Understanding ecommerce with data.
Each report answers one question with numbers — benchmarks, costs, and the math behind them, for ecommerce brands in India.
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25 reports
- Ecommerce · Indian
YouTube and Demand Gen Ads for Indian D2C Brands: Costs and When They Work
YouTube CPM, cost per view and Shorts costs in India, how Demand Gen works for online stores, Google-reported ROAS, Indian results and lift tests that prove sales
- Ecommerce · Indian
Meta Ad Account Disabled in India: Causes, Appeals and Backup Plans
Restriction causes and their shares, Business Support Home review steps, identity checks, e-mandate payment failures, Meta Verified support and a backup checklist
- Ecommerce · Indian
Influencer Marketing Costs in India: Rates by Follower Size and Platform
Average Instagram Reel, Story and YouTube prices by creator tier, cost per tracked order and ROAS, barter vs paid vs affiliate costs, agency fees and usage rights
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Retargeting for Indian D2C Brands: Costs, Results and Meta's Controls
Meta retargeting CPM, ROAS and frequency benchmarks, Google remarketing ROAS, lift-test evidence on incrementality, and the Advantage+ and Google audience controls
- Ecommerce · Indian
Advertising Skincare and Supplements in India: Platform Restrictions to Check
Meta's July 2026 health ad rewrite, purchase-tracking limits, Google supplement and targeting rules, Indian claim laws, rejection rates and review steps
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Google Ads and GA4 Purchase Tracking: How to Avoid Duplicate Conversions
Primary vs secondary conversion actions, the Shopify Google & YouTube app, transaction IDs, enhanced conversions, bid target resets and Indian audit benchmarks
- Ecommerce · Indian
Fixing Merchant Center Product Disapprovals and Misrepresentation Suspensions in India
Where Merchant Center shows product and account issues, fixes for price, GTIN, image and policy disapprovals, and the misrepresentation review and cool-down rules
- Ecommerce · Indian
Google Shopping vs Performance Max for Indian Shopify Stores: Setup, Targeting and Controls
Standard Shopping and Performance Max ROAS for Indian Shopify stores, Merchant Center setup, auction priority, brand exclusions, negative keyword limits and reports
- Ecommerce · Indian
Creator Partnership Ads in India: Permissions and Disclosure Requirements
Partnership ad codes, account-level permissions, usage-rights fees and break-even spend, ASCI and Consumer Affairs label rules, and CCPA penalties for creator ads
- Ecommerce · Indian
Meta Pixel and Conversions API on Shopify in India: Fixing Duplicate and Missing Purchases
Audit benchmarks for Indian Shopify stores, Facebook & Instagram app data sharing, Always on data access, Events Manager deduplication and Event Match Quality
- Ecommerce · Indian
How to Launch a Meta Sales Campaign in India: Setup, Audiences and Learning
Advantage+ sales setup changes since 2025, audience controls and exclusions in India, customer lifecycle strategy, significant edits and Learning limited fixes
- Ecommerce · Indian
Meta Ads vs Google Ads for a New D2C Brand in India: What Case Studies Show
New-brand CAC and reported ROAS on Meta and Google in India, brand-name search share, a skincare brand's first six months, platform case studies and a budget split
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Planning Indian Festive Ecommerce Campaigns: 2026 Sale Dates and Ad Costs
Meta CPM and CPC, Google Shopping CPC, conversion, CAC and AOV changes in India's 2025 festive season, plus 2026 Navratri, Diwali, wedding and Flipkart sale dates
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Indian Ecommerce Ad Benchmarks: CAC, CPM, CPC and Shopping ROAS
CAC for eight categories, new-customer vs all-order costs, Meta CPM, CPC and link CTR, Google Shopping and Search CPC, and Google-reported Shopping ROAS by category
- Ecommerce · Indian
COD, Prepaid and RTO Rates in India: How to Compare Your Order Mix
COD and prepaid RTO rates by city tier and customer type, COD share of orders and sales, why parcels come back, profit per order and when prepaid discounts pay
- Ecommerce · Indian
Size-Related Returns in Indian Fashion Ecommerce: Rates and What Reduces Them
Why fashion and footwear orders come back, size-tool prices and results, Snitch, The Bear House and Bonkers Corner policies, and refund versus exchange costs
- Ecommerce · Indian
Charging a COD Fee in India: Rules, Typical Amounts and Effect on RTO
E-Commerce Rules and drip-pricing guidelines on COD fees, how to show one at checkout, the ₹39 typical fee, and its effect on COD share, conversion and profit
- Ecommerce · Indian
LTV to CAC and CAC Payback Benchmarks for Indian D2C Brands
Average CAC and 12-month customer value, LTV:CAC ratios for eight categories, payback months, why Meta CPMs pushed CAC up 35% since 2023, and worked payback maths
- Ecommerce · Indian
Contribution Margin Benchmarks for Indian D2C Brands by Category
CM1, CM2 and CM3 for eight D2C categories, marketing spend by revenue stage, a rupee walk from revenue to CM3, and margins reported by Nykaa, Honasa and Lenskart
- Ecommerce · Indian
COD and RTO Charges in India: Shiprocket vs Direct Courier Contracts
Forward freight, COD charge minimums, RTO return fees, 18% GST and COD remittance days compared, with a monthly cost example and pin code reverse pickup checks
- Ecommerce · Indian
Why High Reported ROAS Can Hide Ecommerce Losses in India
Meta and Google Ads ROAS benchmarks, a beauty brand audit, break-even ROAS from CM2, COD and RTO revenue cuts, and the Meta, Google Ads and GA4 settings to check
- Ecommerce · Indian
Ecommerce Return and Repeat-Purchase Benchmarks in India by Category
90-day repeat rates and after-delivery return rates for eight categories, COD versus prepaid returns, what each return costs and how to measure both rates
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Partial COD vs Full COD in India: Conversion, Delivery and App Options
Checkout completion and RTO with a COD deposit, a ₹99 worked example in rupees, pin-code COD cut-offs, and Shopify apps compared on price, fees and OTP checks
- Ecommerce · Indian
Fake COD Orders in India: What the Evidence Says About Fraud and Verification
Fake COD order rates, how fakes differ from refusals and cancellations, WhatsApp confirmation and OTP results in rupees, and Meta message costs and rules
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Ecommerce Conversion and Cart Abandonment Benchmarks in India
Mobile and desktop conversion rates, eight category benchmarks, cart and checkout abandonment, why Indian shoppers leave, and how to measure it in GA4 and Shopify