Insights & guides
Sourcing from India, explained.
Research with sources, and practical guides from the team that runs orders from RFQ to doorstep.
- ResearchWhy sourcing is slow on today's platforms — and how IndiaUnbox removes each blockerSourced figures on spam leads, slow purchases and hard-to-compare suppliers, and what changes with a checked, public RFQ board.Updated Read
- GuideThe IndiaUnbox Platform, step by stepEcosystem, RFQ lifecycle, the 10-stage order flow and every stakeholder's journey — with what's live today.Updated Read
- GuideChina+1: building a second source in IndiaWhich of your products fit Indian clusters, how samples are benchmarked against current production, and how a pilot order de-risks the switch.Updated Read
- GuideCompliance for goods made in IndiaREACH, CPSIA, ISPM 15, food-contact and the ISO standards we source to — and the materials we won't touch.Updated Read
- GuideHow sourcing from India works — RFQ to doorstepThe 10 stages of a managed order, with typical timings: samples in 7–14 days, production in 6–12 weeks.Updated Read
- GuideIndia's manufacturing clustersWhere brass, rugs, knitwear, ceramics and more are made — and what each cluster is known for.Updated Read
- Guide16 categories we sourceFrom home décor and textiles to food, engineering parts and packaging.Updated Read
- Case studiesHow engagements runIllustrative walk-throughs of typical managed orders.Updated Read
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