Ecommerce development that fits your business — not the other way round
Most businesses in Hyderabad come to us with one of three situations: they sell on Instagram or WhatsApp and want a proper store, they run a shop or brand and want to sell across India, or they already have a slow, hard-to-manage website that isn’t converting. In every case the first question is the same — which platform is right for you?
We build on all three major options, so our advice isn’t biased towards one tool. We recommend based on your catalogue size, budget, how much control you need, and who will run the store day to day.
Shopify vs WooCommerce vs a custom store: which should you choose?
| Shopify | WooCommerce | Custom-coded | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our price | ₹26,000 | Quoted on scope | ₹45,499 |
| Monthly platform fee | Yes (Shopify plan + apps) | Hosting only | Hosting only — no platform or transaction fees |
| Best for | Fast launch, small teams, D2C brands | Content-heavy stores already on WordPress | Unique workflows, B2B pricing, full ownership |
| Flexibility | Good, within Shopify’s rules | High, via plugins | Unlimited — built around your process |
| Who owns the code | Shopify platform | You | You |
Choose Shopify if you want to start selling quickly, have under a few hundred products and prefer a fully managed platform — see our Shopify development service. Choose WooCommerce if you already have a WordPress site or publish a lot of content — see WooCommerce development. Choose a custom store if you want zero monthly platform fees, need features like B2B price lists, subscriptions or multi-vendor logic, or simply want to own everything — see our custom ecommerce store in 7 days.
What a Kode Studio ecommerce website includes
- Storefront: home page, category pages with filters, product pages with variants (size, colour, weight), search, wishlist and reviews.
- Checkout: guest checkout, address autofill, coupon codes, UPI/card/COD and order confirmation by email and WhatsApp-ready notifications.
- Back office: order management, inventory and low-stock alerts, customer accounts, abandoned cart recovery and sales reports.
- Integrations: payment gateways, shipping aggregators, Google Analytics 4, Meta Pixel, Google Merchant Center feeds and WhatsApp chat.
- Performance & SEO: compressed WebP images, lazy loading, product and breadcrumb schema, XML sitemap and Google Search Console setup.
- Security: SSL, daily backups, spam protection and PCI-compliant payment flows (card data never touches your server).
Built for how India shops online
An online store in India has different needs from one in the US or Europe. Most of your customers will visit on a phone, many will pay by UPI, and a meaningful share will still want cash on delivery. Delivery promises depend on pincodes, and B2B buyers need GST invoices.
We design for these realities from the start: a mobile-first checkout with UPI as a first-class option, COD rules (minimum order value, pincode restrictions), pincode-based delivery estimates and GST-compliant invoices. Small details like these are often the difference between an abandoned cart and a completed order.
Already selling on Instagram, WhatsApp, Amazon or Flipkart? A store on your own domain lets you keep the margin marketplaces take, own your customer list, and run your own offers. Many of our clients run both.
Why businesses choose Kode Studio for ecommerce
- Experience: 200+ websites and 10+ online stores delivered since 2016, for businesses in Hyderabad, across India, the UAE and New Zealand.
- In-house team: designers and developers in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Nothing is outsourced, and you can meet us in person.
- Fixed, published pricing: you see the price before you start — compare all packages.
- Speed: custom stores live in 7 days once your products and brand assets are ready; Shopify stores in 10–14 working days.
- After launch: 1 year of free support and bug fixes, plus training so your team can run the store confidently.
Planning your budget? Read our guide to ecommerce website cost in India for a full breakdown of build and running costs.
Last updated: 2 October 2026 · Kode Studio, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
