Ask five agencies what a website costs and you will get five very different numbers – often between Rs 6,000 and Rs 1,50,000 for what sounds like the same thing. The gap is real, and it usually comes down to four things.
What actually drives the price
- Number of pages and templates. Five pages built from two templates is a very different job from thirty pages with eight layouts.
- Who writes the content. Copywriting is often a third of the effort. A cheap quote usually assumes you will supply everything.
- Design work. A customised template costs less than a design built around your brand from scratch. Both are valid choices.
- Functionality. Payments, bookings, logins, multilingual content and integrations each add real development time.
Honest local ranges
For a business in Tirupati, a professional five to eight page website generally lands between Rs 18,000 and Rs 35,000 including basic copywriting and on-page SEO. A WooCommerce store with real catalogue work starts around Rs 45,000. Anything under Rs 10,000 is almost always a template with your logo dropped in – which is occasionally the right decision, as long as you know that is what you are buying.
Four questions to ask before you accept a quote
- In whose name will the domain and hosting be registered?
- Can I edit the pages myself afterwards, and will I get a walkthrough?
- What happens after launch – what is included and for how long?
- Can I see two sites you built more than a year ago that are still live?
The last one matters most. Anyone can show a portfolio of launch screenshots. Sites that are still being used two years later tell you whether the handover actually worked.
