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A single-page business site starts around ₹5,000. A five- to seven-page site with a contact form, gallery and Google Maps runs ₹7,000 to ₹15,000. E-commerce with payment gateway and product management starts near ₹25,000, and a custom web application or ERP dashboard is ₹40,000 upward depending on scope. Patna rates sit below Delhi or Bengaluru for the same work, which is a cost-of-living difference and not a quality one. Domain and hosting are separate, typically ₹1,500 to ₹4,000 a year.

Across India the honest spread for a small business site is ₹5,000 to ₹30,000, with agencies in metros quoting several times that for comparable scope. What actually moves the number is not page count but whether the site needs custom functionality: a payment gateway, a login, a dashboard, or an integration with something you already run such as Zoho or WhatsApp. I quote per project after a scoping call rather than per hour, so the price does not move while requirements settle.

Seven to ten working days for a standard five-page business site, assuming content and images are ready. Two to four weeks for e-commerce, because payment gateway verification and product upload take real time. Custom applications and ERP dashboards run four to eight weeks. The usual cause of delay is not development but waiting on the business for text, photographs and logo files, which is why I ask for those at the start rather than at the end.

For clients inside India, GST applies at the prevailing rate on web development services and appears as a separate line on the invoice, so you can claim input credit if you are registered. Exports of services to clients outside India are zero-rated and carry no GST. Payment is by UPI, bank transfer or card, and a formal invoice is issued for every project regardless of size.

A new site is not indexed the moment it launches, and anyone promising a first-page position by a specific date is selling something they cannot deliver. What is within a developer's control is done here as standard: fast load times, a correct sitemap and robots file, structured data, unique titles and descriptions per page, and a Google Business Profile set up properly for local search. Ranking then depends on the competition in your city and your category, and it builds over months rather than days.

Yes. Sites are built with an admin panel where you sign in and change text, images and prices without touching code — the same system that runs this site's own content. There is a walkthrough at handover and a written guide. You are not tied to me for routine edits, which is the arrangement most Patna and Bihar businesses have been burned by before.