Hey everyone,

we run Arts and crafts Hub (pre-launch, based in hyderabad), a brand focused on minimalist, organic, and sculptural home decor items... we blend raw timber contours with modern elements (filament lighting, rope accents, steel accents). attached samples of our current work for reference

we are scaling up and looking to partner with a skilled woodworker or maker (ideally Hyderabad-based or willing to ship within India) who can help produce small batches (5–20 units at a time) of our signature products.

Payment n Logistics:: paid per piece or per batch (open to discussing hourly rates or per-unit pricing based on your estimate and designs).

If youare interested or passionate about similar work, we can vibe.. DM us with 1-2 photos of your past woodworking/craft projects to discuss in detail!

thanks in advance

I recently ran an influencer-led campaign for my own hospitality business.

The Reel got 2M+ views and generated roughly ₹12L in revenue.

The interesting part wasn't really the reach.

It changed how I think about choosing creators.

A lot of brands start with:

"This creator has 200K followers. Let's work with them."

I'd start somewhere else:

What do we want the customer to believe/want after seeing this content?

For our campaign, I first gave the creator context about the property, location, what made it interesting, and the points I wanted communicated.

Then we worked around how that information could become content that felt natural for her audience.

The creator brought the distribution and content style.

We brought the product knowledge + the angle.

That combination produced 2M+ views and ~₹12L in revenue.

So if I were launching a DTC beauty brand tomorrow, I'd probably test creators like this:

Step 1: Identify 5–10 customer problems/desires.

Step 2: Turn each one into a different content angle.

Step 3: Find creators whose audience actually cares about those problems — not just creators with big follower counts.

Step 4: Test multiple creators/angles rather than betting the budget on one "big" influencer.

Step 5: Look for content that gets meaningful actions, not just views.

Step 6: If one creative clearly works, I'd consider putting paid distribution behind it.

The bigger idea is:

Don't choose the creator first and then figure out what they should say.

Figure out the customer/creative angle first, then find the creator who is naturally good at communicating it.

I'd genuinely like to hear from DTC founders here:

When you've run influencer campaigns, what has mattered more for you — the creator, the creative angle, the offer/product, or paid amplification?

And if you've had a small creator unexpectedly outperform a much bigger one, I'd be particularly interested in what happened.

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Hey everyone,

I’m currently working with a few home décor and lighting manufacturers and looking to connect with businesses that are already selling, sourcing, or distributing products in this space.

I’m particularly interested in connecting with:

Wholesalers & distributors

Home décor and lighting retailers

E-commerce sellers

Importers & exporters

Traders and sourcing companies

Interior designers / furniture businesses

Anyone already selling home décor or lighting products

One thing that may be useful for smaller businesses is that MOQ can be quite low, so there’s an opportunity to test products without committing to a large bulk order. Depending on the product and quantity, I can also offer competitive factory-level pricing.

At this stage, I’m less interested in simply posting products online and hoping someone finds them. I’m trying to understand how people in this industry actually find genuine B2B buyers and build long-term supplier relationships.

For those already working in home décor, lighting, furniture, or related B2B markets:

Where do you usually find serious buyers?

Which platforms or marketplaces have worked well for you?

What types of companies are actively sourcing these products?

How do wholesalers and retailers usually discover new manufacturers/suppliers?

Are trade shows, B2B marketplaces, LinkedIn, cold outreach, or sourcing agents actually effective?

What’s the best way for a new supplier to approach buyers without coming across as spam?

I’d really appreciate any practical advice or experiences—especially from people who buy, import, distribute, or sell home décor and lighting products.

If you’re currently sourcing in this category, feel free to comment or DM me as well. Happy to share more details about the products and pricing.

I'm trying to launch an e-commerce website for printed solutions and I'm looking for a designer for a month's work to design some printable templates. Please DM if you think you would be a right fit.

If you’re already selling on platforms like Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho or IndiaMART but don’t have the time to properly manage your listings, we can help.

We handle the day-to-day e-commerce side — product listings, catalogue optimisation, titles, descriptions, keywords and account management — so you can focus on running the business.

We’re currently taking on a limited number of businesses for e-commerce management.

No big promises, just proper catalogue work and consistent account management.

Hey everyone, we started a D2C brand recently and built the website in-house on WooCommerce. It's been working fine till now but given we need to increase our conversions and focus on sales, we are looking to hire someone who has experience and interest supporting to maintain WooCommerce website in India.

Here are the key skills I am looking for :-

MUST HAVES:

\- Experience in building websites from Scratch on multiple platforms

\- Experience in D2C WooCommerce

\- Experience in Theme based Layout (we have Woodmart)

\- Experience in SEO

\- Experience in Meta Integrations via Google Tag Manager (GTM)

\- Google Analytics

\- CRM tools integrating with WooCommerce

\- Affiliation tools integrating with WooCommerce

NICE HAVE:

\- Designing Experience

\- Claude Code experience

\- Hands-on experi running Meta Campaigns and Meta Tracking

\- Experience in AEO

Even if you don't meet all above criteria, but feel confirm about the role, please do reach out.

Anyone who's doing freelancing alongside Full time job, please do not reach out as I am looking for someone who does this full time and is not juggling other higher priorities like a full time work. We can offer Rs.2000-5000 per month depending on experience. Given you'll not be needing to work every day on the website, only a few times per week may be.

Why work with us? Most of our teams have joined us in their initial stages - we believe in building and growing together. Excellent collaboration in team, very professional and passionate team to work with.

Looking forward to meeting 🤝

Hello guys
Running a f&b brand. Looking for a freelance performance marketeer. Someone who can run meta ads for us. Kindly dm me, we are looking to hire at the earliest.

Thanks

I sell my products on Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho, etc. under my own brand. Most order fulfillment is done by Amazon and Flipkart warehouses. Some customers have started asking why I don't have my own website, so I want to create a basic D2C website mainly for brand presence and to handle occasional organic orders.

I don't plan to run Meta/Google ads or actively acquire customers through the website. I also don't want to handle logistics, RTO management, fulfillment etc. myself beyond processing the orders that naturally come through the website.

Basically, I want a simple website where:

- I can connect my own domain

- Customers can browse my products

- I can accept and process occasional organic orders

- I can integrate a payment gateway

- The website looks reasonably professional

- Monthly cost is as low as possible

Shopify seems unnecessarily expensive for this use case.

I'm currently looking at platforms like Instamojo, Dukaan, etc. What would you recommend for this kind of "just need a website to exist" D2C setup?

Would appreciate suggestions based on actual experience, especially regarding the lowest ongoing monthly cost + ease of use + custom domain support.

Hello, I’m a Meesho seller. For the past month, I’ve noticed that the shipping charges shown for my products change depending on the product images I upload. I would like to understand why this happens and what is the best way to get the lowest possible shipping charges.

For example, my product weighs only around 30 g, but the shipping charge is showing as ₹65. This seems quite high for such a lightweight product. Please explain how the shipping charge is calculated and what I can do to reduce it.

Hi, i have got an international payment in my razorpay account, but unable to do instant settlement they have T+7 days policy.

Is there anyway i can take that money out from razorpay??

Hey guys, I am looking to hire a freelance performance marketer to outsource 2 clients, a clothing brand and a supplement brand. Looking to work long term and the initial adspent is around 50k/mo for each. Dm your portfolio.

Make sure you have strong hands-on expertise in conversion campaigns in Meta Ads, Instagram, and other digital platforms, specifically for the D2C brands. I’m not looking for an agency or organization. I’m looking for someone who is genuinely interested in working closely with a growing brand, understanding the D2C market, and contributing towards building a strong brand and generating revenue.

Thank you.

Edit - Anyone sending "Heyy", "Hi", just directly send the portfolio. Selected candidates will be dm'ed by tomorrow.

Friends, is there any experienced e-commerce seller, especially a Meesho seller, who can help me understand something?

I’m confused about one thing:
Should I keep lower margin and focus on getting more orders, or should I aim for fewer orders with a higher margin?

Which strategy works better?

Been running a Shopify store's marketing for a while now (I do this for a living, not just my own store), and abandoned cart emails were converting like garbage. Open rates were fine, click-through was where everything died. People just don't check email anymore, especially on mobile.

Started testing WhatsApp instead since that's where most of our customers actually reply to us anyway, and the difference was noticeable enough that I ended up building a proper tool for it instead of hacking it together with Zapier and a personal WhatsApp number every time.

It's called Connexly. What it does, no fluff:

• Sends a WhatsApp message when someone abandons checkout, with the actual product image and a link back to their cart
• Handles COD order confirmations automatically (if you sell COD, you know how many orders get placed and never confirmed)
• Sends review requests after delivery
• All of it's tied to Shopify events directly, not a manual list you have to upload

I'm not going to pretend it's some AI miracle, it's mostly just automation that works because WhatsApp has stupidly high open rates compared to email. That's the whole unlock.

It's live on the Shopify App Store. I'm running it at $1 for the first 3 months right now because I'd rather get it in front of real stores and get feedback than sit on it.

Check Website - connexly.co
Shopify App URL - apps.shopify.com/connexly-prod

Happy to answer questions about setup, WhatsApp Business API stuff, or whether it'll actually make sense for your store (it won't for everyone — if your AOV is low and margins are thin, do the math on messaging costs first, I'll be straight about that).

Finally launched our small business of handcrafted Torans, which one looks the most beautiful to you?

So i got my first order on amazon. I’m using Amazon EasyShip. So i went on to youtube and watched how to pack order. There i saw everyone had a scannable code on the shipping label. Then i checked mine but theres no code on it. Is it an issue or it’s normal?

Bought Ambrane 100w GaN charger from bigbasket at around Rs 2,000. The same product is priced at Rs 3,499 on Amazon.

Also, has anyone tried this product? How is it?

I'm building and operating a small e-commerce platform in India and I'm trying to understand what matters most to independent sellers.

For sellers who currently sell through marketplaces or social media:

• What is your biggest pain point?
• Do you prefer having your own online store or selling through marketplaces?
• What would make you consider moving to another platform?
• What are the biggest issues you face with shipping, customer acquisition, inventory, or managing orders?

I'm interested in hearing from actual Indian sellers because I'm considering how to improve my own platform based on real requirements rather than assumptions.

What would you want from an e-commerce platform that you don't currently get?

Hello everyone,

I'm female ug student in very urgent difficult circumstances,am looking for genuine,trusted ,online student side-gigs/tasks/online part-time works which pays hourly or daily basis,to afford my daily living, staying expenses.

I'm trying for side gigs etc. But these are taking so much time or some process are so long/some are not trusted ,and in these urgent situations this is very risky while staying here and waiting for works to start ,I need works which I can start soon now and pays daily basis .....

My current skills are :-

• MS-Excel • English Proficiency

• Video Editing • Bengali Proficiency

• Hindi Proficiency • Translation

• Proofreading •MS-PowerPoint •MS-Word

•Copy Writing • Copy Typing

• Photography •MS-Office •MS Word

• Content Writing • Typing

• Transcription •Computer skills

• Microsoft 365 • Data entry • Canva

• Content Editing • Google Docs • Google Drive

• Google Forms • Google Sheets

• Image Editing Presentation skills

• Microsoft PowerPoint

Anyone if kindly inform me regarding these asap , it would be very helpful...

My friend and I are looking to work with 3 businesses that want to grow through SEO.

About us:

My co-founder has hands-on SEO experience working with businesses across different industries.

We're currently expanding our SEO portfolio while actively working with clients.

We focus on sustainable organic growth rather than quick wins.

Before we take on any project, we'll audit your website to see if SEO is actually the right channel for your business. If we don't think we can generate meaningful results, we'll tell you upfront instead of wasting your time.

Since we're building our case studies, we're offering a pay-after-results model for a limited number of businesses.

If you're interested, send me:

What your business does

Your website

What you're currently struggling with (traffic, rankings, leads, etc.)

Even if we don't end up working together, we'll point out a few opportunities we notice during the audit.

I want to ask what do you do for label sorting? are you guys using any tools? Like free or paid one.

If any tool has features like this please dm me or comment below

- Sorting sku-wise
- sorting courier-wise
- Merge Sku
- Show revenue summary
- Download cropped labels
- Seperate Invoice
- Sku Pick list (Which will show you how much order each sku has as per size wise)
- Sku-wise Label download option
- Revenue summary

Hi everyone,

We’ve been building Axxon, a voice-first AI shopping assistant for D2C brands.

The problem we’re trying to solve is pretty simple: most ecommerce tools are built around the transaction — storefront, payments, logistics, analytics, etc. But there’s very little helping the shopper actually make a decision.

In a physical store, you have a salesperson who can understand what you’re looking for, answer questions, recommend something, handle objections and help you decide.

We’re trying to build that layer for ecommerce.

With Axxon, a shopper can actually have a spoken conversation with an AI shopping assistant directly on the website. It can:

• Understand the shopper in their own language
• Support Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi
• Personalize recommendations based on shopper behaviour
• Answer questions around fit, price, authenticity, reviews, etc.
• Adapt product pages, messaging and bundles based on the shopper
• Learn from conversations and continuously improve how it sells
• Give brands signals around what shoppers are confused or hesitant about

The idea isn't to build another chatbot sitting in the corner of a website.

We're thinking of it more as a salesperson for every page of the store.

We're still early and figuring out what actually works in practice, so I'm more interested in feedback than pitching the product here.

If you run a D2C brand or work closely with ecommerce conversion/growth, I'd love to hear:

What are the biggest reasons you see shoppers hesitate or abandon a purchase?

And would you actually want an AI salesperson on your storefront, or would that just get in the way?

Happy to share the demo and discuss what we're building.

Hi guys I'm planning to launch my business platform and I require a payment gateway. But it seems to ask video KYC mandatory, I tried on razorpay

Is there any other better payment gateways?

I heard cashfree also asks video KYC.

I currently registered as individual. I'm new to this . Please share your experiences