By Renie Ravin, co-founder of InkySites. Updated 8 November 2026. Every price below was read on the company's own page on 8 November 2026. This is general guidance, not legal or tax advice. Building a new site is the other guide: what a small-business website costs to build in India.
Your yearly website bill, line by line
Each row below is one line on your bill. Your web address, hosting and any care plan come back every year, so those three set your total. If you sell online, a fee on every sale comes on top. A paid security certificate is avoidable when your hosting includes a free one. Zoho's free email covers up to 5 people. Pricing a new or rebuilt website has its own guide: what a website costs to build in India.
| What you pay for | What it cost, read 8 November 2026 | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Your web address, .in | ₹899 a year to renew at Hostinger, BigRock and GoDaddy. GoDaddy's ₹1 first year needs a three-year purchase. | Every year, or up to 10 years at once |
| Your web address, .com | To renew: ₹1,479 a year at BigRock, ₹1,499 at Hostinger, ₹1,599 at GoDaddy, ₹2,276.95 at Bluehost. | Every year |
| Hosting | To renew: ₹149 a month at MilesWeb (Starter, plus GST), ₹289 at Hostinger (Single), ₹409 at BigRock (Standard), ₹948 at Bluehost (Starter, GST not included). The first-term price is ₹69 a month at Hostinger, BigRock and MilesWeb. | The whole term upfront: 48 months at Hostinger, 36 at MilesWeb |
| A website builder plan, in place of hosting | Zoho Sites Lite ₹60 a month (billed yearly); Squarespace Basic ₹630 a month paid yearly or ₹810 paid monthly; Shopify Basic ₹1,800 a month paid yearly or ₹1,994 monthly; Hostinger Website Builder ₹139 a month for the first 48 months, then ₹449. | Monthly or yearly |
| Payment fees, if you sell online | Shopify Basic adds 2% a sale on an outside payment provider, and Shopify's own payment service is not offered in India, so a store there pays it on every sale. Razorpay's page shows its 2% fee struck through, with 0% for the first 90 days, so ask what each sale costs once the offer ends. | On every sale |
| The security certificate (SSL, the padlock) | ₹0 with hosting at Hostinger, BigRock, MilesWeb and Bluehost, and from Let's Encrypt. Paid ones are sold beside the free one: GoDaddy's at ₹269 a month on a three-year term. | With your hosting |
| Business email, per person | ₹0 on Zoho Mail's Forever Free plan (up to 5 people, no IMAP or POP). ₹59 a month on Zoho Mail Lite (billed yearly), ₹170 on Microsoft 365 Business Basic (paid yearly), ₹270 on Google Workspace Business Starter (yearly). | Monthly or yearly, per person |
| A care plan or AMC | Double Focus: ₹6,000 a year, up to 12 updates a year. Redpulse Basic Care: ₹1,999 a month for 2 update requests a month, plus 18% GST. Redpulse Premium Care: ₹12,999 a month for 12 requests a month, “fair use”, plus 18% GST. RankON Platinum: ₹99,000 a year for 15 hours a month, plus 18% GST. | Monthly or yearly |
| A change outside a plan | ₹500 to ₹2,000 per small update at Webstra; ₹500 an hour for structural changes at Expert Web World, whose small tweaks are free during its warranty; ₹699 an hour of extra time at MedMatrix; ₹1,800 an hour plus GST at Digital Hive. | Each time |
| Paid WordPress plugins and themes | Priced in US dollars, not rupees: Elementor Pro Essential USD 60 a year; Astra Pro USD 99 the first year, then USD 149; Divi Pro USD 277 a year. | Every year |
| GST | 18% on website design, hosting, maintenance and software licences. Some prices include it, many add it, some pages say nothing. | On each bill from a GST-registered supplier |
Why your hosting bill jumps when the first term ends
At Hostinger and MilesWeb, the ₹69 a month first price means paying 48 or 36 months upfront. At Hostinger, BigRock and MilesWeb, the renewal ran two to six times that first price. Hostinger Single takes ₹3,312 today for 48 months, and the next 48 months at ₹289 a month come to ₹13,872. A ₹1 .com needs a three-year purchase, then renews at ₹1,499 a year at Hostinger and ₹1,599 at GoDaddy. A free domain with hosting is free for the first year only. Paid plugins work the same way: Astra Pro is USD 99 the first year, then USD 149. Budget for the renewal price, and the bill after your first term holds no surprise.
Which changes does your care plan or AMC include?
Nearly every care plan or AMC that publishes a price caps your changes, by hours or by count. MedMatrix's ₹1,999 Small business plan gives 30 minutes a month. RankON Platinum gives 15 hours a month and counts your calls and chat against them. Redpulse Basic Care allows 2 requests a month, each covering one page section. Double Focus allows 12 updates a year. Site Mints' Basic AMC covers backups and updates, with no content edits. Where a plan states no cap, ask what its words cover: Webstra's "unlimited small edits", Digital Hive's asterisk, Redpulse Premium's "fair use". Then you know how many changes you pay for before you renew.
Who owns your .in web address, and what it should cost
The .IN Registry, under NIXI, charges registrars ₹500 a year for a .in name. It does not sell to you and does not set what registrars charge, so Hostinger, BigRock and GoDaddy each set their own price, ₹899 a year to renew. You can register a .in name for up to 10 years at once. A .in name allows no privacy or proxy service, so the name on the record decides who owns your address. KYC is mandatory for whoever registers it. Make sure that name is yours, and your address stays in your hands.
Is GST included in your website bill?
Website design, hosting, maintenance and software licences are all taxed at 18% GST. A supplier with turnover under ₹20 lakh (₹10 lakh in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura) need not register and cannot charge GST, so one freelancer's quote carries 18% and another's does not. MilesWeb prints "+ GST", Redpulse adds 18% GST to its invoices, Bluehost says "GST not included", and Hostinger and BigRock say nothing. If you are GST-registered and buy from abroad, you pay it yourself under reverse charge. For tax advice, ask your accountant.
Five things that change your yearly total
- Who makes your changes: doing them yourself keeps your year at ₹2,687 on MilesWeb prices, while Redpulse Basic Care adds ₹23,988 a year plus GST
- Your hosting term: Hostinger takes 48 months upfront and MilesWeb 36, so the renewal year carries your biggest bill
- Your email: Zoho Mail's Forever Free plan covers up to 5 people, while Google Workspace Business Starter is ₹270 a month per person
- A builder plan in place of hosting: Zoho Sites Lite is ₹60 a month and Shopify Basic is ₹1,800 a month paid yearly, so the tool you run on sets the floor
- GST: 18% on each line from a registered supplier, so check whether each price includes it before you compare
Traps worth checking on your next bill
- Your web address in your developer's name: Pixlabo, an Indian agency, calls a domain registered in the agency's name "for convenience" a red flag. Redpulse notes an INDRP filing alone is ₹35,400 before legal fees. Check whose name is on yours, so you know your address is in your hands
- A paid certificate beside a free one: GoDaddy sells SSL at ₹269 a month while its hosting page says AutoSSL is free and included. Check what your hosting gives before you pay for a padlock
- A page that disagrees with itself: MilesWeb's header says the price stays the same at renewal, and its Starter card renews at ₹149 a month. BigRock lists ₹549 in its table and ₹579 in its FAQ for a first .in year. Quote the renewal column
- Prices that change with who is looking: MedMatrix showed USD 25 a month outside India and ₹1,999 inside, and Wix says its prices vary by location. Compare prices you have seen yourself, on one day
- A care plan that will not fix a hacked site: Web Digital Media Group's packages say it "will not take responsibility for any hacking or malware problems". Lookup Marketing prices fixing a hacked website at ₹5,000 plus GST, one time, shown as an offer struck from ₹7,500. Ask whether your plan covers a hack or a failed update, so a repair bill does not catch you out
- Auto-renew left on: Hostinger turns it on by default and charges 27 days before your domain expires. Put that date in your calendar and the charge arrives when you expect it
Questions to ask before you pay your next bill
- Whose name is my web address registered in, and when does it expire? The name on the record decides who owns it
- What will my hosting cost at renewal, and for how many months must I pay upfront? That renewal is the bill you plan around
- How many changes does my care plan include each month, in hours or in requests? That tells you what each payment buys
- Does time on calls and chat count against those hours? RankON's plan counts it
- Which work is charged extra, and at what rate? Outside a plan, Webstra charges ₹500 to ₹2,000 per small update and Digital Hive ₹1,800 an hour plus GST
- Does this price include 18% GST, or is it added on top? Then you compare quotes on equal terms
When staying with your current setup makes sense
Keep what you have if your web address is in your name, you know your hosting's renewal price, and your changes are few. If you make your own edits, ₹2,687 to ₹4,367 a year at MilesWeb or Hostinger renewal prices is a modest bill. If you change things a few times a year, a plan like Double Focus at ₹6,000 a year for up to 12 updates can fit. Ask the questions above at each renewal, and you stay in charge of your own bill.
Where InkySites fits
InkySites builds a fresh version of your current website for free, from its public pages, and emails it within 48 hours, no card needed. If you like it, it is $29 a month for hosting and unlimited reasonable changes, month to month. You ask for changes by email, or on WhatsApp once you connect your phone. There is no separate hosting renewal and no change count. We do not maintain WordPress installations: we rebuild your website as plain pages, so no plugin needs renewing. You get one monthly bill, your web address stays in your name, and your complete code comes back whenever you ask.
Questions people ask.
How much does a website AMC cost in India?
On prices read on 8 November 2026, Double Focus charges ₹6,000 a year for up to 12 updates. Redpulse Basic Care is ₹1,999 a month plus 18% GST, for 2 update requests a month. RankON Platinum is ₹99,000 a year plus 18% GST, for 15 hours a month. Site Mints' Basic AMC is ₹4,999 to ₹7,999 a year and covers no content edits. Compare plans by the changes each one buys, and you know what you pay per change.
How much does it cost to maintain a small business website?
Doing the changes yourself, a year in India comes to ₹2,687 with MilesWeb hosting or ₹4,367 with Hostinger, before any GST the provider adds, on prices read on 8 November 2026. That covers a .in address at ₹899, hosting at its renewal price, a free security certificate and Zoho's free email. A care plan adds to it: Redpulse Basic Care is ₹23,988 a year plus 18% GST.
Is a free domain with hosting free every year?
A free domain with hosting covers the first year only. Bluehost says the domain will automatically renew at the then current rate after the first year. MilesWeb says standard renewal rates apply from year two. A ₹1 .com needs a three-year purchase at Hostinger and GoDaddy, then renews at ₹1,499 a year at Hostinger and ₹1,599 at GoDaddy. Plan on those renewal prices and the second year holds no surprise.
Do I pay GST on hosting and website maintenance?
Yes, from a GST-registered supplier. Website design, hosting, maintenance and software licences are taxed at 18%. A supplier with turnover under ₹20 lakh (₹10 lakh in four north-eastern states) need not register and cannot charge GST, so some freelance quotes carry it and some do not. If you are GST-registered and buy from a company abroad, you pay it yourself under reverse charge. Check whether each price includes GST, and you compare like with like.
Can I keep my web address if I change developers?
Yes, when it is registered in your name. A .in name allows no privacy or proxy service, so the name on the record decides who owns it. Check whose name is on yours, and when it expires, before you change anything. Redpulse notes that an INDRP filing alone costs ₹35,400 before any legal fees, so settling the name now can spare you that fight later.
Where these prices come from
We read about 150 price, policy and tax pages on 8 November 2026, and recorded each page's address and the sentence each figure came from. Every price here is what that company's page showed that day. We convert no currencies and blend no prices into one figure. We re-read the pages and update this guide when prices move. You can check any figure against its source below.
- Web addresses: Hostinger, BigRock (price table) and its .in page, GoDaddy (.in), GoDaddy (.com), Bluehost
- The .in registry: policies, tariff, FAQs, terms for registrants, KYC, disputes (INDRP)
- Hosting: Hostinger, BigRock, MilesWeb, Bluehost, GoDaddy, HostGator India
- Builders: Zoho Sites, Squarespace, Shopify, Hostinger Website Builder, Wix
- Payments: Shopify and the countries its own payment service supports, Razorpay
- Certificates: Hostinger, Let's Encrypt, GoDaddy
- Email: Zoho Mail, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace
- Care plans and rates: Double Focus, Redpulse (care) and its GST note, RankON, Site Mints, Web Digital Media Group, Lookup Marketing, Webstra, Digital Hive, MedMatrix, Expert Web World, a maintenance contract (Sai Web Technology)
- Plugins and themes: Elementor, Astra, Divi
- Ownership: Pixlabo's contract checklist, Redpulse on disputes, KavalaTech
- GST: the rate notification and its service codes (CBIC), the September 2025 changes and registration (GST Council), reverse charge and foreign online services (CBIC)
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