How can a B2B startup pitch custom pricing models to Indian merchant partners?
Replied bySaahil Goel
Co-founder & CEO at Shiprocket
Niche: eCommerce
Revenue: Approx. $16 Million/month
Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India
Started: 2012
Indian merchants are very transactional and cost-sensitive. The only framework that works is proving you can make them twenty thousand rupees if they pay you five thousand. If your product is a vitamin that just makes things look better, rather than a painkiller that saves money, it will not sell.
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