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Multi-State GST for Amazon & Flipkart Sellers: The 2026 Guide

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If you plan to use Amazon FBA or Flipkart FBF warehouses, your GST registration doesn't stop at one state, this explains the VPOB and APOB structure most first timers miss entirely and the cost that adds.

  • Registering in your home state is mandatory from the first rupee the moment you sell through a TCS collecting marketplace, no turnover threshold applies.
  • Storing stock in a fulfilment centre in another state creates a fresh registration requirement in that state too.
  • Explains the VPOB (virtual principal place of business) plus APOB (additional place of business/warehouse) pattern used to register without a physical office there.

The question it answers

  1. How long does GST registration actually take and what does it cost?

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