How Much Does a Website Cost in Pakistan?

Website cost in Pakistan depends mostly on how the site is built. GoDaddy’s Pakistan cost guide (updated 19 December 2025) puts a small business website at PKR 25,000 to 50,000 with a web designer, and PKR 15,000 to 20,000 on a website builder. Online stores and custom business sites run into the hundreds of thousands of rupees.

Those ranges are for getting the site built and online. After launch you keep paying running costs. This guide shows both, with sources, so you can budget for the whole life of the site. ObtainTek does not publish prices. We scope each build first.

Website cost by type and build route

GoDaddy’s guide breaks costs down by type of site and by who builds it. These are its ranges in PKR, checked in October 2026:

Type of website	Web designer	Website builder	WordPress (self-built)
Small business website	25,000 – 50,000	15,000 – 20,000	25,000 – 30,000
Small to medium online store	200,000 – 300,000	50,000 – 100,000	50,000 – 100,000
Large online store	300,000 – 600,000	100,000 – 200,000	100,000 – 200,000
Large custom business site	500,000 – 1,000,000	150,000 – 300,000	150,000 – 300,000

Source: GoDaddy Resources Asia, “How much does a website in Pakistan cost in 2026?”. GoDaddy sells domains, hosting and a website builder, so read it as a reference point, not a neutral survey.

The builder and WordPress columns assume you do most of the work yourself. The designer column pays someone else for design, setup and their time. That labor is what you are comparing.

The yearly bills after launch

A website is not a one-time cost. These are the running costs most owners forget to budget for:

• Domain name. GoDaddy’s guide puts a domain at around PKR 1,800 per year to start, and up to about PKR 12,000 a year depending on the name.
• Hosting. The same guide puts basic hosting at PKR 5,000 to 10,000 a year. Busy stores need bigger plans that cost more.
• SSL certificate. Many hosts include one free. If yours does not, it is a yearly fee.
• Paid themes, plugins and apps. Premium WordPress themes and plugins, or Shopify apps, often renew every year or month.
• Maintenance. Updates, backups and security checks. GoDaddy puts professional maintenance at PKR 1,500 to 10,000 a month. See what website maintenance involves.
• Content and photos. New pages, product photos and copy cost money or time every year.

Ask any designer or agency for a written list of these running costs before you sign. A cheap build with expensive yearly bills is not cheap.

Platform fees, in dollars

If you sell online, the platform itself may charge you, usually in US dollars. That matters in Pakistan because the rupee price moves with the exchange rate.

As of October 2026, Shopify’s pricing page for Pakistan listed these plans:

Shopify plan	Billed yearly	Billed monthly
Basic	US$19 / month	US$25 / month
Grow	US$49 / month	US$65 / month
Advanced	US$299 / month	US$399 / month
Plus	Not listed	From US$2,300 / month

Shopify adds card and transaction fees on top, which depend on the plan and payment provider. Prices can differ by country, so check the page for your own market.

WooCommerce works the other way round. As of October 2026, its pricing page says the core plugin is free, hosting runs about $25 to $350 a month for most stores, and paid extensions cost $29 to $299 a year each. You pay for what you add. We compare the two in detail in Shopify vs WooCommerce.

A budget worksheet you can fill in

Before you ask for quotes, split your budget into one-time and yearly lines. It makes quotes easier to compare, because some designers include the first year of hosting and some do not.

Line item	When you pay	Who usually supplies it
Design and build	Once, often in stages	Designer, agency or you
Copywriting and photos	Once, then as you add pages	You, a writer or a photographer
Domain name	Every year	Domain registrar
Hosting	Every month or year	Host, or included on Shopify
Platform plan	Every month (Shopify)	Shopify
Paid themes, plugins or apps	Every year or month	Theme and plugin makers
Maintenance and support	Every month or year	Designer, agency or you

Fill in each line with the figures from each quote. If a quote leaves a line blank, ask who pays for it. A quote that looks cheaper often moves a line from the designer to you.

What changes the price of a build

Two quotes for “a website” can be far apart because they describe different jobs. These are the things that move the price:

• Number of pages and page templates
• Custom design versus a ready-made theme
• Who writes the copy and supplies photos
• Online payments, courier integration and stock sync for stores
• More than one language, for example English and Urdu, or English and Arabic for the UAE
• Forms, booking systems, member areas and other features
• Speed, SEO setup and analytics at launch
• Training, so your team can update the site
• Support after launch

A WordPress website for a service business and a Shopify store with 500 products are different projects, even if both are called “a website”.

Which build route fits you

A website builder is enough if:

• You need five to ten simple pages and a contact form.
• One person will update the site and is comfortable doing it.
• You do not need custom integrations.

Hire a designer or agency if:

• The site has to bring in leads or sales, and you want it built for search from day one.
• You sell online and need payments, couriers or stock connected.
• You serve more than one market, such as Pakistan and the UAE.
• Nobody in your team has time to build and maintain it.

Questions to ask before you sign

Use these in order with any designer or agency, including us.

The next step

Write down what the site has to do, then ask for a scope. Our web design pricing page explains what each scope level covers. You can also read how we approach web design projects, or browse more guides on the blog.