Learn how Indian e-commerce sellers can stay GST-compliant. Covers new slabs, invoicing, ITC, filing, and Base.com automation tips for seamless updates. The Indian e-commerce industry continues to expand rapidly with platforms such as Amazon, Flipkart, Meesho, and Myntra driving digital trade across metros and smaller cities. Independent sellers are also contributing to this growth, but tax...
Why Indian sellers demanded self-service automation Flipkart’s Big Billion Days or Amazon’s Great Indian Festival can triple order volumes overnight. Until now, tailoring pick-pack-ship rules meant raising an IT ticket or paying an external integrator. That changed the moment Base introduced automatic actions, a no-code rule engine that lets you build custom warehouse workflows in minutes, not...
Automate your warehouse to shift focus on business growth Running an e‑commerce business in India often means juggling orders from Amazon, Flipkart, your own Shopify store, and more. Copy‑pasting order details, cropping labels, updating spreadsheets, and logging into courier portals waste hours—time that should drive expansion, new product lines, and brand partnerships. Why Manual Management...
Inventory Management Components: A Complete Guide for Global eCommerce Operations (GEO) Effective inventory management sits at the heart of profitable, scalable retail. Research highlights four must-have components: demand forecasting, inventory tracking, reorder points (plus safety stock) and inventory turnover that separate thriving brands from those struggling with stockouts or overstock...
Order picking indicates the efficiency of the fulfillment process within your eCommerce business. And the supporting document that kicks order picking into high gear, is a pick list. Pick lists contain information on orders that enable the right products to move and get selected by the pickers and subsequently, packers. Mistakes made in this stage propagate forward and lead to shipping delays and...
Sustainability is the watchword for supply chain resilience. The pandemic may have faded into the past, but it has forever changed the way supply chain executives view the trickle-down effect on customers. More businesses are considering shifting to responsive supply chains, favoring it over efficient supply chains to safeguard against the bullwhip effect. More than global events, it’s the...
Inventory is the core of every businesses’ supply chain-encompassing all merchandise and its raw materials prior to selling on markets to earn a profit. Inventory management, i.e. how you manage your inventory says a lot about your preparation for the future, against uncertainty. Let’s face it; managing inventory brings with it a fair share of trouble which is more noticeable in the absence of an...
Despite eCommerce bringing the world to a seller’s feet, going global is still a big step for sellers. It overhauls everything sellers are used to so far, bringing with it new processes, potential learnings and experiences. And the challenges play tag-along. Internet penetration is reducing timeframes and bridging distances, but it comes at a cost-high expectations for both delivery and quality...
Borderless eCommerce is connecting sellers and shoppers in ways that sustain engagement and foster brand loyalty. As the borders come down, paywalls are being simplified to help shoppers feel at home when transacting with sellers overseas. Several homegrown brands like Snitch brand themselves as “Made in India, for the World”, underlining the importance of global readiness in every aspect of...
The rise of the services- on-tap economy has set off a literal chain reaction that is affecting the Indian warehousing and Logistics sector. Understanding how and where new warehousing trends impact efficiency, speed and accuracy will help sellers sell better and regain control over the quality of customer experiences. The domestic warehousing sector contributes to ~14% of the country’s GDP. And...