MeetOnChai
MeetOnChai

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E-commerce Development

Online stores built around how your customers actually buy, not around a theme's defaults.

MeetOnChai Studio builds e-commerce websites for brands in Nepal, India and beyond: catalog, cart, checkout, local payments and delivery logic, built for phones first. We've shipped stores that take eSewa and Khalti, UPI and cash on delivery, and WhatsApp orders. Most stores go live in 4-8 weeks.

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What we deliver

What's in the box.

  • Custom storefronts in Next.js, or WooCommerce when a proven platform is the better fit
  • Local payments: eSewa, Khalti, UPI, cards, net banking and cash on delivery
  • WhatsApp ordering and checkout for customers who'd rather talk than fill a form
  • Delivery logic: city zones, delivery dates and time slots
  • Product SEO, structured data and fast mobile pages so the store gets found

Checkout is where stores in Nepal and India actually lose sales

A beautiful product page doesn't matter if the payment step asks for a card the customer doesn't have. In Nepal that means eSewa and Khalti. In India it means UPI and cash on delivery. For diaspora customers sending gifts home, it means an international card that works without a phone call to the bank.

So we design checkout around the payment methods your buyers already use, and keep WhatsApp ordering as a real option rather than a fallback. On MangoMasti the whole checkout ends in a WhatsApp message, because that's where their customers already trusted them.

Delivery rules are product features

Same-day delivery in Kathmandu Valley but next-day in Biratnagar. A cut-off time for cakes. A box that only ships in mango season. These rules usually live in someone's head and a spreadsheet, and the store shows customers options it can't actually deliver.

We put them into the store itself: delivery zones by city, date and time-slot selection, and products that switch on and off with the season. Giftkdiu runs city-based delivery across five cities this way.

Custom build or platform: an honest answer

We don't push custom builds by default. If you sell standard products with a standard checkout, WooCommerce or a similar platform gets you live faster and costs less to maintain, and that's what we'll recommend.

When the ordering flow is what makes you different, like a combo builder, B2B sourcing enquiries or WhatsApp-first checkout, a custom Next.js store is usually faster for customers and cheaper over time than bending a platform into shape.

Process

How e-commerce development runs with us.

  1. 01

    We map how your customers buy today

    Phone calls, WhatsApp, walk-ins, bulk orders. The store should make that easier, not replace it with a checkout nobody trusts.

  2. 02

    We pick the platform last

    Standard catalog and checkout? A proven platform is cheaper to run. Ordering flow is the product? We build custom. We decide once the flow is clear.

  3. 03

    We build checkout and payments first

    The money path gets built and tested with real gateways in week one, so the risky part is done while there's plenty of time.

  4. 04

    We launch before your season, not during it

    Festivals, harvests and sale days don't move. We work back from yours and load-test before the rush.

Relevant work

FAQ

E-commerce Development questions.

How long does web app development take?

MVPs typically take 4-8 weeks. Full products range from 2-4 months. We break projects into sprints and deliver working features every 2 weeks, so you see progress continuously.

How much does custom software development cost?

We offer both fixed-price projects (best for well-defined MVPs) and time & materials (better for evolving products). After our discovery call, we'll recommend the model that fits your situation and provide a detailed quote.

Can you integrate eSewa, Khalti, UPI and other local payment gateways?

Yes. We've shipped stores taking eSewa and Khalti in Nepal and UPI, cards, net banking and cash on delivery in India, and we use Stripe or Razorpay for international payments. We pick the gateway based on where your customers are, not what's easiest for us.

Should my store be custom-built or on WooCommerce or Shopify?

It depends on how unusual your selling is. If you sell standard products with standard checkout, a proven platform is cheaper to build and run. If your ordering flow is the product, like combo builders, WhatsApp checkout or delivery slots by city, a custom Next.js build usually pays for itself. We've done both and will tell you which fits on the first call.

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Every project starts with a conversation

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A free 15-minute call. No pitch deck, no obligation. You leave with an honest read on what to build first.

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  • Based in Kathmandu, working with Nepal, India and worldwide.