Notes from
the floor.
What we are learning operating Indian commerce, written for the people who have to make the call. No thought-leadership filler.
The Monthly Account Health Audit Every Serious Seller Should Run
Most suspensions are not surprises. They are policy drift nobody audited. A fixed monthly review catches the slide, including post-GST-2.0 tax-code drift.
GrowthTurning reviews and ratings into a moat
Platforms are blocking fake reviews at scale and Indian regulators are tightening the rules. Here is how to build ratings into a real moat.
InternationalWhat global brands get wrong about entering India
India is not a market you adapt to. It is a market you operate in, and the difference shows up in your first year.
OperationsWhy availability, not ads, is your real growth lever
The most underrated growth lever in Indian quick commerce is boring: stay in stock, because availability is a ranking signal, not just an ops metric.
D2CThe D2C playbook flipped: distribution beats the website
The moat was never the Shopify store. It was being on the shelf where demand already lives, even as platform fees climb.
StrategyQuick commerce is not a grocery channel anymore
Quick commerce is now where beauty, gifting and electronics get defined. Filing it under groceries hands the shelf to whoever does not.
Quick CommerceHow to win the Blinkit shelf in your first 90 days
Going live is the easy part. Here is the 90-day operating cadence that turns a fresh Blinkit listing into a defendable category position in 2026.
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