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  1. Qoruz itself is one of the better analytics-first platforms in India, and this roundup - written from inside the industry... qoruz.com Article · D2C Top 10 Influencer Marketing Platforms in India Qoruz
  2. vCommission runs affiliate programs for Indian D2C names like Swiss Beauty and Giva, so this isn't theory - it's the... vcommission.com Article · D2C How to Structure Your D2C Affiliate Program: Commission Models That Convert vCommission
  3. Mamaearth's entire early growth engine was mom bloggers and micro beauty/skincare creators doing unscripted, honest reviews -... jobaaj.com Article · D2C Mamaearth's Influencer Network Success: A Case Study on Brand Growth Jobaaj
  4. India's largest influencer marketplace (750K+ creators) explaining, in its own words, how it structures seeding and UGC... Kofluence Article · D2C Influencer Marketing For D2C (Direct To Consumer) Business Kofluence
  5. Built specifically for Indian D2C and ecommerce brands that want ad-ready UGC fast without managing the creator relationship... MakeUGC Tool · D2C MakeUGC - India's Performance-First UGC Ad Platform MakeUGC
  6. The founder herself describing the grassroots mom-blogger gifting strategy that predated Mamaearth's Instagram-era scale - one... Storyboard18 Article · D2C Mamaearth's Ghazal Alagh on Word-of-Mouth and Influencer Marketing Storyboard18
  7. A well-regarded Indian marketing newsletter's deep-dive on how Mamaearth's influencer and content strategy evolved over time,... Marketing Monk Newsletter · D2C Shark Ghazal Alagh's Mamaearth: Digital Marketing Strategies and Campaigns Marketing Monk
  8. Ties UGC, seeding and community together across several named D2C brand examples in one piece, useful as a broader survey once... Billo Article · D2C How Top D2C Brands Are Using UGC, Influencers, and Community Building to Redefine Customer Relationships Billo
  9. Shopify's own landing page for the international-selling feature set, a fast way to see everything on offer (Markets, payments,... shopify.com Article · D2C Sell to International Customers with Shopify Shopify
  10. An India-based fintech's read on Shopify international selling, useful because it frames the payments and settlement side (the... razorpay.com Article · D2C Selling on Shopify: The 2026 Guide to International Markets Razorpay
  11. Features Tilfi Banaras founder Udit Khanna on scaling a luxury Indian textile brand to 30+ countries via direct-to-consumer,... inc42.com Article · D2C #GoingD2C Webinars: An Indian D2C Brand's Guide to Tap the Cross-Border Opportunity Inc42
  12. A structured resource specifically aimed at Indian D2C founders building a cross-border strategy, not a generic global guide... inc42.com Article · D2C Hacking D2C Growth: A D2C Brand's Guide to a Cross-Border Ecommerce Strategy Inc42
  13. An unfiltered founder account of hitting $1M revenue on a Shopify D2C brand with zero profit, the exact cautionary tale for... indiehackers.com Thread · D2C $1M Revenue, $0 Profit: Our D2C Reality Check Indie Hackers community
  14. Shopify's own take on freight forwarding, written specifically for ecommerce sellers rather than generic B2B trade, useful for... shopify.com Article · D2C Best Freight Forwarding Services for Ecommerce (2026 Guide) Shopify
  15. Written from a fulfillment-provider's vantage point for sellers moving inventory into marketplaces like Amazon FBA abroad, the... amzprep.com Article · D2C Freight Forwarder: A Comprehensive Guide for eCommerce Sellers AMZ Prep
  16. A practical support-doc-level explainer of how duty calculation actually plugs into Shopify Markets via a third-party shipping... support.easyship.com Article · D2C Shopify Duties and Taxes Support (Shopify Markets) Easyship
  17. Aimed squarely at smaller ecommerce sellers rather than enterprise shippers, a good level-set on international shipping basics... ship4wd.com Article · D2C Master E-commerce International Shipping: A Guide for SMBs Ship4wd
  18. The origin-story companion to the tactical playbook, it shows the insight behind a 'Made in India, for the world' brand (India... yourstory.com Article · D2C How a Delhi Entrepreneur Built Vahdam, an Indian Tea Brand That Sells to the World YourStory (SMBStory)
  19. Not an inventory book on the surface, but the Theory of Constraints it teaches, find the bottleneck, don't optimize anything... Goodreads Book · D2C The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu M. Goldratt
  20. A solid ground-up explainer of core inventory mechanics for someone who's never managed stock before, good as a first read... DCKAP Blog Article · D2C Inventory Management for eCommerce Explained (2025) DCKAP
  21. Directly tackles the founder's real tension, stock enough to never disappoint a customer, but not so much you choke your cash,... Ceendesis Blog Article · D2C Inventory Management for D2C Brands: Balance Stock & Cash Ceendesis
  22. India and Southeast Asia's first dedicated consumer-focused VC fund, investing since 2012 - a longer track record than most... dsgcp.com Tool · D2C DSG Consumer Partners DSG Consumer Partners
  23. India's leading venture debt fund, with over $1.6B in credit enabled and consumer names like Sugar and Bira in its portfolio -... strideventures.global Tool · D2C Stride Ventures Stride Ventures
  24. A working list of 50+ India-focused D2C investors organised by stage and cheque size - exactly the filterable format you need... backrr.com Article · D2C 50+ D2C Investors in India: Stage, Cheque Size & How to Approach Backrr

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