How do I make a website for my business, step by step?

An ICANN-accredited registrar's domain search with Indian prices. It lists a .in domain at ₹899 for the first year (₹1 on a 3-year term during its sale) and shows renewal and transfer prices side by side.

Hostinger domain search and .in prices

From hostinger.com by Hostinger

Hostinger Domains on eChai Explore

• Compare the first-year price with the renewal price, which is what you pay every year after.
• Buy the .in and the .com of your name together if both are free.
• Register the domain in your own name and account, never your web designer's.

Hostinger's drag-and-drop builder with AI tools, priced in rupees for India. The page lists the starter plan at ₹139 a month on a 48-month term (₹6,672 paid up front, renewing at ₹449 a month) and the business plan at ₹199 a month, with a free domain and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Hostinger Website Builder (India pricing)

From hostinger.com by Hostinger

Hostinger Website Builder on eChai Explore

• The intro price needs a 48-month term; check the renewal price before you pay.
• A free domain comes with the plan, so you do not need to buy one separately.
• Good for a cheap, simple business site you will edit yourself.

Framer is a designer's website builder with AI that writes and lays out pages. The pricing page lists a free plan on a Framer subdomain with 500 AI credits, Basic at $10 a month and Pro at $30 a month billed yearly, with your own domain on paid plans.

Framer pricing

From framer.com by Framer

Framer on eChai Explore

• Start free on the Framer subdomain and upgrade when you connect your domain.
• Pick it when the site's look matters and you will keep editing it yourself.

Hosted WordPress, the blogging and website platform behind a large share of the web. The page lists Personal at US$4 a month and Premium, which takes payments, at US$8 a month, both billed yearly and excluding taxes.

WordPress.com pricing

From wordpress.com by Automattic

• Choose it if the site will grow into a blog or a content-heavy site.
• Premium is the cheapest plan that accepts payments on the site.

Lovable is an AI app builder: you describe the website or app in plain words and it builds, hosts and publishes it. Its plans page shows the free plan with 5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month), and paid plans from $25 a month for 100 credits ($21 a month billed yearly).

Lovable plans and credits

From docs.lovable.dev by Lovable

Lovable on eChai Explore

• Plan the app in chat first, then spend credits on building.
• The free plan is enough to build and publish a first version.
• Credits run out faster on big changes, so ask for one change at a time.

The fastest way to stand up a fake-door landing page. Build a one-page site in an afternoon, add an email capture, and measure whether anyone actually tries to sign up for what you are describing. Free to start, no code.

Carrd

From carrd.co

Carrd on eChai Explore

• Launch a test page in an afternoon.
• Capture emails to measure real intent.
• No code and free to start.

India's most used payment gateway for small businesses, taking UPI, cards and netbanking. The pricing page lists a standard fee of 2% plus GST per transaction, with no gateway fee for the first 90 days on its current offer and custom pricing above ₹5 lakh a month.

Razorpay pricing

From razorpay.com by Razorpay

Razorpay Payment Gateway on eChai Explore

• Payment Pages give you a payment link without any coding.
• Budget 2% plus GST of every online sale as the cost of collecting it.

Google's free listing that puts your business on Search and Maps with photos, hours, reviews and a link to your site. The page walks through setting one up in three steps.

Google Business Profile

From business.google.com by Google

Google Business Profile on eChai Explore

• Create and verify the profile before you spend anything on ads.
• Add photos and reply to every review, good or bad.
• Link your website and WhatsApp number from the profile.

The only honest way to answer "is SEO working" is to look at real search data, and Google Search Console is the free, first-party tool that shows exactly which queries bring you clicks and impressions. Set it up on day one so you can see traffic build (or not) instead of guessing. It also flags indexing and crawl issues that quietly keep new sites out of search.

Google Search Console

From Google by Google Free web tool

Google Search Console on eChai Explore

• It shows the actual queries, clicks, impressions, and average position for your site, straight from Google, at no cost.
• The indexing and coverage reports tell you whether Google can even find your pages, a common silent blocker for new startups.
• Watching impressions grow before clicks is the earliest sign SEO is starting to work, useful when you are tempted to give up too soon.