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The Government of India put logistics cost at 7.97% of GDP in September 2025 and disowned the 13-14% figure everyone still quotes. A build guide to the e-way bill APIs, ePOD evidence rules and routing costs behind
Launching your own ordering app reclassifies you under FSSAI as an e-commerce food business operator, at a Rs 7,500 central licence with no turnover threshold. The CCI price-parity case, the POS integration work
India's online retail reached roughly $80 billion in FY26 and UPI carried 241.6 billion transactions in FY2025-26. What an ecommerce app build actually involves now, from payment rails to the DPDP and app store
A two-sided marketplace is not an ecommerce app with extra tables. Split settlements, GST collection at source, state-wise registration and grievance display all land in the architecture on day one.
ONDC has recorded 83,864,322 retail orders across 862 districts and 167,468 sellers, with Gurugram the top district. Here is what an India-ready POS and omnichannel build involves in 2026, and the deadlines that decide
India retail changed shape in 2026: quick commerce runs the cities, ONDC undercuts marketplace commissions, and AI moves from pilot to inventory. Here are the numbers, the channel trade-offs, and the tech decisions D2C
Swiggy and Zomato take 18-30% per order and keep your customer data. This 2026 guide covers building a direct restaurant or cloud kitchen app, POS and kitchen-display integration, delivery, and ONDC at 3-5%, and how
Every agency quotes a build price for a logistics app. Almost nobody quotes the running cost, which is where these products bleed. The real 2026 numbers, from Google's own India price list.
ONDC now spans more than 3 lakh sellers and 400+ cities, with commission ceilings near 3% against the 15-25% marketplaces charge. Here is what that scale means for a D2C brand, how to get on the network, and where it
ONDC and quick commerce pull a D2C brand in opposite directions: near-3% commission and open reach versus 10-minute delivery at 18-35% fees. Here is how to choose between them in 2026, by category, margin, and goal
Discounting is a race to the bottom. Here are seven retail and D2C technology plays Indian brands can run in 2026 — from AI on WhatsApp and ONDC to credit-on-UPI, retail media and RTO reduction — each with the 2026 data
Quick commerce takes an 18-35% commission and small D2C brands rarely beat a 1.2x ROAS on it. With India's D2C market projected to reach $60 billion by FY27, here are six growth plays that build durable, higher-margin
India's quick commerce is a near-$7 billion channel in 2026, led by Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy Instamart. A 2026 playbook for D2C founders on choosing the storefront, OMS, dark-store, last-mile, and ONDC stack.
India's quick commerce is led by Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto, while ONDC cuts take rates to about 3%. Here are 5 D2C tech plays, from dark-store SKU strategy to AI forecasting and first-party data, for 2026.
Indian D2C brands now sell across their own site, marketplaces, quick commerce, and ONDC at once. Here are eight tech decisions that make an ONDC-ready stack work and stay profitable in 2026.
Quick commerce now sets the pace for Indian retail, but its 18 to 35% commissions can quietly kill a D2C margin. Here are nine practical playbooks for 2026 founders, covering channel mix, dark stores, ONDC, pricing
