tore builds span the widest cost range in web work. "Online store" can mean a 15-item side hustle. Or it can mean a multi-warehouse retail firm. Here's what sets where you land.
Small catalog store: ₹80,000–₹1,50,000¶
This tier covers a plain product list, cart, and checkout flow. It has one payment link and simple ship rules. It fits tens to a few hundred items. Variants stay simple, like size or color. Not complex bundles.
Mid-size store with custom logic: ₹1,50,000–₹3,50,000¶
This tier adds bulk price tiers, coupon tools, and more than one ship zone. It often adds a tighter look built around your brand. Not a stock store-template feel.
Large-scale or highly custom ecommerce: ₹3,50,000–₹5,00,000+¶
This tier holds live stock sync across more than one channel. It adds plan billing, custom checkout flows, and an ERP link for orders and stock. Here, a store starts to look more like a full app than a simple site.
The factors that move the number most¶
- Payment setup. A standard link like Razorpay or PayU goes in fast. More than one gateway, or local pay types, adds time.
- Stock scope. A flat item list is simple. Live stock sync between your store and a shop floor or ERP is not.
- Ship rules. Flat-rate ship is easy. Rates by weight or place, plus more than one carrier, add real back-end work.
- Content and product data. A store with hundreds of items needs a blurb, photos, and tags for each one. This often takes more time than people expect. It also hits SEO hard. Thin or missing blurbs hurt your rank on product search.
One thing worth deciding early: platform vs. custom-built¶
A platform, like Shopify, gets you live fast. It comes with built-in pay and stock tools. The catch is a standing fee and some cap on flex. A custom store costs more upfront. But it has no fee ceiling. It can also do just what your firm needs. That includes a deep link to your CRM, if you run one. We cover this trade-off in our platform vs. custom guide.
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