How Much Should a Small Business Website Actually Cost?
Prices for websites vary wildly. Here's an honest breakdown of what drives cost, so you can compare quotes with confidence.
Website quotes can range from a few thousand rupees to several lakhs, and it's genuinely confusing. The honest answer is that cost depends on three things: how many unique pages and designs you need, whether you need custom functionality (booking, payments, logins), and who maintains it afterwards.
A simple, well-made business website — home, services, about, contact — sits at the affordable end. Costs climb when you add online ordering, customer accounts, or custom dashboards, because those need real engineering and testing.
Watch out for two traps: prices that seem too cheap (usually a template with your name pasted in, on hosting you don't control), and vague quotes without a written scope. Always ask: do I own the domain? Do I own the code? What happens if I want to leave?
A good developer will explain exactly what you're paying for. If they can't, keep looking.