, MRP, GST rate, HSN code, weight and stock for every item.
- Product photos on a plain background, ideally square and at least 1,000 pixels wide.
- The PAN, bank account and business proof your payment gateway asks for during KYC.
- Your delivery zones, COD stance and return window in writing.
- The domain you want to sell on — or a shortlist to check for availability.
Send the sheet through the contact page or to support@webji.services. Replies come 24/7 in Hindi and English, with an average first reply under 60 minutes.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Do I own the online store and can I move it to another host?
Yes. The store runs on WooCommerce, which is open source, on hosting in your name. At handover you receive the admin login, the database and the files, so another host or developer can take over without rebuilding anything.
Who adds new products after the store launches?
Your team does, from the WooCommerce dashboard. The handover walkthrough covers adding products and variants, changing prices, running coupons and processing refunds. Large catalogue updates can be imported from a spreadsheet instead of typed one by one.
Which hosting does an online store need after launch?
A small catalogue runs on WooCommerce hosting; busier stores with sale-week spikes move to e-commerce hosting sized for checkout traffic. The plan is chosen with you during the quote, based on product count and expected orders.
Can I start on a website builder and switch to a full store later?
Yes, and many brands do. Keep the same domain, then move products and pages into WooCommerce when orders justify the build. Set up redirects from old product URLs during the switch so search rankings and shared links keep working.
Does the build invoice include GST?
Yes. WebJi® invoices are in INR with 18% GST shown separately, and your GSTIN is printed so a registered business can claim input credit on the build and hosting.
Last editorial update: 14 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
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