# Nepal Handicraft Website Design - Connecting Artisans to Global Buyers > WebApp Nepal builds photography-first handicraft websites for artisans, cooperatives and exporters, with international payments, multi-currency pricing and SEO that reaches global buyers. Source: https://webappnepal.com/service/handicraft-website Provider: WebApp Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal Updated: 2026-08-07T21:07:55.000000Z In a workshop in Bhaktapur, a master woodcarver produces window panels of a quality that collectors in Berlin and Tokyo specifically seek. He has no website. His export business runs entirely through a middleman who takes forty percent, controls the buyer relationship, and decides the price. In Lalitpur, a cooperative of seventy Patan women weave Dhaka fabric on traditional looms - the same fabric worn for generations in the hills of eastern Nepal - and sell through a single NGO-managed outlet at Tourism Board pricing that has not been adjusted for three years. In Thamel, a pashmina trader with a real shop and genuine Grade A shawls watches tourists walk to the nearest store with a handsome website and an online order form, assuming that professional digital presentation signals product quality in a market full of synthetic imitations. In each case, the gap between the artisan's work and the buyer's willingness to pay is partially a digital gap - a website that does not exist, or exists but does not do the work it needs to do. Nepal's handicraft sector is one of the country's most significant export industries and one of the most underserved in terms of digital presence. The Trade and Export Promotion Centre (TEPC) data consistently shows that Nepal's major handicraft exports - pashmina, thangka paintings, metal and bronze statuary, handmade paper products, felt goods, Dhaka fabric, silver jewellery, and woodcraft - reach international buyers primarily through intermediaries: exporters who aggregate, agents who source, and trade fair contacts who represent multiple artisans to a single buyer. The artisans and small producers who have the most distinctive work have the least control over the buyer relationship because they have no channel of their own. A website that authentically represents the craft, the craftsperson, and the provenance of the work - designed for the international buyer who wants to understand what they are buying and from whom - is the beginning of changing that equation. WebApp Nepal builds handicraft websites for Nepal's artisan producers, cooperatives, exporters, and craft retail businesses - from a single artisan building a direct-to-collector presence to a handicraft export house managing a catalogue of several hundred product lines. The work covers photography-first design that represents the quality and cultural context of handmade work, WooCommerce e-commerce with international payment integration for buyers in Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia, storytelling frameworks that communicate the artisan's biography, the craft tradition, and the production process in a way that builds the buyer confidence needed for high-value purchases made sight unseen, and search engine optimisation structured around the queries international buyers use when they are looking for genuine Nepal handicrafts rather than mass-produced imitations. #### What a Nepal Handicraft Website Must Do Differently ##### Photography Is the Product Presentation A pashmina shawl, a thangka painting, or a hand-thrown pottery piece cannot be fully communicated in a specification table. The buying decision for a handmade object of significant value - a collector paying NPR 80,000 for a thangka, a European interior designer ordering hand-knotted rugs at USD 600 per piece, a Japanese buyer purchasing pashmina wraps at USD 150 each - is made on the quality of the visual representation. This means multiple photographs of each product: a full view showing the complete piece, close-up detail shots showing the weave pattern, the knotwork, the brushwork, the carving depth, the surface texture that communicates the quality of material and craft. Photographs taken on a plain background with correct exposure and colour accuracy. Scale reference photographs showing the piece next to a hand, on a body, in a room - because a buyer ordering internationally cannot hold the piece before purchasing and needs every visual cue they can get to calibrate the size, weight, and presence of what they are buying. WebApp Nepal advises Nepal handicraft clients on photography requirements before website development begins because a handicraft website built on poor photography is a website that cannot convert visitors into buyers regardless of how well the design and technology function. ##### Craft Story and Artisan Biography The international buyer of genuine Nepal handicraft is not buying an object. They are buying a story, a tradition, a relationship with a place and a people they find remarkable. The thangka buyer wants to know that the painting follows a lineage of Newari Buddhist iconography that has been practiced in Bhaktapur for seven centuries. The pashmina buyer wants to know that the yarn is combed from Changra goats in the Himalayan high pastures above 4,000 metres, sorted and spun by hand, and woven on a traditional wooden loom by a weaver who has spent twenty years developing the wrist sensitivity to produce the 200-thread count that distinguishes Grade A from the tourist market imitations. The metal craft buyer wants to know that the lost-wax casting method used in Patan's statue workshops is the same method described in ancient Hindu metallurgical texts. This story content - written with the specific, verifiable detail that distinguishes authentic narrative from generic marketing - is as important as the product photography in converting a browsing international visitor into a purchasing one. WebApp Nepal works with handicraft clients to develop this story content in a form that serves both the human reader and the search engine. ##### International Payment and Shipping Clarity An international buyer ready to purchase a Nepal handicraft online needs to see two things immediately: that they can pay in their own currency through a method they trust, and that they understand the shipping timeline, cost, and reliability for an international delivery from Nepal. Payment friction is the most common reason international buyers abandon Nepal handicraft checkouts. A checkout that shows only NPR pricing, accepts only eSewa and Khalti, or requires a bank transfer to a Nepal account loses the majority of international buyers at the payment step regardless of their intent to purchase. WebApp Nepal builds handicraft e-commerce sites with international payment integration - PayPal, Stripe, and for some markets, direct card payment through payment gateways accessible from Nepal - alongside Nepal digital wallet options (eSewa, Khalti) for the growing domestic and diaspora market. Shipping is presented clearly on every product page: the courier partners used for international delivery (DHL, FedEx, Nepal Post EMS), the shipping cost calculation by destination country and package weight, the estimated delivery timeline by region, and the customs declaration approach for different destination countries' import requirements. Ambiguity about international shipping is the second most common reason international buyers abandon Nepal handicraft purchases. Resolving it on the product page reduces the emails to the seller and increases completed checkouts. ##### Fair Trade and Certification Signals The international handicraft buyer - particularly in European markets - is attentive to fair trade and ethical sourcing signals. A Nepal handicraft business that holds WFTO membership, Fair Trade Group Nepal certification, or GI (Geographic Indication) status for a product category has a significant credibility advantage over competitors who do not. These certifications need to be displayed prominently - not buried in an about page - and their meaning needs to be explained in terms the international buyer understands. A Fair Trade label means that the artisan received a fair price for the work, that no child labour was involved in production, and that a portion of the revenue funds community development. GI status for Nepal pashmina means that the product meets the documented geographic and quality standards that distinguish Nepal pashmina from imitations from other origins. WebApp Nepal designs handicraft websites with certification display integrated into the product page template and the homepage - not as an afterthought but as a primary trust signal in a market where buyer scepticism about authenticity is high and justified. ##### Wholesale and Trade Buyer Pathways Many Nepal handicraft exporters serve two distinct buyer types simultaneously: individual retail buyers purchasing one or two pieces at retail pricing, and trade buyers - boutique shop owners in Europe, interior designers, gallery buyers, online retailers - purchasing in quantities that justify wholesale pricing. A handicraft website that addresses both audiences needs clearly separate pathways: a public product catalogue with retail pricing for individual buyers, and a login-protected wholesale area with trade pricing, minimum order quantity specification, lead time for bulk production, and product customisation options for trade buyers who want specific colour variations or dimensions. The wholesale inquiry flow is different from the retail checkout - it typically involves a quote request rather than an immediate cart purchase, because high-volume trade orders involve production scheduling conversations before payment. WebApp Nepal builds handicraft websites with both retail e-commerce and wholesale inquiry functionality, with the wholesale pathway clearly accessible to trade buyers without disrupting the retail purchasing experience for individual buyers. #### Types of Nepal Handicraft Websites WebApp Nepal Builds ##### Pashmina and Textile Businesses Nepal's pashmina industry faces a specific brand integrity challenge: the global market is flooded with products labelled "pashmina" that contain no Himalayan cashmere fibres, and international buyers have been burned enough times that many approach Nepal pashmina purchases with significant scepticism. A pashmina website that establishes provenance credibility - fibre source documentation, production process photography, GI certification display, laboratory test certification - converts at higher rates than a catalogue site that shows only the finished shawls. WebApp Nepal builds pashmina and Dhaka textile websites with the provenance storytelling integrated into the product template, not only the about page: each product page shows the fibre grade, the weaving technique, the thread count where applicable, and the artisan or workshop that produced it. The photography requirements for pashmina - colour accuracy for the natural dye palette, texture detail for the weave, drape photography showing the weight and softness of the cloth - are briefed to the client's photographer with specific shot requirements before the site goes into development. ##### Thangka and Buddhist Art Thangka paintings and Buddhist sculpture are high-value, collector-market products sold to buyers who may research a purchase for weeks or months before committing. A thangka website serves a fundamentally different buying journey from a commercial e-commerce site: the visitor arrives with a research question (a specific deity, a specific iconographic tradition, a specific size for a specific space), browses the existing inventory and custom commission options, reads about the artist's training and lineage, and eventually makes contact - either to purchase an existing piece or to commission a new one. The design of a thangka website must support this extended research journey: rich iconographic taxonomy that allows filtering by deity, mandala type, and school; artist biography pages that establish lineage credibility; high-resolution image zoom that shows brushwork at detail level; and a clear commission inquiry flow for buyers who want a specific composition. Pricing for thangka - which ranges from NPR 5,000 for small teaching pieces to NPR 5,00,000 or more for museum-quality large format commissions - is contextualised by size, material (natural mineral pigments versus acrylic versus gold), and production timeline. ##### Metal Craft and Bronze Statuary Patan's dhokra and lost-wax casting workshops produce Buddhist and Hindu statuary of a quality that museum collections and serious collectors actively seek. The website for a Patan metal craft workshop must communicate the technical and spiritual authority of the tradition - the casting process, the finishing by hand, the iconometric proportions prescribed by traditional texts - alongside a product catalogue that shows available inventory and custom commission specifications. Weight and dimension are critical product data for metal statuary because they determine shipping cost and import duty in the destination country; both must be accurate on the product page. Custom commissions - a specific deity, a specific size, a specific finish (oxidised, gilded, gilded face) - require a commission inquiry workflow rather than a standard checkout. WebApp Nepal builds metal craft websites with accurate product data templates, commission inquiry forms with specification fields, and the process photography that communicates the artisan's skill to the collector who has never visited a Patan workshop. ##### Handicraft Cooperatives and Artisan Collectives Nepal's handicraft cooperatives - groups of artisans producing different craft types under a shared marketing structure - have different website requirements from individual workshops. A cooperative website must present a multi-artisan catalogue, communicate the cooperative's structure and fair trade principles, and manage orders that draw from multiple producer members' inventory. The administrative complexity of a cooperative - who produced which item, which stock belongs to which member, how revenue is attributed to individual artisans - requires a back-end management structure that a standard WooCommerce installation does not provide without custom development. WebApp Nepal builds cooperative handicraft websites with multi-vendor product attribution, artisan profile pages for each cooperative member, and a shared front-end catalogue that presents the cooperative's full range while maintaining individual artisan story content. Fair Trade Group Nepal and WFTO cooperative certification display is integrated into the homepage and product template. ##### Handicraft Export Houses Export houses managing large multi-category handicraft catalogues - pashmina alongside jewellery alongside thangka alongside felt goods - need a website that functions as a trade catalogue for international buyers rather than a retail shop. The product taxonomy must be navigable by product category, material, price range, and order quantity. Minimum order quantities and lead times for bulk production must be clear. Custom order specifications - colour, size, design variation - must be collectible through the product inquiry form. Trade buyer login for wholesale pricing and order history must be available. WebApp Nepal builds export house websites as B2B trade catalogues with retail inquiry capability - the design and functionality serving the trade buyer who is evaluating a supplier relationship, not only the individual buyer making a one-time purchase. #### Technical Requirements for Handicraft E-Commerce in Nepal ##### International Currency and Payment A Nepal handicraft website selling to international buyers must display prices in the buyer's currency - USD for North American and many international buyers, EUR for European buyers, GBP for UK buyers, JPY for Japanese buyers, AUD for Australian buyers - rather than only NPR. Currency switching by visitor location, using the buyer's IP address to set the default display currency, reduces the cognitive friction of price evaluation for international buyers who would otherwise need to calculate the conversion mentally. WebApp Nepal implements currency switching in WooCommerce through the Currency Switcher plugin configured with live exchange rate updates, and sets the display currency by visitor location without requiring manual selection from the buyer. Payment processing in USD, EUR, and GBP for international buyers is handled through PayPal and Stripe, both of which can be used by Nepal-based merchants with a verified business account. Stripe's availability in Nepal has expanded and requires a valid business registration. The Nepal domestic market is served by eSewa and Khalti alongside standard bank card options. ##### Product Variants and Custom Orders Handicraft products frequently have dimensions, colour, and specification variants that must be managed as product options rather than separate products. A Dhaka fabric producer offers the same weave pattern in twenty colour combinations - managing these as twenty separate products creates an unmanageable catalogue; managing them as one product with colour variant options is both simpler to administer and easier for the buyer to navigate. Similarly, a pashmina exporter offering shawls in both natural and dyed colourways needs variant management that shows the correct stock level and price for each variant. For custom commission products - where the buyer specifies dimensions, design choice, and finish - a product configuration form that captures these specifications and routes them to a quote request rather than an immediate checkout is the correct flow. WebApp Nepal builds handicraft product pages with WooCommerce's variation system for standard variants, and custom commission inquiry forms for products where the buyer's specification determines pricing. ##### SEO for International Handicraft Buyers The international buyer of Nepal handicraft searches in English. The queries they use are specific: "genuine Nepal pashmina shawl buy online", "Tibetan Buddhist thangka painting authentic", "Patan bronze statue Nepal", "handmade Lokta paper products Nepal", "Nepal felt bags wholesale". Each of these represents a buyer in a specific research stage with a specific product intent. WebApp Nepal builds handicraft websites with product page SEO structured around these international search queries: product titles that include the material, craft type, and Nepal origin; meta descriptions that communicate authenticity, artisan sourcing, and international shipping availability; structured data with Product schema markup including price in the buyer's likely currency, product condition, brand (artisan or cooperative name), and offers availability. Category page SEO targets broader queries from buyers in the research stage ("Nepal handicraft online shop", "authentic Nepal crafts"). The combination of product-level and category-level SEO builds organic traffic from international buyers actively searching for Nepal handicraft products. #### Handicraft Website Pricing in Nepal A custom handicraft website with up to fifty product listings, international payment integration (PayPal and Stripe alongside eSewa and Khalti), multi-currency display, artisan biography pages, and basic SEO structure ranges from NPR 1,20,000 to NPR 2,50,000. A larger handicraft e-commerce site with a catalogue of 200 or more products, custom product variant management, wholesale buyer login and trade pricing, commission inquiry workflow, and full international shipping integration ranges from NPR 2,50,000 to NPR 5,00,000. A cooperative or export house website with multi-vendor product attribution, artisan profile system, trade catalogue with MOQ and lead time display, and international B2B inquiry management ranges from NPR 3,50,000 to NPR 7,00,000. All projects include mobile-first design, product schema markup, Google Search Console setup, and thirty days of post-launch support. Photography direction and product photography services are available as a separately quoted add-on. #### Frequently Asked Questions: Handicraft Website Design in Nepal ##### How do Nepal handicraft businesses accept payment from international buyers online? Nepal handicraft businesses can accept international payments through PayPal and Stripe, both accessible to Nepal-registered businesses with verified merchant accounts. PayPal is widely trusted by buyers in Europe, North America, Australia, and Japan and allows payment in USD, EUR, GBP, and other major currencies without the buyer needing to convert to NPR. Stripe accepts card payments from international buyers and settles to a Nepal bank account. For domestic and diaspora buyers, eSewa and Khalti are integrated alongside international payment options. WebApp Nepal implements all of these payment methods within a single WooCommerce checkout, showing the buyer their preferred payment method based on their location, without requiring separate checkouts for domestic and international buyers. ##### What should a Nepal handicraft website show on the product page? A Nepal handicraft product page should show: multiple photographs (full view, detail close-ups, scale reference, in-use or in-context photograph), accurate dimensions and weight, material description with provenance information where relevant (fibre grade, natural versus synthetic dye, material origin), artisan or workshop attribution, production process note (handwoven, hand-cast, hand-painted), care and handling instructions, price in the buyer's currency with clear conversion or currency switch, shipping cost calculator or shipping policy link, estimated delivery time by region, customs and import duty note for major destination countries, and any certification or fair trade label the product or producer holds. For handmade items where each piece has slight natural variation, a note that the product is unique or one-of-a-kind and that minor variation from photographs is a characteristic of handmade craft builds rather than undermines buyer confidence. ##### Can WebApp Nepal build a handicraft website for a small artisan producer? Yes. Not every handicraft website needs to be a large catalogue. A single artisan or a small family workshop with ten to thirty signature products needs a website that presents those products at their true quality - with correct photography, clear material and provenance description, and international payment capability - more than it needs a feature-rich platform. WebApp Nepal builds focused handicraft websites for individual artisans and small workshops at a scale appropriate to the producer: a curated product page, an artisan biography and workshop story, international payment integration, and simple WooCommerce checkout. The investment for a small artisan website starts from NPR 80,000 and is recoverable quickly on international sales that bypass the middleman margin the artisan was previously accepting. ##### How does a Nepal handicraft website handle international shipping? International shipping for Nepal handicraft is handled primarily through DHL, FedEx, and Nepal Post EMS for international parcels. WebApp Nepal integrates shipping cost calculation into the WooCommerce checkout based on destination country and package weight, using either the courier's published rate tables or a flat-rate-by-region structure that is simpler for the buyer to understand. Shipping policy pages clarify the delivery timeline by region (typically 5–10 business days for DHL to Europe and North America, 10–20 days for EMS), the packing standard used for fragile items (bronze statuary, pottery), customs documentation practice, and the business's policy on packages lost or damaged in transit. Clear shipping information reduces pre-purchase inquiry volume and post-purchase complaints, both of which take significant time from small handicraft businesses managing operations alongside production. ##### What is GI certification for Nepal handicraft and how should it be displayed on a website? Geographic Indication (GI) certification is a legal protection granted to products that have a specific geographic origin and qualities, reputation, or characteristics attributable to that origin. Nepal has obtained GI status for Nepal Pashmina, Dhaka fabric from Palpa, and several other craft categories. A GI certification means that the product meets documented quality and origin standards and that its geographic origin claim is legally verifiable. On a handicraft website, GI certification should be displayed on the homepage and on product pages for the certified product category - not as a small logo in the footer but as a featured trust signal near the product name and price. The certification's meaning should be explained briefly for international buyers unfamiliar with Nepal's GI system: what it certifies, who certifies it, and why it matters relative to uncertified alternatives in the market. ##### How does WebApp Nepal approach photography direction for handicraft websites? Product photography for a handicraft website is the single highest-impact input the client provides. WebApp Nepal provides a photography brief for every handicraft project before photography begins: specific shot types required for each product category (full view, detail, scale reference, in-use or lifestyle), background and lighting requirements (neutral background for detail clarity, natural light for colour accuracy), equipment minimum (a recent smartphone with a good camera is acceptable for many products; professional photography is recommended for high-value thangka and jewellery), and post-processing guidance (colour calibration to match the physical product, minimal retouching that does not misrepresent texture). WebApp Nepal can recommend Nepal-based product photographers familiar with handicraft photography requirements for clients who need professional photography services. Projects can launch with the best available images and update the photography as professional shots are completed. ##### Can a Nepal handicraft cooperative manage multiple artisans' products on one website? Yes. WebApp Nepal builds multi-artisan product management for handicraft cooperatives - each artisan has a profile page and their products are attributed to them in the product catalogue. The cooperative's administrator manages the full catalogue from a single WordPress admin login, with products organised by artisan and by craft category. Inventory is tracked per artisan so that the cooperative's management committee can see each member's sales contribution. Order revenue attribution per artisan supports the cooperative's internal distribution calculation. The front-end buyer experience shows a unified catalogue with artisan attribution visible on each product card and a dedicated artisan profile page linked from each product, telling the buyer whose hands made the piece they are considering. ##### What SEO keywords do international handicraft buyers search in Nepal? International buyers searching for Nepal handicraft online use specific, material- and craft-type queries: "Nepal pashmina shawl buy online", "authentic Tibetan thangka painting", "Nepal bronze Buddha statue handmade", "handmade Lokta paper Nepal", "Nepal felt products wholesale", "Patan dhokra metal craft", "Nepal Dhaka fabric", "handmade silver jewellery Nepal", "Nepal woodcarving buy online", "fair trade Nepal handicraft". WebApp Nepal structures product and category pages around these specific search queries - not generic terms like "Nepal crafts" that have significant competition from aggregators and tourism boards - targeting buyers with high purchase intent who are comparing specific craft types and origins. Long-tail queries that include quality or origin specifics ("Grade A Nepal pashmina", "natural dye Dhaka weave") are lower competition and higher conversion rate because they attract buyers who have already decided what they want and are evaluating suppliers. ##### Does WebApp Nepal build handicraft websites with Nepali language content? Yes. For handicraft businesses selling to both domestic Nepali buyers and international buyers, bilingual English and Nepali website implementation is available. The international product catalogue and artisan storytelling are in English for international buyers. Domestic product pages and domestic promotions can be in Nepali for the growing domestic urban buyer market - Kathmandu's middle class purchasing handmade Nepali goods as gifts and home decoration. Bilingual implementation uses WordPress Polylang with hreflang tags so Google serves the correct language version to each audience. For cooperatives and artisan groups that primarily serve development sector buyers and NGO procurement - audiences that expect Nepali-language content - a primarily Devanagari website with English product export documentation is also a viable approach that WebApp Nepal builds. ##### How important is mobile design for a Nepal handicraft website? For international buyers, the split between desktop and mobile visits to e-commerce sites varies by market - European and North American buyers research on desktop and complete purchases on desktop more often than Nepal's domestic audience does. However, Nepal's own growing domestic buyer market and the diaspora community researching Nepal handicraft purchases are predominantly mobile users. Instagram and Facebook - the primary discovery channels for Nepal handicraft - drive mobile traffic to product pages. WhatsApp inquiry links generate mobile buyer contacts. WebApp Nepal designs handicraft websites mobile-first, ensuring that product photography displays correctly on small screens, the currency and payment selection works on mobile checkout, and the artisan biography content is readable on a 6.4-inch Android screen as well as a 27-inch desktop monitor. Mobile performance on Core Web Vitals is tested before launch - slow mobile load times cause bounce rates that defeat the purpose of driving Instagram traffic to the site. ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does a handicraft website cost in Nepal? A Nepal handicraft website with up to 50 products, international PayPal and Stripe payment, eSewa and Khalti for domestic buyers, multi-currency display, artisan biography pages, and SEO structure costs NPR 1,20,000–2,50,000. A larger site with 200+ products, wholesale buyer login, commission inquiry workflow, and full international shipping integration costs NPR 2,50,000–5,00,000. A cooperative or export house website with multi-artisan attribution and B2B trade catalogue costs NPR 3,50,000–7,00,000. ### Can Nepal handicraft businesses accept international payments online? Yes. Nepal-registered handicraft businesses can accept international payments through PayPal and Stripe, both accessible with verified Nepal merchant accounts. PayPal accepts payment in USD, EUR, GBP, and other major currencies. Stripe processes international card payments. For domestic and diaspora buyers, eSewa and Khalti are integrated alongside international options. WebApp Nepal implements all payment methods in a single WooCommerce checkout showing the buyer their preferred option based on location. ### What makes a good Nepal handicraft product page? A good Nepal handicraft product page includes: multiple photographs (full view, close-up detail, scale reference, in-context), accurate dimensions and weight, material description with provenance (fibre grade, natural dye, geographic origin), artisan attribution, production process note, care instructions, price in the buyer's currency, shipping cost or policy link, estimated delivery by region, customs note for major destinations, and any GI or fair trade certification the product holds. Handmade variation disclosure builds rather than undermines buyer confidence. ### How do Nepal handicraft websites handle international shipping? International shipping is handled through DHL, FedEx, and Nepal Post EMS. WebApp Nepal integrates shipping cost calculation by destination country and package weight into WooCommerce checkout. Shipping policy pages clarify delivery timelines by region (5–10 days DHL to Europe and North America, 10–20 days EMS), packing standard for fragile items, customs documentation approach, and the policy on lost or damaged international parcels. ### Does WebApp Nepal build websites for handicraft cooperatives? Yes. Cooperative handicraft websites include multi-artisan product attribution, individual artisan profile pages, a shared front-end product catalogue, inventory tracking per artisan member, and order revenue attribution for the cooperative's internal distribution calculation. Fair Trade Group Nepal and WFTO certification display is integrated into the homepage and product templates. ### What SEO keywords do international buyers use to find Nepal handicraft? International buyers search: 'Nepal pashmina shawl buy online', 'authentic Tibetan thangka painting', 'Nepal bronze Buddha statue handmade', 'handmade Lokta paper Nepal', 'Nepal felt products wholesale', 'Patan dhokra metal craft', 'fair trade Nepal handicraft', 'Nepal Dhaka fabric', 'Grade A Nepal pashmina'. WebApp Nepal structures product and category pages around these specific buyer-intent queries rather than generic terms with lower conversion rates. ### Can a small artisan producer afford a professional handicraft website in Nepal? Yes. A focused handicraft website for an individual artisan or small workshop - curated product page, artisan biography, international payment integration, and WooCommerce checkout - starts from NPR 80,000. The investment is recoverable quickly on international sales that bypass the middleman margin (typically 30–50%) the artisan was previously accepting by selling through aggregators or intermediaries. ### How should GI certification be displayed on a Nepal handicraft website? GI (Geographic Indication) certification should be displayed prominently on the homepage and on product pages for the certified category - near the product name and price, not buried in the footer. Its meaning should be explained briefly for international buyers: what it certifies, who issues it, and why it distinguishes the product from uncertified alternatives. Nepal has GI status for Nepal Pashmina, Palpa Dhaka fabric, and other categories. ### Can a Nepal handicraft website show prices in USD and EUR for international buyers? Yes. WebApp Nepal implements multi-currency display using WooCommerce Currency Switcher with live exchange rate updates. The display currency is set automatically by the buyer's location (USD for North America, EUR for Europe, GBP for UK, JPY for Japan) without requiring manual selection. Payment processing in USD and EUR is handled through PayPal and Stripe, with NPR for eSewa and Khalti domestic transactions. ### How does WebApp Nepal handle photography direction for handicraft websites? WebApp Nepal provides a photography brief before development begins: specific shot types per product category (full view, detail close-up, scale reference, lifestyle/in-use), background and lighting requirements, minimum equipment standard, and post-processing guidance for colour accuracy. Nepal-based product photographers familiar with handicraft photography are recommended for high-value thangka and jewellery. Projects can launch with available images while professional photography is completed.