E-commerce Development Cost: A Transparent Guide to Budgeting Your Build

We build bespoke e-commerce platforms from the ground up, tailored to your unique workflows, product types, and business logic. This is for businesses that can't be constrained by off-the-shelf solutions.

• Achieve unparalleled flexibility to match your exact business processes.
• Gain a significant competitive advantage with unique, customer-centric features.
• Own a scalable asset that grows with you, without platform limitations.

We create native and cross-platform mobile apps that offer a seamless, fast, and engaging shopping experience, leveraging device-specific features like push notifications and biometric login to drive conversions and loyalty.

• Increase customer retention with a permanent presence on their home screen.
• Boost conversion rates through optimized, one-tap checkout processes.
• Leverage push notifications for targeted marketing and abandoned cart recovery.

We decouple your frontend presentation layer from your backend e-commerce engine. This approach provides ultimate flexibility to create unique customer experiences across any channel (web, mobile, IoT, etc.) while using best-in-class backend services.

• Deliver content and products to any device or touchpoint seamlessly.
• Achieve lightning-fast site speeds for better SEO and user experience.
• Innovate faster by updating the frontend without touching the backend logic.

Outgrown your current platform? We manage seamless, zero-downtime migrations from legacy systems (like Magento 1) or limiting SaaS platforms to modern, scalable solutions, preserving your valuable data and SEO rankings.

• Unlock new features and scalability by moving to a modern architecture.
• Improve security and performance by leaving outdated platforms behind.
• Preserve critical business data, customer history, and SEO equity during the transition.

We implement and integrate Product Information Management (PIM) and Order Management Systems (OMS) to centralize your data and streamline operations, enabling you to manage large catalogs and complex fulfillment with ease.

• Ensure product data consistency across all sales channels with a single source of truth.
• Automate and optimize your order fulfillment, from inventory to shipping.
• Reduce manual errors and operational overhead as your business scales.

We connect your e-commerce platform to your entire business ecosystem. Our experts build robust, two-way integrations with ERPs (NetSuite, SAP), CRMs (Salesforce, HubSpot), and other critical systems for a unified data flow.

• Automate business processes by eliminating manual data entry between systems.
• Gain a 360-degree view of your customer and business operations.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across finance, sales, and logistics.

We integrate any payment gateway and can build custom checkout experiences to reduce cart abandonment. This includes solutions for subscriptions, "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL), and complex B2B payment terms.

• Increase conversions by offering customers their preferred payment methods.
• Reduce friction and cart abandonment with a streamlined, one-page checkout.
• Support complex payment models like recurring billing and marketplace split payments.

We build multi-vendor marketplace platforms where third-party sellers can manage their own products and orders. Our solutions handle complex commission structures, vendor payouts, and seller dashboards.

• Expand your product catalog without holding inventory.
• Create new revenue streams through vendor commissions and fees.
• Become a central hub for your industry or niche.

We integrate intelligent search solutions (like Algolia) and AI-driven recommendation engines to create a personalized shopping experience that surfaces the right products for each user, increasing average order value.

• Lift AOV with product recommendations tailored to individual user behavior.
• Improve product discovery with fast, relevant, and typo-tolerant search.
• Increase customer engagement by creating a "one-to-one" shopping experience.

Our CRO experts use data analysis, A/B testing, and user behavior tracking to identify and eliminate friction points in your sales funnel, systematically improving your site's conversion rate over time.

• Make data-driven decisions to improve your user journey and checkout flow.
• Increase revenue from your existing traffic without increasing ad spend.
• Gain deep insights into customer behavior and on-site obstacles.

A slow website kills conversions. We conduct in-depth performance audits and implement optimizations—from image compression to server-side caching—to ensure your site meets Google's Core Web Vitals and provides a lightning-fast user experience.

• Improve SEO rankings, as site speed is a critical ranking factor.
• Reduce bounce rates by delivering content to users instantly.
• Increase conversions, as every second of delay has a measurable negative impact.

We build secure e-commerce solutions from the ground up, adhering to best practices for data protection. We help you navigate the complexities of PCI DSS compliance for payments and data privacy regulations like GDPR and CCPA.

• Build trust with your customers by protecting their sensitive data.
• Avoid costly fines and penalties associated with non-compliance.
• Secure your payment processing to meet stringent industry standards.

We develop platforms specifically for B2B transactions, incorporating features like customer-specific pricing, bulk ordering, quote management, and purchase order payments to streamline the corporate buying process.

• Automate your B2B sales process and reduce the workload on your sales team.
• Provide a consumer-grade buying experience for your business customers.
• Manage complex pricing rules, tiered discounts, and approval workflows seamlessly.

E-commerce never sleeps, and neither does our support. We offer tailored maintenance plans with 24/7 monitoring and incident response to ensure your store is always online, secure, and performing at its best.

• Minimize revenue loss with proactive monitoring and rapid issue resolution.
• Keep your platform secure with timely security patches and updates.
• Focus on growing your business, knowing your technology is in expert hands.

We design and manage scalable, resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Our DevOps practices ensure automated deployments, high availability, and infrastructure that scales automatically to meet demand during peak traffic.

• Handle any traffic spike without performance degradation or downtime.
• Reduce time-to-market for new features with automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Optimize your cloud spending for a cost-effective hosting solution.

For a very basic store using a template on a platform like Shopify with minimal customization, you could potentially get started for around $5,000 - $10,000. This typically covers setup, theme configuration, and basic product entry. However, this won't include custom features, complex integrations, or unique branding.

Shopify is a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform where you rent the software. The core infrastructure is shared among millions of users, which keeps the cost low. Custom development involves building a proprietary asset from scratch, tailored to your specific business needs. You're paying for the architecture, design, development, and ownership of a unique platform, which offers far greater flexibility and scalability in the long run.

Yes, always budget for ongoing costs. These include:

• Hosting: Can range from $50/month to thousands for a dedicated cloud setup.
• Maintenance & Support: Typically 15-20% of the initial project cost, annually.
• Third-Party Licenses: Fees for plugins, themes, or integrated services (e.g., email marketing, search).
• Payment Gateway Fees: A percentage of every transaction.

Timelines vary greatly with complexity. A customized Shopify site might take 1-2 months. A more complex build on Magento or a custom platform could take 4-6 months. A large-scale, enterprise-level headless build with multiple integrations can take 9 months or longer.

Headless commerce decouples the frontend (the "head," or what the customer sees) from the backend (the e-commerce engine). This increases cost because you are essentially building a custom application for the frontend. However, it provides unparalleled speed, flexibility, and the ability to deliver content to any channel (web, mobile app, smart mirror, etc.) from a single backend.

The primary difference is the cost of labor. Onshore US agencies typically have hourly rates of $150-$250+. Our blended-shore model, with primary development in India and project management accessible in US time zones, allows us to offer rates that are often 40-60% lower without sacrificing quality, thanks to our CMMI Level 5 certified processes and in-house expert teams.

You should strongly consider a PIM if you have:

• More than 1,000 SKUs.
• Products with complex attributes and variations.
• The need to sell across multiple channels (e.g., your website, Amazon, social media).
• A need for rich content (manuals, videos, multiple images) associated with products.

It centralizes your product data, ensuring consistency and saving significant manual effort.

Generally, B2B sites are more expensive to develop due to their inherent complexity. They often require features not found in B2C, such as customer-specific pricing, quote management, bulk ordering interfaces, multiple user roles per company account, and complex ERP integrations. While the UI might be simpler, the backend logic is typically far more intricate.

The best way is to start with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Focus on the core features that are absolutely essential to launch and generate revenue. Defer "nice-to-have" features to a later phase. Having clear, well-documented requirements before starting also significantly reduces wasted time and scope creep, thereby lowering costs.

A responsive website is almost always cheaper initially, as it's a single codebase that works across all devices. Building a native mobile app requires developing separate applications for iOS and Android, which essentially doubles the development effort. However, mobile apps can offer higher conversion rates and customer loyalty in the long run, making the investment worthwhile for many businesses.

This is one of the most variable costs. A simple, one-way data sync with a modern, API-first ERP might cost $15,000 - $25,000. A complex, real-time, two-way integration with a legacy on-premise ERP system could easily exceed $70,000, as it often requires building a custom middleware layer.

TCO is the initial development cost plus all ongoing costs over a period of time (usually 3-5 years). This includes hosting, maintenance, support, transaction fees, and third-party licenses. For SaaS platforms, the TCO can sometimes exceed that of a custom build over time, even if the upfront cost is lower.

Yes, we can. We offer a fixed-price model for projects where the scope, features, and requirements are clearly defined and documented. This requires a thorough discovery phase to create a detailed project specification, but it provides you with complete budget certainty.

We use AI as an accelerator. Our AI-enabled developers use tools for code completion, automated testing, and bug detection. This improves the speed and quality of development, which can reduce the overall project timeline and, consequently, the cost. It allows our senior architects to focus on high-level problem-solving rather than routine coding tasks.

The next step is to schedule a free, no-obligation consultation with one of our e-commerce solution architects. We'll discuss your business goals, technical needs, and vision for the project. Based on that conversation, we can prepare a detailed, line-item proposal and cost estimate tailored specifically to you. You can start by clicking the "Request a Free Quote" button below.