Ecommerce in India: what is happening, tools and numbers

Ecommerce insights for Indian product teams, with the latest news, the tools teams use, the numbers and the free templates, on one page.

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What is happening in ecommerce in India

Cart Abandonment: The 7-Step Recovery. Checkout Conversion Playbook. COD to Prepaid.

Briefs first, then our newest pages on the topic.

All Ecommerce articles

E-Commerce Amendment Rules 2026: what apps and sellers must change

Updated 1 November 2026

ONDC seller onboarding: how to sell on ONDC in India

Updated 1 November 2026

WhatsApp Commerce for D2C Brands: The Complete India Playbook

D2C Growth · 12 min read

D2C Retention Playbook: How India's Best Brands Keep Customers Coming Back

February 2026 • 9 min read

COD to Prepaid Conversion Strategies

10 min read

Cart Abandonment: The 7-Step Recovery System

10 min read

Checkout Conversion Playbook

10 min read

Loyalty Program Design for Indian Consumers

10 min read

Product Discovery UX for Indian E-Commerce

10 min read

Quick Commerce UX: Designing for 10-Minute Delivery

10 min read

Repeat Purchase Optimization

10 min read

Reviews & Social Proof: Building Trust at Scale

10 min read

India E-Commerce Market 2026

Quick commerce, D2C, market data · 12 min read

Swiggy's Rs 922 Cr loss and Instamart's inventory switch for builders

26 October 2026 • 5 min read

Blinkit's Q2 FY27 numbers and what D2C brands should take from them

26 October 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Commerce Product Metrics: The KPIs That Matter for 10-Minute Delivery

February 2026 • 8 min read

India E-commerce Trends 2026: What Product Teams Need to Know

February 2026 • 9 min read

Returns Experience as Growth Lever for Indian E-commerce

March 2026 • 11 min read

Social Commerce in India: The 2026 Playbook for Brands

February 2026 • 8 min read

Marketplace Growth Strategies

10 min read

Dark Store Location Algorithms: Quick Commerce Optimization

E-commerce · 12 min read

E-commerce Personalization: Algorithms and Real-Time Recommendation Engines

June 2026 • 9 min read

COD to Prepaid: Designing Frictionless Payment Incentive Screens at Checkout

July 1, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Cart Abandonment: Designing Highly Personalized WhatsApp Sequences that Convert

July 1, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Micro-Fulfillment Center (MFC) Telemetry: Optimizing Inventory Packing Benchmarks

July 1, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Vernacular E-Grocery Interfaces: Scaling Order Counts for Non-English Shoppers

July 1, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Returns Optimization: Smart RTO (Return to Origin) Risk Assessment APIs

July 1, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Gamified Referral Loops: Driving Group Buying Behavior in Tier-2+ Cities

July 1, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Hyperlocal Delivery: Telemetry-Driven Routes for Micro-Fulfillment Center Picking Loops

July 2, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Cash-on-Delivery RTO: Building Predictive Machine Learning Scorecards at Checkout

July 2, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Community E-Grocery: Structuring Group Buying and Shared Bulk Delivery Discounts

July 2, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Conversational Commerce: Driving End-to-End Cart Checkout inside WhatsApp Nodes

July 2, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Trade-in Diagnostics: Automating Grading and Valuation Metrics for Device Buybacks

July 2, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

E-commerce Loyalty: Gamified Streaks and Daily Reward Points for Consumer Apps

July 2, 2026 · E-commerce · 8 min read

Top Ecommerce tools

Templates, checklists and playbooks

The whole library

Numbers

All numbers pages

Prompts

All prompts

Questions on ecommerce in India

What is happening in ecommerce in India right now?

Cart Abandonment: The 7-Step Recovery. Checkout Conversion Playbook. COD to Prepaid. These come from our newest pages; the news feed above refreshes each morning.

Which Ecommerce articles should I read first?

Start with Quick Commerce Metrics, India E-Commerce Market 2026 and D2C Retention Playbook. The full list of 34 articles is further down this page.

Which tools do teams use for ecommerce in India?

The tools we list most for this industry are Klaviyo, Google Analytics 4, Wix and Zoko. Each page has the price in rupees and when it was checked.

Where are the numbers for ecommerce in India?

Our numbers pages for this industry: How many two-wheelers are sold in India each month? (2026), How big is the social commerce market in India? (2026) and How big is the quick commerce market in India? (2026). Each shows the figure, the date and the source.

Are there free templates, checklists or prompts for ecommerce in India?

Yes: Quick Commerce Metrics Glossary, Growth Checklist and Prompt to plan a D2C launch on quick commerce. All free; the rest of the library is at /resources/ and /prompts/.

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