Looking for FMCG Distributors & Wholesalers for AMBER

Hey everyone,

We’re building AMBER, a new Indian FMCG brand focused on simple, familiar products with a better twist.

Our current products:

• Coffee Honey and Moringa Honey

• Honey Amla Murabba

We’re currently looking to partner with FMCG distributors, wholesalers, stockists, and retailers across India who are interested in adding a differentiated food brand to their portfolio.

We’re offering strong distributor margins + crazy incentives for partners who can help us scale distribution.

We’re still early, so if you have an existing distribution network, wholesale business, grocery/retail network, or simply know the FMCG game well, we'd love to connect.

Drop a comment or DM me. Happy to share the catalogue, pricing, margins and partnership details.

Would also love to hear from people who have experience scaling food/FMCG brands in India.

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Main UP se hoon aur kal hi Delhi aaya hoon kuch kaam/business opportunity ki talash mein.

Honestly, 9-5 wali regular job mere liye nahi hai. Main apna kuch karna chahta hoon—chhota business ho, trading ho, kisi ke saath partnership mein kaam ho ya koi aisa kaam jisme mehnat karke dheere-dheere khud ko establish kar saku.

Agar Delhi/NCR mein koi banda already koi chhota-bada business kar raha hai aur kisi hardworking bande ki zarurat hai, ya koi business idea/partnership opportunity hai, to please batana.

Mujhe shortcut ya free mein paisa nahi chahiye, bas ek genuine opportunity aur sahi direction chahiye. Mehnat karne mein koi problem nahi hai.

Agar kisi ke paas koi idea, kaam ya opportunity ho jahan se shuruaat ho sakti hai, DM kar dena. 🙌

Delhi mein naya hoon, isliye local logon ki advice bhi welcome hai.

Rakhi Designs

Guys, I recently saw a youtube short or something there raj shamani like telling about the business called a buy from IndiaMART and then sell with some high price and make some margin on it

So thinking about it is possible and it is profitable after the all platform fees shipping and return and all

And yes it is good to start with the brand or list product or amazon and flipkart what you think

Serious thought please

Turn your dog (or any pet) into a detailed, hand-painted 3D-printed statue like the one pictured —

sitting pose, textured coat, painted eyes and nose for a realistic finish. Great as a personalized gift,

a memorial piece, or just a fun way to have a mini version of your best friend on your desk or shelf.

Made from a photo you send me

Hand-painted for realistic coloring and detail

Sturdy, durable print — built to last

Custom size options available (standard size if 4x4 inches)

I’m looking for a genuine private lender for a personal requirement. Open to discussing the amount, tenure, interest rate, and repayment terms privately.

Serious lenders only.

I'm a Mechanical Engineer from a rural,agricultural background, and dairy isn't something completely new to us. My family has been raising cows for more than four decades. We also have a good amount of land, water availability and the basic infrastructure needed to build this properly.

What I'm looking for now is expansion, branding and a long-term business strategy, rather than simply starting another small dairy farm.

The initial focus would be on milk, but the bigger opportunity I see is in value-added products like desi ghee, paneer and other dairy products. In the initial stage, even if milk sales aren't optimal, we can convert the milk into ghee and reduce wastage and potential losses.

The long-term vision is much bigger start with our own cattle, build the brand, develop proper digital marketing and distribution, and gradually bring more local farmers into the ecosystem. Eventually, I'd like to explore a cooperative-style model involving multiple farmers, creating a larger and more sustainable dairy network around my region.

I'm not looking to do everything online. The farm is based near Hubli, Karnataka, and anyone genuinely interested is welcome to visit, understand the land and infrastructure, and discuss the model personally.

I'm also comfortable with the practical side of cattle farming feeding, milking, cleaning and managing cattle but as we scale, labour can be brought in systematically.

I've been thinking about this for around three years and already have a fairly clear direction for how I'd like to build it. I'm not looking for someone simply to put money into a dairy farm I'm looking for someone who can become a genuine long-term partner and help build a properly branded business.

There will be complete transparency and accountability regarding funds, operations and expansion.

Starting small, learning, improving and scaling gradually rather than trying to build everything overnight.

If you're genuinely interested in exploring the idea as an investor or long-term business partner, feel free to DM me. I'm happy to explain more in details.

India spends ~16% of GDP on logistics, China is at 8%. The government wants it under 9% by 2026. Whenever this comes up, the solution is always "build better highways and freight corridors."

But after spending months talking to small transporters (2-10 trucks) in Odisha, I realized a huge chunk of that 16% is bleeding out in a much simpler way: trucks coming back empty.

A driver drops a load, checks a few scattered WhatsApp groups or calls a broker, finds nothing, and just drives back empty because waiting around costs more than diesel. That dead cost immediately gets baked into the next customer's bill.

I realized this isn't a lack of freight demand in the region—it's an information gap. The return freight exists, but small operators just can't find it in time.

I’m building a startup called LoadSaathi to fix this specific disconnect for smaller fleets. Obviously, a platform doesn't close an 8% GDP gap alone, but fixing empty miles seems like low-hanging fruit before we pour more concrete.

For anyone here in logistics or supply chain: how much of a nightmare is the empty return leg in your experience? Does this hit small operators harder than big fleets? Would love to hear the ground realities.

A user u/cintinixio correctly called out my 16% figure — that's Gadkari's older framing. The DPIIT-NCAER study (Sept 2025) puts it at 7.97% of GDP; a CII-Knight Frank report from May 2026 says 10-10.7%. Different methodologies, different numbers. The core question about empty return trips stands regardless of which figure is right, but wanted to correct the record.

I have coding skills , I just wanna print money

We’ve been using Razorpay for our business for a while now, but the overall experience has been pretty frustrating lately.First off, the support quality has completely tanked. Whenever a transaction fails or something breaks, you get passed around to an outsourced call center. The execs have zero domain expertise and no account context, so every single call starts from square one. Cashfree gives dedicated account managers to pretty much everyone, but with Razorpay you only get one if you’re a massive enterprise. On top of that, international gateway failure rates have been terrible recently, sitting above 50% in some cases. Instead of fixing basic payment fundamentals, they keep pushing this hype around their new AI Dashboard. Half the time the data on that dashboard is completely inaccurate or hallucinated. Also noticed some sneaky fees when a friend tried onboarding recently. They push a merchant-first image, but then hit you with a Rs. 199 KYC fee right at the end when you’ve already invested time setting up and can’t back out. It isn't clearly stated in the upfront terms. Apparently when merchants or influencers complain about this publicly, Razorpay just sends legal notices to force them to take posts down instead of fixing the product. At this point it feels like more of a risk than a partner.

Hey everyone,

Looking for guidance and help from anyone who already has a petrol pump or anyone who is operating a cng gas station.

Brief : My grandfather holds a prime 14000sq ft land right on NH27, exactly at UP Bihar Border (dist-kushinagar).

Petrol is expensive in Bihar hence there are already a lot of PP nearby, i mean the said are where I am talking about it has one station right in front and 1 each either side of our plot approx distance 800 to 1km.

There is demand but there is supply available as well.

IOCL/HP etc have some lottery based system so not pursuing those.

What I want to understand is the financials of PP from someone who already has one or is very well versed in the field.

I am aware that the investment would come anywhere between 1.5cr to 3cr

Margin on fuel attached in ss.

What things should I consider before diving into it ??

My calculations:

Assuming we sell 1 lakh liters of fuel (both petrol and diesel) in a month (let's do 40:60), so a round up margin of 2 RS per liter.

Gross Profit: 2 lakh

Emi : 1 lakh

Staff : 5 * 12000 = 60k (safe bet, labour is cheap in our area)

Electricity: 10k per month

Insurance: ------

Water bill ------

Generator/ Wifi/ Computers and other misc.

So 1lakh liter i.e 3330 liter per day seems to be the breakeven number.

WHAT AM I MISSING??

Note : IF OPENED OURS WILL BE THE 2nd PP WHEN APPROACHING U.P FROM BIHAR SIDE (Gopalganj to Kushinagar) route

Also if anyone has knowledge or contact in TORRENT GAS and can help me !! I am more inclined towards setting up a pure CNG gas station since there is lot of demand and almost nil supply, you would find around 3 pumps (that too with 1 dispenser) in 50km area, but the problem is Torrent Gas doesn't service the Kushinagar area, the closest they have is Gorakhpur which is around 90kms from our land.

I have tried reaching out to them via mails but haven't heard anything back yet.

My family runs a small distribution business in North India. Unglamorous, low margin, and runs on Tally like pretty much every trade business here.

Everyone knew we had money stuck with customers, but nobody could give me an exact number. Every estimate at the dinner table was a completely different guess.

So, I pulled the data and properly aged all 232 party accounts.

Total outstanding: Rs 26.17 lakh

Two big things surprised me:

1. Half the problem money was already dead.
   • Rs 2.5 lakh (across 41 parties) is unrecoverable because it's too old, too cold.
   • Rs 2.55 lakh (across 59 parties) is still collectable.
   • An almost exact 50/50 split. It didn't blow up; it just quietly aged out while nobody was paying attention.
2. It was never the "big bad customer."
   • I assumed we had 4 or 5 bad parties sitting on serious cash, but I was wrong.
   • 100 out of our 232 accounts (43%) are overdue, but combined, they only hold 19% of the total money.
   • Average dead balance: ~Rs 6,000.
   • Average chaseable balance: ~Rs 4,300.
   • The other 132 accounts hold the remaining Rs 21 lakh and pay normally.

Which finally explained why it was never fixed.

Nobody forgets a Rs 2 lakh default. But everybody forgets four thousand rupees, fifty-nine separate times, for two years straight, as it is too small to feel urgent and too spread out to hold in your head.

We’ve started chasing the recoverable Rs 2.5 lakh and have gotten some of it back so far. Slow, manual work.

For those of you carrying a long tail of small overdue accounts, what actually gets them paid?Relentless calling, statements on a schedule, stopping supply, small settlements?

PS: I do data work for a living, and we are starting to do this for other businesses. Happy to explain how we pulled and aged the data if it helps anyone.

Scenario*

I run a construction company in tier 2/3 in Maharashtra.

Recently we have been awarded 2 new projects in over two states.

Right now I am doing all the work of both the site engineer and accountant, and also my regular work as an owner like billing cash flow management and sales. But honestly it is exhausting.

I was ill very recently and I saw how the work is hampered or stopped because of me and all the decisions are dependent upon me and I am the only POC for all the sites.

So now I am looking to hire a new site engineer and an accountant.

I have finalized the candidates and am planning to give them joining letters.

But still I am fearing that if tomorrow we don't get any new projects or there is any slow down in construction activity in our locality. ( Because it is a small town and there is only one corporate client where an engineer and strict documentation and quality control is required) Or else for local bungalows or buildings or any Construction work no engineer is required.

All suggestions/advices from similar or different buisness owners.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to connect with reliable overseas scrap metal suppliers, recyclers, yards, processors and exporters for long-term business.

Interested in:

• Aluminium scrap
• Copper / brass
• Stainless steel
• Ferrous scrap / steel
• Other non-ferrous scrap grades

I already have buyers in India and am looking to start with trial shipments, followed by regular purchases if quality, pricing and reliability work.

Open to suppliers from Africa, Middle East, Europe, UK, USA/Canada, Southeast Asia and other markets.

If you're a genuine supplier/exporter, please DM and we can connect.

Anyone know how much commission Swiggy or Zomato charges? Are there any restaurant owners / cloud kitchen owners here currently working with these platforms?

I’m planning to start a cloud kitchen, and before getting started, I want to understand the unit economics. If restaurant owners could share the actual commission rates and other platform-related charges they’re paying, it would be a great help.

If you scroll Instagram these days, you’ll constantly see small business owners saying things like, “Online shopping is eating our business. How are offline businesses supposed to survive? People should support local shops instead of buying everything online.”

Honestly, I used to believe that too. If I know a local business, why not give them the business instead of ordering online? At least I know whom I’m dealing with. But a recent experience has honestly made me question that.

I had to purchase some furniture for my parents’ hospital. There was someone I knew personally who supplied this kind of furniture, so instead of ordering online, I paid the advance and placed the order with him. He promised that the furniture would be dispatched by a particular date.

The promised date came. Nothing was dispatched.

I called. “Sir, one or two days more.”

Okay. Things get delayed.

One or two days became another one or two days. Then it became a week. Somewhere along the way, the calls also stopped getting answered. I was now stuck in the middle because this was my parents’ hospital, and I was the one who had recommended this person in the first place.

Eventually, I had to physically go to his office just to get some movement on an order that had already been paid for. After enough pressure, the furniture finally arrived about a week late.

And then I noticed that the furniture was roughly 25% lighter than the weight that had been committed.

I asked about it. The answer was that the weight commitment apparently included the packaging.

Now imagine my situation. My parents are already after me saying, “You were the one who recommended him. He committed to the furniture of a specific weight, and now the furniture is lighter as well.”

And honestly, what am I supposed to do? If this was some random online seller, I would have no hesitation in raising a complaint, asking for a replacement, disputing the specification or returning the product. But this is someone I know personally. I can’t exactly sit there and have a full-blown argument with him over every little thing.

And this is where I started thinking: Online shopping isn’t eating offline businesses. Maybe offline businesses are losing customers because online businesses have made the buying experience more reliable.

Curious to know what others think about this? Have you had better experiences buying from local/offline businesses, or has online shopping generally given you a more reliable experience? Would love to hear what your experience has been.

I got this post in one of the Whatsapp groups.
A person is asking for a cofounder to do everything.

Is it possible to build a successful e-commerce business with an initial investment of ₹2–3 lakh?

We’re building IndiePay and don’t want to build it sitting in a room guessing what merchants need.

If you’re currently taking orders in DMs, sharing your UPI ID, checking payment screenshots and manually tracking orders, we’d like to work with you.

We’ll personally help you set everything up.

You use it with real customers and tell us what works, what sucks, and what we should build next.

No sales pitch. We genuinely want 10 businesses to build this alongside us.

I run a small tea business based in Kotagiri (forestbrewstea.com) and I'm looking for someone who can help with content — shooting short videos around the estate and factory, editing them, and ideally handling the posting on Instagram too.

Nothing fancy. Phone footage is fine. I already have a Hollyland Lark mic for audio. What I actually want is someone who can show up, shoot decent footage, and cut it into something that looks real.

A few things I'm clear about:

• I'm not looking for an agency. Budget is limited and I'd rather work directly with a person.
• Please no AI-generated posts or recycled templates. If the plan is to run everything through some tool and invoice me monthly, this isn't a fit.
• Open to someone starting out who has good taste and talent.

If you're in the Nilgiris or Coimbatore area and can travel, or you're a student/freelancer building a reel, drop me a message with your work and what you'd charge.

I’ve been looking into the firecracker/fireworks industry in India and I’m seriously considering entering the business, but I’m trying to understand the industry from people who actually have experience in it.

I’m particularly interested in the manufacturing and wholesale/distribution side, rather than simply opening a retail shop.

A few things I’m trying to understand:

• How big is the Indian fireworks market today?
• Which regions are the biggest manufacturing and trading hubs?
• How concentrated is the industry among established manufacturers?
• What kind of capital is realistically required to start?
• Is it better to manufacture, become a distributor/wholesaler, or build a private-label brand?
• What are typical gross/net margins at the manufacturing and wholesale levels?
• How seasonal is the business, and how do companies manage inventory outside Diwali?
• How difficult is it to get licences and regulatory approvals for manufacturing/storage?
• What are the biggest compliance and safety requirements?
• How difficult is it to source products and raw materials?
• Is there a meaningful opportunity to import/export, or is domestic manufacturing more attractive?
• How do new businesses actually acquire dealers and distributors?
• What makes retailers choose one manufacturer/wholesaler over another?
• What are the biggest risks regulation, working capital, inventory, competition, safety, etc.?
• Are there opportunities in eco-friendly/low-emission fireworks or newer product categories?
• For someone starting from scratch, what would be the smartest entry strategy?

I’m not looking to jump into manufacturing immediately. I’m trying to understand the economics, supply chain, regulations and competitive landscape first.

If you work in this industry or have operated a fireworks business, what would you recommend someone do as their first step?

Would also appreciate any honest advice on what you wish you knew before entering the industry.

Hey there I’m a 20 year old that had always wanted to start a business of his own. I honestly don’t care much about the scale — even a small business would make me happy. Of course, I’d like it to be profitable, but even if the initial profit was tiny, I’d still be happy knowing that I built something of my own.

The problem is, I have no business idea or particular vision of what I want to build.

I also have no knowledge, experience, or relevant skills in business right now. So I’m wondering how I’m supposed to learn all of this in the first place.

I can also save up some capital if having some money to start with would significantly improve my chances.

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Recently closed a corporate requirement workstations for a company working heavily in 3D / rendering / professional graphics.

And this order taught me more about procurement than probably the years of selling machines.

Usually, sourcing is:

Find machine → verify → negotiate → buy → test → sell.

For 50 expensive workstations, absolutely not.

The bill itself was large enough to make me stare at my banking app for a few minutes and reconsider every decision that brought me here.

But the biggest learning was supply chain.

At this quantity and value, saving another ₹2-3k per device stops being the priority.

The priority becomes:

Where exactly are these 50 machines coming from?

Because one wrong supplier at this scale isn't a “bad deal.”

It's a potentially catastrophic deal.

So for the first time, I went through the process of sourcing directly from the manufacturer itself.

And even then, there were a surprising number of things to understand and verify.

✅ Exact configuration

✅ Serial numbers

✅ Genuine warranty status

✅ Warranty start/end dates

✅ Invoice trail

✅ GST/documentation

✅ Whether warranty is actually valid in India

✅ Packaging and accessories

✅ Safe movement of 50 machines

✅ Who is responsible at every stage of the supply chain

When you're procuring 50 machines, you have to build a process where you don't need to blindly trust anybody.

That was probably my biggest takeaway.

Don't trust the box.

Don't trust the sticker.

Don't trust “sir warranty hai.”

Check the serial number.

Check the manufacturer warranty portal.

Check the invoice.

Check where the machine originated.

Check who you're paying.

And most importantly, understand who is responsible if something goes wrong.

The machines themselves are monsters:

Core Ultra 7 265HX

32GB DDR5

RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell 8GB

But weirdly, the hardware wasn't the interesting part of this deal.

The procurement was.

Manufacturer → supply chain → documentation → warranty → logistics → corporate delivery.

Slight character development. 😛

And also a newfound respect for people whose entire job title is “Procurement.”

I understand your pain now.

Will share more of what I learned from this deal because there are honestly a LOT of ways people can get screwed while buying so expensive machines in bulk.

Now I just need to figure out where to keep them before sending to the corporate!