Three very different things called 'a website'
When business owners compare website quotes, they're often comparing three unrelated products under the same name: a page built from a drag-and-drop template, a freelancer's custom build, and an engineered web platform with its own codebase. They differ enormously in cost — and in what happens a year later when you need to change something.
Template sites
Fast and cheap, good for a simple brochure-style presence. The tradeoff shows up later: limited customization, slower performance, and you're often locked into a platform's monthly fee indefinitely.
Freelance custom builds
Usually a reasonable middle ground on price, but quality varies enormously by individual, and ongoing support depends entirely on that one person staying reachable.
Engineered web platforms
This is where a real web development team earns its price: a properly structured codebase, fast load times, SEO-friendly pages from day one, and a system that can grow — adding a shop, a booking system, or a dashboard later — without a rebuild.
This is the category ITfy builds in. If you're comparing quotes and the numbers don't make sense, the fastest way to understand the gap is to ask each vendor what happens when you need to add a new page type or feature a year from now.
What to ask before you sign
Who owns the code and hosting once the project ends? Is the site built to load fast on mobile, where most of your Bangladeshi visitors will land? And is basic on-page SEO — titles, meta descriptions, a sitemap — included, or a separate line item you'll have to chase down later?