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Custom web development for growing Indian businesses
Web applications built around how your business actually works: booking flows, dealer portals, quote calculators and the admin your team uses every day.
- from ₹90,000
- timeline 4–8 weeks
- you own everything
why custom
Software should fit your business, not the other way round.
Ready-made tools are great until your process does not fit them. Then you pay every month for workarounds in Excel and WhatsApp.
When a normal website isn't enough
Some businesses need more than pages: a booking flow, a dealer portal, a cost calculator, an admin your team uses every day. That's custom web development. We build it around how you already work, not around a template.
You can see some of it live: VIP Home's cost and EMI calculators, the 10-step event planner on Shobha Creations and same-day ordering on Stems N Tales.
Custom web development starts From ₹90,000 for a focused web app, with the scope and price fixed before we write a line of code.
what we build.
Most projects are one of these, or a mix.
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booking & order systems
Online bookings with slots and part-payment, or order forms that land in one dashboard instead of five WhatsApp chats.
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customer & dealer portals
A login where each customer or dealer sees their own orders, rates, documents and dues.
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calculators & quote builders
Cost, EMI or material estimators that bring you leads who already know their budget.
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admin dashboards
Sales, collections, stock and pending work on one screen, with roles for every staff member.
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payments & invoices
UPI, cards and payment links through Razorpay, with GST-ready invoices generated automatically.
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WhatsApp & SMS alerts
Order confirmations, reminders and status updates sent automatically, so nobody has to remember.
how we work
you see it working every Friday.
No long silence after the advance payment. Every week you get a working demo on a real link: click around, try it on your phone, show your team.
Feedback goes straight into the next week's work, so by launch day there are no surprises.
- a one-page scope with a fixed price before we start
- a working demo every week
- pay per milestone, only for work you have seen
- training for your team in Hindi or English
- ₹90,000focused web apps from
- 4–8 weekstypical build time
- every Fridaya working demo
- 100%code and data in your name
custom, ready-made or no-code?
An honest comparison. Custom is not always the answer.
| ready-made software | no-code tools | custom web app | |
|---|---|---|---|
| upfront cost | low | low | from ₹90,000 |
| monthly cost | per user, every month | per user, every month | hosting + optional support |
| fits your process | you adapt to it | partly | built around it |
| who owns the data | the vendor | the vendor | you |
| best for | standard needs | small internal tools | core operations that make you different |
If a ready-made tool fits, we will tell you to use it. Custom pays off when your process is what makes your business work.
how a project runs.
A typical 6-week build. Smaller apps move faster.
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week 0
chai & chat
A free call or visit. You leave with a rough scope and a price range in ₹.
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week 1
scope & screens
A one-page plan, fixed price and milestones, plus sketches of the key screens.
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weeks 2–4
build with weekly demos
A working demo every Friday on a real link. Your feedback shapes the next week.
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week 5
your data & testing
We import your existing data, test with your team and fix what they find.
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week 6
launch & training
Live on hosting in your name, documented, your team trained, plus 30 days of free fixes.
built with proven tools.
The same stack behind our live projects.
- Laravel (PHP)
- MySQL
- Flutter for apps
- Razorpay / UPI
- WhatsApp Business API
- GST e-invoice & e-way bill APIs
- Tally exports
- your own hosting
Mainstream, well-documented technology that runs on normal hosting, so any good developer can maintain it later.
the moops promise
Fixed price before we start. A working demo every week. Your code, your data, your hosting.
Projects start from ₹90,000. You pay per milestone, only for work you have seen running, with a proper invoice every time.
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good questions.
How much does custom web development cost?
A focused web app starts at ₹90,000. After a free call we write a one-page scope with milestones and a fixed price, and that price does not change unless you change the scope.
How long does it take?
Most projects take 4–8 weeks. Simpler builds can be faster: VIP Home's website with six planning tools took 2 weeks.
What technology do you use?
Mostly Laravel (PHP) with MySQL, and Flutter when you also need a mobile app. It is mainstream technology that runs on regular hosting, so you are never locked in to us.
Can it connect to WhatsApp, payments or Tally?
Yes. WhatsApp and SMS notifications, UPI and card payments through gateways like Razorpay, and exports that fit into Tally are all common parts of our builds.
What happens after launch?
You get 30 days of free fixes. After that, optional maintenance is 15% of the build price a year, and changes are quoted upfront.
Do I own the code?
Yes. The code, the data and the hosting account are yours. Any developer can take it over later.
How do payments work?
You pay per milestone by UPI, NEFT or card, only for work you've seen running, with a proper invoice every time. The price is fixed before we start.
see it in real life.
Stems N Tales
A Sagar florist since 1999 now takes same-day and midnight orders online, including from family in Mumbai and Bangalore.
read the case study →
“Pehle midnight wale orders phone pe aate the. Ab log khud website se order kar dete hain, Mumbai Bangalore se bhi.”
Arvind Saini, Stems N Tales, Sagar
see it in real life.
Lincia Rosario
Showreel, awards, client logos and an availability request, so event producers can see the work and enquire in one place.
read the case study →
“I wanted a site that looks like my events. Now when I send the link, clients see the work and the enquiry comes faster.”
Lincia Rosario, Emcee, Mumbai
see it in real life.
Shobha Creations
Enquiries now arrive with the date, guest count, budget and theme filled in, so the first call is already a planning call.
read the case study →
“The plan your event form is really useful. People fill date, guests, budget, everything, so we know what they want before we call.”
Shobha Creations, Bengaluru
let's talk about your business.
A free 20-minute call, or chai at our Indore studio. You leave with a rough scope and a price range in ₹.
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