I want to sell my brand internationally, where do I even begin?
Don't 'go global', pick one market and one channel and run a real test. The cleanest first step for most Indian D2C brands is listing a hero SKU on a marketplace like Amazon Global Selling (they handle warehousing, returns and payments in the destination country) while you learn demand, before you invest in a localized own-store. Get your export paperwork (IEC, GST, AD code) in place first, ship a small batch, and treat the first six months as expensive market research, not scale.
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The canonical India-facing starting point, lays out the 18+ marketplaces, the paperwork you need, and the fulfillment/payment flow in language written for an Indian seller, not a US one.
The best plain-English overview of what selling abroad actually involves, market selection, payment localization, shipping, legal compliance, so you see the whole board before committing to a market.
Practical advice drawn from the Propel cohort of 70+ Indian startups, understand the local customer, plan inventory for peak events, and budget marketing aggressively early.
A grounded look at the two things that actually break Indian brands going global, logistics and payments, and the India-specific tooling that now solves them.
