An online store builder for small businesses
You did not start a business to spend weeks wrestling with software. This is the shortcut: a real, branded online store — set up for you, taking UPI, COD and WhatsApp orders — without the cost or complexity of the big platforms.
By Manan Agrawal, Founder · Updated June 10, 2026
26 live customer stores
Every store here is live and taking orders · read the SitesPlaced reviews from their owners
Real sellers on SitesPlaced
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The House of Urmila · Jewellery
Testimonial video · July 22, 2026
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The Pet Journal · Pet products
Testimonial video · August 11, 2026
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Surroor House · Clothing store
Store launch · August 13, 2026
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SitesPlaced is the online store builder built for small businesses. You get a branded store on your own domain with UPI, COD, Razorpay and WhatsApp checkout, inventory, GST invoices and Shiprocket — all included — free to build and publish, with 0% commission, and a real person who sets it up so you can launch in about a day. You only pay a flat ₹199/month (Starter) for your own custom domain, to remove the badge, and to add AI.
Real stores, live on SitesPlaced
Not mockups — real sellers running live stores on SitesPlaced with their own domains, UPI and COD. Open any of them in a new tab.
The House of Urmila
A handcrafted jewellery label running its full catalogue on its own domain — UPI & COD checkout built in.
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Surroor House
An oversized-tee label running its full catalogue on its own domain — trending designs, sizes and COD checkout.
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The Pet Journal
India's first guided journal for pet parents, selling direct from its own domain instead of through DMs.
Visit live siteWhat does a small business actually need from a store?
Big ecommerce platforms are built for big catalogues and dedicated teams. A small business needs the opposite: something that launches fast, costs little, handles the boring operations automatically, and looks professional enough to win trust. The feature count matters less than whether it fits how you work.
That means India-native checkout your customers already trust, a dashboard that keeps orders and stock straight, invoices and shipping handled for you, and a flat, predictable price that does not punish you for growing.
What you get with SitesPlaced
- ✓A branded storefront on your own domain, chosen from premium vertical-fit templates
- ✓UPI, COD and Razorpay at checkout, plus structured WhatsApp ordering
- ✓An order dashboard and real-time inventory across variants
- ✓Auto GST-ready invoices and Shiprocket shipping in one place
- ✓AI-written product descriptions and a real person to set it all up
- ✓Free to build and publish with 0% commission — a flat ₹199/month (Starter) only for your own custom domain, badge removal and AI
Small business store builder vs doing it yourself
| For a small business | SitesPlaced | DIY / big platform |
|---|---|---|
| Time to launch | A day, set up for you | Weeks of DIY |
| Branded storefront + domain | ✓ | Maybe |
| UPI / COD / Razorpay | ✓ Native | Configure yourself |
| WhatsApp checkout | ✓ | Add-on |
| Inventory + orders | ✓ Dashboard | Spreadsheets |
| GST invoices | ✓ Auto | Manual |
| Shipping (Shiprocket) | ✓ Built in | Separate |
| Cost to publish | Free to build & publish | Plan + apps |
| Custom domain + AI plan | ₹199/mo flat (Starter) | Plan + apps |
| Commission | 0% | Varies |
Why do small businesses choose SitesPlaced?
It launches fast
A real person sets up your store, payments, shipping and domain, so you go from idea to live in about a day instead of weeks of trial and error.
It runs the back office
Orders, stock and invoices are handled automatically. You spend time on products and customers, not spreadsheets.
It looks established
Premium storefronts on your own domain make a one-person business look like a brand customers trust.
It stays affordable
Flat ₹499/month, 0% commission, no app bills. Predictable cost that does not rise just because you sold more.
Store templates for every small business
Whatever you sell — jewellery, sarees, beauty, food, gifting or fashion — there is a storefront tuned for it. These are live demos you can open and clone.
JewelleryMaison — Luxury Store
Editorial, gallery-grade storefront. Used by the Aura Jewels demo — ideal for jewellery, watches and premium accessories.
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SareesThreadlore — Heritage Sarees
Warm, textile-first storefront tuned for sarees, lehengas and handloom — variant swatches, zoom, COD and UPI built in.
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BeautyGlow Studio — Cosmetics
Bright, conversion-focused beauty storefront with shade selectors and bundles. Built for cosmetics and skincare sellers.
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SkincareApothic — Skincare
Calm apothecary aesthetic with ingredient storytelling and routine bundles. For skincare, wellness and self-care brands.
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GiftingFlorine — Florist & Gifting
Soft, seasonal florist storefront with same-day delivery slots and gift notes. For flowers, hampers and gifting.
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FoodCacao Noir — Chocolate
Premium dark-mode storefront for chocolate, bakes and gourmet food, with grams/box variants and festive bundles.
View live demoMistakes small businesses make going online
The biggest risk for a small business is not picking the wrong tool — it is spending weeks on the wrong things. These are the traps that stall launches and drain budgets:
- ✓Over-building — chasing features you will not use for a year instead of launching and learning
- ✓Choosing a platform that needs paid apps just to take UPI, COD or WhatsApp orders
- ✓Running everything from a phone gallery and a notebook instead of a real dashboard
- ✓Leaving payments to DMs, which loses orders and looks unprofessional
- ✓Waiting for the store to be perfect before sharing it — done and live beats perfect and hidden
The fix is to start from a finished storefront, let someone else handle the technical setup, and get live fast on a flat, predictable price. You learn far more from your first ten real orders than from another week of tweaking a store no customer has seen.
Razorpay, Shiprocket, Shipmozo, WhatsApp API, Meta CAPI: all built in.
Razorpay, cash on delivery, WhatsApp checkout, Shiprocket and Shipmozo are on the free plan. From ₹199/month (Starter): Meta Pixel + Conversions API, your own domain, branding removal, AI and analytics. The ₹499/month Growth plan adds WhatsApp Business API alerts and the 1-click checkouts, bring your own credentials. No app store, no per-integration fees.
Payments
- Free
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout. SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Razorpay's standard gateway fee applies.
razorpay.com - Free
StripeNew
Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay from customers worldwide. Connect your own Stripe account with a restricted key — payments land in your Stripe balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
stripe.com - Free
PayPalNew
Customers pay with their PayPal balance or a card. Connect your own PayPal app — the money lands in your PayPal balance and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission.
paypal.com - Free
PhonePeNew
UPI, cards, net banking and wallets at checkout on your own PhonePe Business account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; PhonePe's standard gateway fee applies.
phonepe.com - Free
CashfreeNew
UPI, cards, net banking, wallets and pay-later at checkout on your own Cashfree account. Money settles straight to you and SitesPlaced takes 0% commission; Cashfree's standard gateway fee applies.
cashfree.com - Free
COD at checkout with an optional COD charge you set.
- Free
- ₹499
Sell with ShiprocketNew
1-click checkout by Shiprocket — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD and RTO scoring, without your own payment gateway. Shiprocket collects and settles to you; SitesPlaced takes 0%, Shiprocket charges 2% per order.
shiprocket.in - ₹499
Razorpay Magic CheckoutNew
1-click checkout on your own Razorpay account — saved addresses, UPI/cards/COD in one step, with COD intelligence and RTO protection. Money settles straight to your Razorpay. Can run alongside Shiprocket checkout.
razorpay.com
Shipping
- Free
Push orders to Shiprocket, get AWB numbers back, and show live tracking on your Track Order page.
shiprocket.in - Free
ShippoNew
USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and Royal Mail labels for US, UK and international orders — around 5¢ a label with no monthly fee, billed to your own Shippo account.
goshippo.com - Free
ShipmozoNew
Courier selection, pickup scheduling and tracking status synced back to each order.
shipmozo.com - Free
Rehbar PostNew
Compare courier rates, book the shipment, print the label and track it back — on your own Rehbar Post account.
rehbarpost.com
Fulfilment
- Free
Qikink
Print-on-demand for India — t-shirts, hoodies and mugs printed and shipped domestically from your own Qikink account.
qikink.com - Free
PrintifyNew
Print-on-demand t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and posters. Link a product to your own Printify catalogue and paid orders are sent for printing automatically — Printify bills your account, we take nothing.
printify.com
Messaging
- ₹499
Every new order sends you an alert and the customer a confirmation, from your own WhatsApp Business number via Meta's Cloud API. Bring your own credentials.
business.whatsapp.com
Marketing
- ₹199+
Meta Pixel + Conversions APINew
Your own Pixel on the storefront plus server-side Purchase events from the order record, deduplicated, so Instagram and Facebook ads report real sales. Bring your own credentials.
facebook.com - ₹499
Import the product reviews you already collected in Judge.me on Shopify or WooCommerce onto your product pages, matched by product name. Bring your own API token; SitesPlaced also collects and moderates its own product reviews on every plan.
judge.me - ₹199+
Custom head code
Paste Google Analytics, Clarity or any tag into your live site.
Growth
- ₹199+
yourbrand.com with one-click DNS setup for most Indian registrars.
- Free
Create and edit your store by chatting with your AI assistant.
modelcontextprotocol.io - Free
Bring a catalogue in from Instagram, your existing website, a PDF, dm2buy or Shopexer.
Get your small business online this week
Build and publish your store for free with 0% commission — pay from ₹199/month (Starter) only for your own custom domain, to remove the badge, and to add AI. Our team sets up your storefront, payments, shipping and domain — and migrates any existing catalogue for free — so launching is the easy part.
Build your store →Frequently asked questions
What is the best online store builder for a small business?
SitesPlaced Stores. It is designed for small and home businesses: a branded store with UPI, COD, Razorpay and WhatsApp checkout, inventory, GST invoices and Shiprocket — all included — free to build and publish, with 0% commission, and a real person to set it up so you launch in about a day. You only pay a flat ₹199/month (Starter) when you want your own custom domain, the SitesPlaced badge removed, and AI plus higher limits.
How quickly can a small business get an online store?
With SitesPlaced you can build for free in an afternoon, and our team can have you fully live — payments, shipping, domain — usually within a working day. If you already sell on Instagram or a catalogue link, migration is free and done for you.
How much does an online store cost for a small business?
On SitesPlaced it is free to build and publish, with 0% commission — your store goes live on a username.sitesplaced.com URL with a small "Made using sitesplaced.com" badge. Payments, shipping, invoices and inventory are all included free. The flat ₹199/month Starter plan is what you pay when you want your own custom domain, the badge removed, and AI plus higher limits — so there are no app bills or per-sale cuts to worry about.
Do I need any technical skills?
No. SitesPlaced is fully no-code: pick a storefront, add products, and our team helps connect payments, shipping and your domain. AI even drafts your product descriptions, so you are not staring at empty fields.
Can I run the store alongside my Instagram and WhatsApp?
Yes — that is exactly how most small businesses use it. Keep finding customers on Instagram and WhatsApp, and send them to your store to order. Orders, payments and stock are then handled in one dashboard instead of in chats.
Can I run the whole store from my phone?
Yes. Your store, dashboard, orders and inventory are all designed to work from a phone, which is how most small business owners actually run things. You can add products, check new orders, update stock and book shipments on the move — no laptop required to keep the business running day to day.