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Blinkit Seller Commission: Fees, Chart and Calculator
The complete Blinkit seller commission breakdown with a live calculator: category rates, storage fees, GST and net payout per unit.
CalculatorsAmazon Profit Calculator: India Seller Fees and Margin
A free Amazon India profit calculator using real banded referral, closing and weight handling fees plus 18 percent GST. Every fee field editable.
MarketplacesAmazon Brand Registry Cost: What India Sellers Actually Pay
Amazon Brand Registry is free. The real cost is the trademark: Rs 4,500 to Rs 9,000 per class in India, as of July 2026. Full cost build-up inside.
The Weekly Ecommerce Ops Dashboard For India Teams
The 12 to 14 numbers an Indian ecommerce ops review should run on, who owns each, leading versus lagging, and how to stop it becoming a status call.
OperationsSOPs People Actually Follow: An India Ops Guide
How to write ecommerce SOPs people follow in India: what deserves one, the one-page floor format, photos over text, version control and audit impact.
OperationsAttrition In Indian Ecommerce Ops: The Real Cost
Warehouse attrition in India runs 50 to 80 percent a year. What replacing one picker really costs, why people leave, and the retention levers that work.
Operations LogisticsTraining Warehouse Staff In India: The First 30 Days
Warehouse training in India: a five-day week one plan, an accuracy certification gate, refresher cadence, peak hires and training hours that cut errors.
InternationalLanded Cost on Imports: Getting the Real Number
How to calculate true landed cost on imports into India: FOB versus CIF, BCD, SWS and IGST, port charges, and exchange rate movement.
India PlaybookSupplier Payment Terms as a Working Capital Lever
Advance versus net 30 versus net 60 in India, what early payment discounts annualise to, and what the MSME 45 day rule obliges buyers to do.
Operations LogisticsVendor Scorecards That Move Supplier Volume
A five metric vendor scorecard Indian brands can run on a spreadsheet, with weights, targets, a quarterly review agenda, and volume tied to the score.
OperationsNegotiating With Suppliers When You Are Still Small
How small Indian D2C brands negotiate with suppliers: where the leverage is, the cost breakdown to ask for, and escalation clauses that hold.
BrandCrisis Communication for Indian Consumer Brands
The first 48 hours when a food safety story breaks: who speaks, holding statements, listing decisions, regulator contact and refunds.
Quick CommerceDark Store Compliance Is Your Brand Risk
Your stock sits in a partner dark store you do not control. Contract terms, audit rights, stock retrieval and concentration risk for Indian brands.
Operations LogisticsProduct Recall Playbook for D2C Brands in India
How to run a food recall in India: recall versus withdrawal, batch scoping, FSSAI notification, marketplace retrieval, refunds and the real cost.
OperationsFood Safety Audit Readiness for Indian Brands
What an FSSAI or state FDA inspection actually checks, the findings that suspend a licence, and a self-audit checklist to run before a regulator does.
India PlaybookNutrition and Allergen Labelling for D2C Food
A practical guide to FSSAI nutrition panels, per-serve versus per-100g, allergen declaration, claims limits and matching your listing page to the pack.
OperationsChoosing a Co-Packer for Your Indian Food Brand
Licence checks, MOQ traps, recipe protection, per-unit cost build-up, batch consistency and second sourcing for Indian food brands using a co-packer.
StrategyCloud Kitchen vs Packaged Food: Picking a Model
Unit economics, capex, licensing, demand generation and reach compared for Indian founders choosing between a cloud kitchen and a packaged FMCG line.
OperationsPerishable Inventory Planning for Indian Food Brands
How shelf life gates on marketplaces and quick commerce shorten your sellable window, and how to size batches, time markdowns and budget write-offs.
Operations LogisticsFreight Cost Per Order: Build the True Number
Build a true freight cost per order including packaging, surcharges, COD fees and RTO, benchmark it against AOV, and catch cost drift before it compounds.
OperationsAddress Quality Is a Cost Centre, Not a Form Field
Why Indian addresses break geocoding, which fields predict a failed delivery, and what a clean address pipeline saves in reattempts and RTO cost.
Operations LogisticsDelivery Promise Dates That Hold Up in India
How checkout delivery dates are calculated in India, what accuracy does to conversion and support tickets, and how to report on-time delivery honestly.
Operations LogisticsLine Haul and Zone Skipping for Indian Ecommerce
How line haul and zone skipping work in India, the parcel volume where they start paying, and how to model the saving against an aggregator rate.
GrowthHow Indian Brands Get Cited by AI Assistants
What makes an AI assistant cite your brand: extractable content shape, original data, consistent entity signals, crawler access, and how to check.
BrandZero-Click Search: A Brand Strategy for India
Searches that never produce a visit still build brands. How to win the answer, track branded search growth, and stop reporting on sessions alone.
D2CEcommerce Structured Data That Earns Rich Results
Product, Offer, AggregateRating, Breadcrumb and Organization markup for Indian ecommerce: required fields, real rich results, and honest limits.
Data AnalyticsWhat AI Overviews Do to Your Click-Through Rate
AI Overviews cut clicks without cutting rankings. How to isolate the damage in Search Console and pick the pages worth defending.
D2CClick and Collect for Indian D2C Brands
What click and collect saves on last mile in India, the pickup rate to expect, how to handle uncollected orders, and the attach rate that makes it pay.
StrategySelling Refurbished Stock as a Channel in India
Grading standards, refurbished labelling and GST rules, pricing against new, warranty on refurb units, and channel choice that avoids cannibalisation.
Operations LogisticsSpare Parts and Repair Networks in India
How Indian durable goods brands plan spare parts stocking, choose service partners or in-house repair, set turnaround, and prepare for right to repair.
OperationsWarranty Policy for D2C Brands in India
How Indian D2C brands set a warranty term, provision for claims under Ind AS 37, and handle proof of purchase on marketplace orders.
GrowthCorporate Gifting as a Channel for Indian Brands
Corporate and bulk gifting as a channel for Indian brands: festive seasonality, customisation cost, margin versus retail, payment terms and GST on gifts.
India PlaybookSelling on GeM: A Guide for Indian Brands
How to sell on GeM: seller registration, catalogue rules, reverse auctions, MSE and Make in India preference, and the real payment timelines.
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