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E-Commerce Website Development in Nepal
I’m Ujjwal Rupakheti, a full-stack web developer in Itahari who builds e-commerce websites for businesses across Nepal. An online store with eSewa and Khalti verified on the server, Fonepay QR, cash on delivery and delivery charges by zone starts from NPR 60,000 and launches in 3 to 8 weeks.
Priced and written by Ujjwal RupakhetiUpdated · Web developer & SEO specialist, Itahari
- A fixed price for the options you tick
- Every eSewa and Khalti payment checked on the server
- The store, code and accounts in your name
01Packages
Online Store or Business Website: Which Package Do You Need?
If customers call you, a business website is enough. If they pick a product, pay and wait for a parcel, you need a store.
| Static website | WordPress & CMS | Online store | SaaS, first version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it does | Fixed pages, a form, WhatsApp and a map | Pages and news your staff edit | Products, cart, checkout and verified payments | Accounts, plans and one paid workflow |
| From | NPR 18,000 | NPR 35,000 | NPR 60,000 | NPR 70,000 |
| Time | 1–2 weeks | 2–4 weeks | 3–8 weeks | 6–12 weeks |
| Online payments | None | None | eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay QR, COD | eSewa or Khalti for plans |
| Best fit | Clinics and offices that want calls | Schools and hotels that post often | Shops that deliver across Nepal | Products sold by subscription |
| Details | Static website design | WordPress website design | This page | SaaS development |
Restaurants taking orders online need the same payment checks; see restaurant website design and hotel website design. Every price is on my services page.
02Included
What’s Included in the NPR 60,000 Online Store Package
Each item answers a way Nepali stores fail: buyers on mobile data, payments sent as screenshots, unstated delivery charges, or product pages Google cannot read.
50 Products from Your Spreadsheet
Send your Excel or Google Sheet; I add up to 50 products with variants, stock and categories, so a sold-out size stops selling.
A Checkout Built for Phones
Search, filters, cart, checkout, order emails and accounts, tested on a mid-range Android phone over mobile data, the way your buyers shop.
Delivery Charges by Zone and Discount Codes
A charge per city or zone, shown before payment as the E-Commerce Act asks, and codes for festival offers or for paying online instead of cash.
Product Structured Data for Google
Product data built from the numbers that print the price, so Google can show price and stock, and the two never disagree.
An Order Dashboard and a Training Call
Orders, payment status and low-stock alerts in one place, a training call, two rounds of changes per milestone and 30 days of free fixes.
Verified payments and the details the E-Commerce Act requires are included too, as the payments section explains.
03Quotation
E-Commerce Website Price Calculator: Build Your Quotation
Tick the products, payments and delivery options you need, and watch the total and the three payment stages update. Download the quotation as a PDF or send it to me; the price is fixed for the scope you pick.
04Price factors
What Changes the Price of an E-Commerce Website, and Why
Catalogue work, payment confirmation and delivery move a store quote. Each option is a known piece of work, so each has a fixed price.
Products and Content
- More products added
NPR 3,000 per 50 products beyond the first 50: photos resized, variants and stock entered, and each price checked against its Product data, because a wrong live price costs more than the fee.
- Product descriptions written
NPR 3,000 per 10 products. Copied supplier text does not rank, and your own can carry the warranty and origin details the Act expects.
- Extra content page
NPR 2,000 per page, such as a size guide. Home, About, Contact, Delivery, Returns and Privacy are included.
- Nepali and English store
NPR 12,000, with hreflang. Every product, email and checkout message exists twice, so it costs more than on a business site.
- Move an existing store
NPR 8,000 for up to 500 products, customers and past orders, with a 301 redirect for every old URL so ranking pages keep their place.
- Priority delivery
Adds 25% to the one-time total for launch in about half the time. Merchant approvals still take their own time.
05Payments
eSewa, Khalti and Fonepay Integration: Included and Extra
eSewa and Khalti come verified on the server; Fonepay QR, cash on delivery and bank transfer are confirmed from your dashboard. Automatic Fonepay, connectIPS, cards and part-payments cost extra.
Before the order counts as paid
Buyer returns from KhaltiThe redirect says Completed
Not proofLookup, asked by the serverStatus: Completed
PassAmount in paisa245000 = NPR 2,450
MatchOrder marked paidReceipt sent, logged
OnceeSewaKhaltiFonepay QRCODBank transfer
What NPR 60,000 Covers
- eSewa ePay v2: the server signs the form with HMAC-SHA256, then asks eSewa’s status check API for COMPLETE and the right amount.
- Khalti KPG-2: the server starts the payment, gets a pidx and, when the buyer returns, calls the lookup API. Only Completed with a matching amount counts.
- Recorded once: a refresh, double click or retried redirect cannot record a payment twice.
- Fonepay QR, COD and bank transfer: your merchant QR shows with the order total, and you confirm these in the dashboard, where each is logged.
Payment Options That Cost Extra, and Why
Fonepay Dynamic QR, Confirmed Automatically
The amount sits inside the QR, and the order is marked paid when the bank confirms. Fonepay has no public API or sandbox: your partner bank enables dynamic QR and supplies the specification I build against.
connectIPS
Payment straight from the buyer’s bank account, verified on the server. It is a separate provider and setup, and Khalti’s payment page already offers connectIPS, so you may not need both.
Card Payments Through Your Bank’s Gateway
Shopify Payments and Stripe are not available to Nepali businesses, so Visa and Mastercard go through your bank’s gateway, with its own approval and fees. For foreign-currency sales, check Sections 8 and 11 of the Act with your bank.
Advance Payment with Cash on Delivery
Part of the price online, the rest at the door, for large or made-to-order items. The order shows what is still due.
What You Arrange with eSewa, Khalti and Your Bank
- Merchant accounts
In your business’s name: eSewa and Khalti online, Fonepay through a partner bank, with your registration, PAN or VAT and tax clearance. I send the document list and build with test keys meanwhile.
- Khalti’s NPR 200 limit
Khalti’s documentation says a newly integrated merchant cannot receive more than NPR 200 per transaction until its KYC is approved. Apply early.
- Fees and payouts
Per-transaction fees at the rate in your merchant agreement, plus a one-time API fee that Khalti mentions. eSewa and Khalti pay out to your bank free.
06Delivery & the law
Delivery, Couriers and the E-Commerce Act: What the Store Handles
Zone charges, cash on delivery and the details the Act requires are included. Couriers, SMS, invoices and verified reviews are options.
Delivery and Operations
- Delivery partner connection
NPR 10,000 per courier with an API: book and track parcels from your dashboard. Nepal Can Move says it offers COD with APIs for online stores; Pathao’s merchants book in the Pathao Merchant app instead.
- SMS order alerts
NPR 5,000. Order and delivery texts through a Nepali SMS provider; credits are paid to the provider.
- PDF invoices
NPR 5,000. An invoice with your PAN, and VAT where it applies, with every order, since the Act asks for an invoice and receipt on every sale.
- Verified product reviews
NPR 3,000. Only buyers can review a product, and ratings are marked up for Google. Fake reviews are an offence under the Act.
What Nepal’s E-Commerce Act Asks of Your Store
My plain summary of the Electronic Commerce Act, 2081, not legal advice; the official text is on the Nepal Law Commission website. Once the store is live, you apply for its listing, and the Department must send the listing number within seven days.
- Business name, address, registering office and registration number
- Your PAN or VAT number, and any special licence
- Customer service contacts and a named complaint contact
- Your listing number, updated within 48 hours of a change
- Price with tax, delivery charge and time, warranty and returns per product
- An invoice and receipt for every order, cash on delivery too
Under Section 18 delivery stays your responsibility even with a courier, so I set zone delivery times you can keep. Registration and fines are in my guide to starting an online store in Nepal.
07Examples
E-Commerce Website Cost in Nepal: Two Worked Quotations
Illustrations, not past clients. Lines come from the price list above, totals exclude VAT, and each note shows that store’s first-year costs paid to others.
A Clothing Boutique in Itahari
120 products, moving off Instagram, with Fonepay confirmed automatically.
| Line | Price |
|---|---|
| Online store package50 products, payments, zones | NPR60,000 |
| 70 more products2 × 3,000 per 50 | NPR6,000 |
| Descriptions for 40 products4 × 3,000 per 10 | NPR12,000 |
| Fonepay dynamic QR | NPR10,000 |
| Total, one-timeStages: 26,400, 44,000, 17,600 | NPR88,000 |
First year to others: a free .com.np, a server from NPR 1,500 a month, and payment fees at your agreed rates.
An Electronics Shop in Kathmandu
300 products, costly items paid by bank or part in advance, one courier.
| Line | Price |
|---|---|
| Online store package50 products, payments, zones | NPR60,000 |
| 250 more products5 × 3,000 per 50 | NPR15,000 |
| connectIPS | NPR10,000 |
| Advance payment with COD | NPR4,000 |
| One courier connection | NPR10,000 |
| PDF invoices | NPR5,000 |
| SMS order alerts | NPR5,000 |
| Total, one-timeStages: 32,700, 54,500, 21,800 | NPR1,09,000 |
First year to others: a .com at about NPR 1,500 to 2,500, a server within NPR 1,500 to 15,000 a month, SMS, courier and payment fees.
A store selling abroad would add the bilingual store (NPR 12,000) and card payments (NPR 15,000). Shops in Itahari, where I am based, Kathmandu or Biratnagar pay the same prices. For other sites, see my guide to website cost in Nepal.
08After launch
Online Store Running Costs After Launch
The build is paid once. These go to other companies each month or year, in your name, whoever builds your store.
- Domain
A .com costs about NPR 1,500 to 2,500 a year. A .com.np is free for eligible Nepali businesses.
- Server
Online stores usually need a private server, about NPR 1,500 to 15,000 a month, by traffic and catalogue size.
- Payment fees
Per transaction, at the rate in your eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay or bank agreement.
- Shopify, if chosen
Basic is about NPR 4,500 a month, billed yearly, paid to Shopify.
- Optional, with me
Store care at NPR 5,000 a month: updates, daily backups, uptime and payment checks, up to two hours of changes. Monthly SEO from NPR 30,000.
Register the free .com.np at register.com.np; care plans are explained in website maintenance in Nepal.
First Year: About NPR 18,000 to 1,82,500A domain plus a server at NPR 1,500 to 15,000 a month, before payment fees, SMS and couriers. Store care adds NPR 60,000 a year.
Price your store09Market prices
E-Commerce Website Price in Nepal: Market Range vs My Quote
Store packages advertised by Nepali agencies in 2026 run from about NPR 35,000 to 5,00,000 or more. These ranges are approximate, not a survey, and inclusions vary.
| Typical market range (NPR) | With me | |
|---|---|---|
| Small template store, few products | 35,000 to 90,000 | From NPR 60,000, payments included |
| Store with eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay and COD | 60,000 to 2,50,000 | From NPR 60,000 |
| Custom store with stock, ERP or app links | 1,50,000 to 5,00,000+ | Quoted after a short call |
| One gateway on an existing site | 15,000 to 40,000 per gateway | Quoted per integration |
What is Different About This Quote
A cheap store that trusts a redirect costs more later.
- A fixed price for the scope you tick, valid 30 days
- Payments verified on the server, recorded once
- Product data and technical SEO in the code
- Domain, server, code and accounts in your name
- Each milestone seen working before you pay
- One person from the first call to launch
10Process
Online Store Development Process and Payment Milestones
- 01
Call and Fixed Quote
Scope and price in writing, nothing to pay. Apply for merchant accounts now.
- 02
Design on a Preview, 30%
Home, a category and a product page on your preview link, then 30%.
- 03
Store Works End to End, 50%
Products in, zones set, test payments through eSewa and Khalti sandboxes, then 50%.
- 04
Launch and Handover, 20%
Live keys, a real payment of each type made and refunded, then the last 20%.
- 05
30 Days of Free Fixes
Bugs found after launch are fixed free; store care after that, if you want it.
You never pay for work you haven’t seen, and late content moves the launch date, not the price.
11Proof
E-Commerce Results and Payment Case Studies
None of these is a retail store. They show the hardest part of selling online in Nepal: taking money and recording it exactly.
- Online store, Biratnagar
Organic traffic went from 0 to 1,200 visitors a month in five months after a technical audit and new product pages, and ad spend dropped by more than 60%.
Sajilai is live at sajilai.com and Eknas at eknas.com. More is in my web development portfolio.
Working with Ujjwal on our agency project was a remarkable experience. He approached the project with the precision of an engineer and the strategic thinking of a marketer. The website he built not only looks polished but ranks exceptionally well for our target keywords. His dedication to quality and his availability made the entire process seamless.
Case study: SajilaiA rental marketplace whose payment QR carries the amount and booking code; a payment counts only after the business approves it.
Case study: GuruSangaClients pay by eSewa or Khalti QR and enter the transaction code; only a staff confirmation writes a ledger line, kept in whole paisa.
Case study: EknasRupee plans with 13% VAT and a VAT invoice carrying the shop’s PAN, paid by eSewa, Khalti, Fonepay or bank QR, each bill recorded once.
Who prices and builds your store
Ujjwal Rupakheti
I am a full-stack web developer and SEO specialist in Itahari, Koshi Province, with 3+ years of building for the web, 13+ projects with case studies and 15+ clients in Nepal and abroad. I am studying for a BSc (Hons) in Computing at Itahari International College, and since June 2026 I have been a full-stack web developer at Ektukra Digital Agency. I set every price on this page from the work each option takes, and I build each store myself.
FAQ: E-Commerce Website Development in Nepal
Price, payments, merchant accounts, couriers, the E-Commerce Act and paying in stages.
Ask me on WhatsAppHow Much Does an E-Commerce Website Cost in Nepal?
With me, an e-commerce website starts from NPR 60,000 for up to 50 products, eSewa and Khalti verified on the server, Fonepay QR and cash on delivery, in 3 to 8 weeks. Advertised packages run from about NPR 35,000 to 5,00,000 or more.
Can My Online Store Accept eSewa, Khalti and Fonepay?
Yes. eSewa and Khalti are in the package, each payment checked by the server with the provider. Fonepay works from day one as your merchant QR, confirmed in the dashboard. Automatic dynamic QR costs NPR 10,000 more, once your partner bank enables it.
Why Can Khalti Only Take NPR 200 per Payment at First?
Khalti’s documentation says a newly integrated merchant cannot receive more than NPR 200 per transaction until its KYC is approved and the limit is removed. It is Khalti’s rule, not a store fault, so apply as soon as your papers are ready.
Do I Need My Own eSewa and Khalti Merchant Accounts?
Yes, in your business’s name, so payments reach you directly. You apply to eSewa and Khalti online and to Fonepay through your bank, with registration, PAN or VAT and tax clearance. I send the document list and build with test keys meanwhile.
Should I Use WooCommerce or Shopify for a Store in Nepal?
For most Nepali stores, WooCommerce or a custom build. eSewa and Khalti both list official WooCommerce plugins; Shopify Payments is not available in Nepal, and neither provider lists an official Shopify plugin. Shopify Basic is about NPR 4,500 a month, billed yearly.
Can You Connect My Store to Pathao or Nepal Can Move?
I connect couriers with an API, such as Nepal Can Move, which says it offers cash on delivery with APIs for online stores, for NPR 10,000 per courier, so you book and track parcels from your dashboard. Pathao’s merchants book through the Pathao Merchant app instead.
What Does Nepal’s E-Commerce Act Require on My Website?
In my plain summary, not legal advice: your business name, address, registration number, PAN or VAT, service and complaint contacts, and your e-commerce listing number. Each product needs its price with tax, delivery charge and time, payment methods, warranty and return terms.
Can I Download the Quotation as a PDF?
Yes. Tick the options you need in the price calculator on this page, add your name, and download a PDF with every line, the total and the payment stages. Or send it to me, and I confirm the scope in writing after a short call.
What is Not Included in the Store Price?
The domain and server, paid to those providers; eSewa, Khalti and bank merchant accounts, which you apply for; their transaction fees; and product photos. Descriptions, more products and couriers are fixed-price options. Where VAT applies, it is added as a separate 13% line.
Can I Pay for My Online Store in Stages?
Yes, in three stages: 30% when the design is on your preview link, 50% when the store works end to end with test payments, and 20% at launch. On the NPR 60,000 package that is NPR 18,000, 30,000 and 12,000.
Tell Me What You Sell.
I’ll Price Your Store in Writing.
Send what you sell, roughly how many products and how you deliver. I reply within one working day; online stores start from NPR 60,000.
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