How Much Does an eCommerce Website Cost in India?
An eCommerce website in India costs anywhere from ₹35,000 for a basic Shopify store to ₹5,00,000+ for a custom multi-vendor marketplace. The right number for your business depends on platform, product catalog size, expected orders, and the features you actually need to launch profitably. Our calculator above gives you a transparent estimate in both ₹ and $ — and recommends the right platform based on your scale, not on what's trendy.
eCommerce Costs by Platform in India
- Shopify (₹35,000–₹60,000 setup): fastest to launch, beautiful themes, hundreds of apps. Best for stores under 500 SKUs and under 500 monthly orders.
- WooCommerce (₹55,000–₹1,00,000 setup): WordPress-based, fully owned, GST-friendly. Best for medium catalogs and content-led brands.
- Custom (Laravel / Node / Next.js — ₹1,20,000+): built for performance, scale and unique workflows. Best for high-volume brands and complex business models.
- Marketplace (₹2,00,000–₹5,00,000): multi-vendor, commission engine, split payouts. Best for Amazon/Flipkart-style platforms.
Shopify India — Real Cost Breakdown
Setup is just the start. Shopify India pricing today: Basic at ~₹1,994/month, Shopify at ~₹7,447/month, Advanced at ~₹30,164/month. On top of that, Shopify Payments isn't available in India yet — so most Indian sellers use Razorpay or Cashfree, which have their own 1.95–2.5% transaction fees. Add 0.5–2% Shopify transaction fees if you're not on Shopify Payments, plus paid apps (₹1,000–₹5,000/month each), premium themes (₹15,000 one-time), and you can easily spend ₹50,000+/year just on Shopify overhead — separate from development.
WooCommerce — Hidden Costs to Watch
WooCommerce is "free" in license, but the real bill includes hosting (₹1,500–₹8,000/month for production stores), premium plugins (Yoast Premium, WooCommerce Subscriptions, premium GST plugin — ₹15,000–₹50,000/year combined), SSL, CDN, and ongoing security maintenance (₹3,000–₹8,000/month). For most Indian SMBs the total cost of ownership over 3 years is similar to Shopify — but you fully own the data and can customise infinitely.
Why Custom eCommerce Wins for High-Volume Indian Stores
Once you cross ~5,000 SKUs or ~2,000 monthly orders, off-the-shelf platforms start cracking — slow product search, plugin conflicts, checkout abandonment, and surprise downtime during sales. Custom-built stores (Laravel, Node.js, or Next.js + headless commerce) outperform on every metric that matters: 3–5× faster page loads, smarter recommendation engines, granular GST and warehouse logic, and zero per-transaction platform fees. Mumbai textile stores doing ₹2 crore+ annually, Delhi electronics retailers running flash sales, and Bangalore tech brands with global ambitions almost always end up on custom — and recover the higher build cost within 12–18 months through saved fees and higher conversion.
How we quote online stores
See our e-commerce packages: a fixed-price Shopify Starter and starting prices for WooCommerce and custom stores. Every project starts with a 30-minute discovery call, a fixed-price proposal, and milestone-based payments. Want to compare eCommerce against a content/lead-gen website? Use our website cost calculator. Wondering whether you should also build a mobile app? Take the app quiz or estimate the build with the app development cost calculator.
Get Your Free eCommerce Development Quote
Use the calculator above to get a transparent ₹ + $ estimate, then submit your details for a precise, fixed-price proposal within 24 hours. No spam, no pressure — just real numbers from a team that has shipped Indian eCommerce stores at every scale.