E-commerce Website Cost in Singapore

Short answer: Singapore agencies that publish e-commerce prices start at S$2,799 and S$6,500 for a templated store, and published guides run from S$5,000 to S$50,000 for custom work. The build is only part of the cost. Platform plans, apps, hosting and payment fees continue every month, so compare stores on a 3-year total, not the quote.

Prices are from each company's own pages, checked 17 October 2026. Prices exclude GST unless stated.

How much does an e-commerce website cost in Singapore?

What moves the figure between S$2,799 and S$50,000:

• Product count and data entry. 100 products with photos and variants is a different job from 10.
• Design. A paid theme with your colours, or a layout drawn for your products.
• Payment methods. Cards only, or cards plus PayNow, GrabPay and instalments.
• Shipping and tax rules. Flat rate is quick. Zones, weight bands and GST on shipping are not.
• Integrations. Accounting, inventory, a point-of-sale system or a marketplace feed.
• Copy and photos. Most packages assume you supply both.

cense quotes a website with infrastructure, which is where a store with payments and an order database sits, in full before work starts. See e-commerce website design in Singapore.

What does a store cost to run each year?

The build is paid once. These are paid for as long as the store is open.

Three-year software total, estimate, excluding domain and apps:

• Shopify Basic: S$1,044. Shopify Grow: S$3,564.
• WooCommerce on US$25 a month hosting: US$900, plus any extensions.
• Custom build: S$0 in platform fees. Payment fees only.

The gap between a S$2,799 store and a S$5,000 store closes after a few years of plan fees. The gap between a store with no subscription and a store with one widens.

Template store or custom build: what changes in price?

A template store is the right call for a first store with a small catalogue and no certainty about volume. A custom build is the right call when the store is the main revenue channel and the monthly fees would exceed the build difference within 2 to 3 years.

How do payment and platform fees add up per order?

Published Singapore rates, per order, before GST on fees:

• Shopify Payments Basic: 3.2% + S$0.50 on domestic cards. Using a third-party provider adds 2% on Basic.
• Stripe: 3.4% + S$0.50 on domestic cards. PayNow through Stripe: 1.3%.
• WooPayments: 3.40% + S$0.50 on domestic cards, plus 1.50% for international cards.
• HitPay PayNow: 0.65% + S$0.30 on orders of S$100 and above; 0.9% with a S$0.20 minimum below S$100. The Shopify app adds 0.5% and the WooCommerce plugin adds 0.2%.

On an S$80 order:

At 300 orders a month, the difference between S$3.22 and S$1.04 per order is about S$650 a month. Offering PayNow is a cost decision as much as a convenience one. More in payment gateways for Singapore websites.

Which items should an e-commerce quote list?

Ask for each line as included, excluded or priced.

• Number of products entered, with variants and photos.
• Payment methods set up and tested, by name.
• Shipping zones, rates and free-shipping rules.
• GST display and invoice numbering.
• Theme name and licence, or custom design.
• Who writes product and category copy.
• Platform plan, apps and their monthly fees.
• Hosting, domain and SSL after year one.
• Order notifications: where orders and customer records are stored.
• Who owns the store account, the domain and the customer data.
• Edit rounds and the date of the first draft.

For the platform decision itself, see Shopify vs WooCommerce in Singapore.

What cense does

cense builds stores as a website with infrastructure, quoted in full before work starts, with orders and customer records written to a database the client owns. Sites run on Next.js with HTTPS and no plugins, and the client owns the domain, code and hosting with S$0 monthly maintenance. See e-commerce website design in Singapore.