Web development company or freelancer in Bangladesh: what to check before you pay

A good freelancer will build you a better website than a bad agency, and the reverse is just as true. The label is not the thing to check. These six answers are, and you can get all of them in one conversation before any money moves.

1. Is the price fixed in writing?

Ask for one number, in writing, with what it covers listed underneath it, and ask what would change it. A price that moves once will move again. If the honest answer is that some part of the work cannot be quoted yet, that is fine, but it should be quoted as its own line rather than left vague inside a round number.

2. Who owns the domain, the hosting and the content?

The answer should be you, registered in your own name, with full access handed over at the end. This is the single most expensive thing to get wrong: a site somebody else holds the keys to is a site you rent. Ask to be added to the domain and hosting accounts on day one rather than at the finish.

3. What is the timeline, and what does it depend on?

A real timeline names what it is waiting for. Most portfolio and business websites are a one to two week build; an eCommerce or custom build is usually two to four weeks. What stretches those is almost never the code. It is content: the words, the photographs and the product list that only you can supply.

4. What happens on launch day and the week after?

Launch is when a site meets real traffic, real phones and real payment methods for the first time. Ask who is watching it, who fixes what breaks, and for how long that lasts without a new invoice.

5. How fast does it load on mobile data?

Not on office wifi, on a phone on mobile data, which is how most of your customers will arrive. Ask to see a live site they have built, on your own phone, off wifi. It is a thirty second test and it tells you more than any portfolio page.

6. Who answers in six months?

Websites rarely fail on launch day. They fail quietly months later, when a form stops sending or a certificate expires. Ask who you contact then, and what the reply time is. If nobody can answer that, price the risk in.

What good answers look like

• One fixed price, in writing, with the scope written under it.
• Your name on the domain, the hosting and every account, with the passwords handed over.
• A timeline that names what it is waiting for from you.
• A stated support window after launch, and what happens when it ends.
• A live site you can load on your own phone, off wifi, in a couple of seconds.
• A named person who answers, and a channel they actually read.

The numbers behind the first question are in how much a website costs in Bangladesh in 2026, and if you are still building a shortlist there is an honest roundup of web development companies in Bangladesh. How we answer all six is on the web development company in Dhaka page.