How much does a website cost in Nigeria?

A business website with Eloti Designs starts from ₦250,000. An online shop starts from ₦350,000, and a mobile app from ₦800,000. Website prices include your domain and hosting for the first year, and you receive a written quote for your exact project before any work begins.

Those are starting points, not final bills. This guide explains what each package gives you, what pushes a Nigerian project above its starting price, how paying works, what you pay in year two, and two rules worth knowing before you launch: NiRA's rules for .ng names and the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.

Three packages, three starting prices

• Business website, from ₦250,000. For businesses that want to look professional online and win more enquiries. It looks right on any screen, carries WhatsApp, call and contact buttons on each page, is set up to be found on Google, and is easy for you to update yourself.
• Online shop, from ₦350,000. For selling around the clock: products customers find in seconds, a Paystack checkout they trust, delivery and pickup options, and all your orders in one dashboard.
• Mobile app, from ₦800,000. Built for Android and iPhone, published on Google Play and the App Store, with notifications that bring customers back and a link to your website or portal.

Whichever you pick, the website, the domain and the content belong to you, with full admin access. Compare the packages on our website prices for Nigeria page, or read more about website design, e-commerce websites and mobile app development. Not sure which you need? Our guide to choosing a website, an online shop or an app sets them side by side.

What pushes a quote above the starting price

Any web designer in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt or anywhere else prices against the same handful of things. Knowing them helps you compare quotes fairly.

How many pages you need

A short site for a single-service firm and a large site for an engineering group with a page per service are different jobs. Each page needs its own layout, words and pictures, and each one has to be checked on any screen. Write your page list before you ask anyone for a price.

Whether you sell online

A shop needs products, prices, photos, delivery areas and a checkout, all set up and tested. A small range is a short job. A large catalogue, with each item in several sizes or colours, takes far longer to load and organise, so tell us roughly how many products you will start with.

Bookings, portals and other features

Online booking, a client or staff portal, forms that work out a quote, or a connection to software you already use all add build time. Our web app development page explains what these involve.

Words, photos and a logo

If your text is written, your photos are sharp and your logo is final, the work moves faster. If any of that still needs writing, shooting or designing, allow for it; branding is priced for each project. Our checklist of what to prepare before a website project helps you gather everything.

An app alongside the website

An app is a separate build for Android and iPhone. It can share accounts, orders or bookings with your website, but it carries its own price.

Seeing finished work makes scope easier to judge. Our portfolio includes the websites we built for Oilchem Group and Medinet Hospitals in Port Harcourt, GraceCall Global Ministries in Abuja and Ecorestore in Lagos.

Paying by Paystack or bank transfer

You can pay by Paystack or by bank transfer, whichever suits you. Before anything starts you get a written quote, and that quote sets out the payment terms for your project. SEO, digital marketing and branding have no fixed package price; each is priced for the job, so you only pay for what you actually need.

Our remote team works with you over video calls, email and WhatsApp, and we agree meeting times that fit your working day. While we build, you can follow progress on a private link.

What you pay from the second year

Your first year of domain and hosting is part of the website price. From the second year, renewal is ₦129,500 a year, so put that line in your yearly budget.

Other running costs depend on your plans: fresh content as your services change, new photos, and any SEO or campaigns you add later. If you would rather hand updates and checks to someone else, see our website care plans. You can also start small and add a shop, an app or SEO whenever you are ready.

A .ng address and NiRA's rules

Nigeria's own domain ending, .ng, is run by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA). It acts as the designated manager of .ng, with authority given by the National Information Technology Development Agency, and its domain name policy sets out what you can register:

• .com.ng is meant for commercial use. It has been fully open since 2008; before then, only organisations with a presence in Nigeria could register one.
• .org.ng is intended for not-for-profit and public service bodies, such as charities and community groups.
• .ng on its own is open too, with no restriction on who applies.
• Closed endings such as .edu.ng and .gov.ng are kept for qualifying higher education institutions and government bodies.

Names are handed out first come, first served, so check yours early. A name can't begin or end with a hyphen or be made of numbers alone, and NiRA refuses names it treats as offensive or misleading. Whichever ending you choose, the domain is yours, along with the website and its content.

Your contact form and the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023

A contact or quote form collects names, phone numbers and email addresses, which is personal data. In Nigeria that brings in the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, the law that set up the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) to regulate how personal information is handled. It took effect in June 2023.

For a typical business website, these parts of the Act matter most:

• Tell people first. Before you collect someone's details, they should know who you are and how to reach you, why you want the data and on what lawful basis, how long you will keep it, and that they can complain to the Commission. The Act expects this in a privacy policy that is clear and easy to read.
• Ask only for what you need. Data should be kept to the minimum the purpose requires, so a short form is usually the better form.
• Make consent active. Where you rely on consent, for example to send a newsletter, silence or a box ticked in advance does not count, and people must hear that they can withdraw it before they agree.
• Keep it safe. You are expected to use suitable technical and organisational measures to protect what you hold.

The Act also reaches businesses outside Nigeria that process personal data about people in Nigeria. Keep your form short, link it to your privacy policy, and check with the NDPC or a legal adviser if anything is unclear.

Questions

Can I pay in instalments?

Your written quote sets out the payment terms for your project, so raise it when you ask for one. Payment itself is by Paystack or bank transfer.

Have you built websites for Nigerian businesses before?

Yes. We have built thousands of websites since 2013, and our portfolio includes the websites we made for Nigerian businesses such as Divergent Energy Services, Zura Spa and Nextor.

Do I have to choose .com.ng, or can I use plain .ng?

Either can work for a business. NiRA describes .com.ng as the ending meant for commercial use, while plain .ng is open to any applicant. Pick the one your customers will remember and check it is free.

Sources

1. NiRA Domain Name Policy, Version 1.5, October 2021 — Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA)
2. Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (Official Gazette No. 119, Vol. 110), copy published by the Nigerian Communications Commission — Federal Republic of Nigeria, Official Gazette (hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission)