Ask five developers in Patna what a website costs and you will get five answers an order of magnitude apart. Both ends are usually telling the truth — they are just quoting completely different things.
What sits behind a ₹3,000 quote
Almost always a free template with your logo dropped in, on shared hosting the developer controls, with no content strategy and no SEO. It will exist. It will not rank, and when you ask for a change in a year, the person may not answer.
What sits behind a ₹80,000 quote
Custom design, real copywriting, proper information architecture, speed work, structured data, and someone accountable for it afterwards. For a business where the website is the main source of enquiries, this pays for itself quickly.
The honest middle
Most small businesses in Bihar are well served somewhere between ₹9,000 and ₹35,000. Below that, corners are being cut somewhere you cannot see. Above it, you should be getting genuine strategy, not just more pages.
Three things to insist on at any price
- The source code and database are yours, in writing.
- The domain is registered in your name, not the agency's.
- Hosting login details are handed to you at launch.
Those three points cost the developer nothing and protect you completely. Any agency that resists them is telling you something important.
