r/B2BMarketIndia

Hey everyone,
Wanted to share something close to home (literally). My family runs a metal handicrafts business out of Moradabad, India — which is basically the brass capital of the country — and we’ve been manufacturing and exporting home decor for years.
I want to expand into the Indian retail market. Would love any advice or leads to begin.
Everything’s handcrafted: hammered brass vases, wrought-iron planters, Moroccan-style lanterns, antique-finish candelabras, colorful garden pots. We also take on custom work — if you’re a small business, designer, or retailer looking for something specific, we can develop pieces to spec (we do this for export clients already).
Would genuinely love feedback from this community, and happy to connect with anyone in home decor retail, interior design, or import/export.

I am starting a product discovery and sorucing service, so I am creating an internal directory - category and product wise to start off.

So I want to connect with manufacturers from all over India, you post about your products / website etc or DM me the details

Hi

I got fired because I was building a side hustle on company time. I went all in on the hustle and decided to launch it as a business.

I basically put all my thoughts and knowledge about marketing including insights I picked up in my sales career and made a system of all these heuristics, frameworks etc that I pulled thoughts later researched. I then created it into an AI system wrapping it into skills and agents sitting in sequence and consuming output from the layer above as context.

I can onboard 5 clients. I'm not asking for your money, just your word and something to show the ones who would pay.

Oki Ik online clothing stores are dime a dozen these days. I have a pretty well paying soul sucking corporate job so this is more like a side hustle and I might eventually run an actual shop on the top floor of my husband's building if I feel secure enough. The problem is I don't think I'll be able to travel to Surat anytime soon so my closest option is bnglr. I have already order around 4k worth of clothes from a seller via WhatsApp.. let's see how that turns out. I may not be able to travel to blr until beginning of next year.

So my dear cocos...do you have any trusted sources? Pls dm me or mention in the comments.. help out a sis.. i do realise you might see me as competition.. so help me out only if you want to.. dont have to feel guilty if you don't want to

Looking for some guidance for a jewelry manufacturer based in India who wants to enter the US B2B and B2C market. They manufacture gold, diamond, silver and gemstone jewelry.

What is the best way to enter the US market? What paperwork, licenses, certifications or import requirements are needed? For B2B, how can they connect with retailers, wholesalers or distributors in the US? For B2C, what are the best channels to start selling that actually work?

Any leads, suggestions or guidance from people familiar with the US jewelry market would be appreciated.

I’m 24M, with a B.Tech in Mechatronics Engineering and recently completed an MBA in Entrepreneurship.

I recently quit my job after 2 years at a small manufacturing company where I worked on oil/coolant filtration systems and machine design. I was also given a project to redesign around 8–10 foreign machines for Indian manufacturing, which I had to handle largely on my own without a proper team or resources.

During my MBA, I started a 3D printing business as my project business. I designed the website, worked on custom products, dealt with customers and after-sales, and handled the operations. I also designed and built my own small filament extrusion machine to manufacture filament for personal use.

So I have some experience across mechanical design, manufacturing, 3D printing, customer handling and operations.

Now that I’ve left my job, I’m exploring whether I should start a business rather than take another engineering job.

What businesses would you suggest someone with this background explore?

I’m particularly interested in B2B manufacturing, industrial products, engineering services, automation, prototyping or niche manufacturing, rather than just starting another generic 3D printing service.

I’d especially like to hear from people who have actually started small manufacturing/engineering businesses in India:

What niches have good demand?

What can realistically be started with limited capital?

Is starting with a service and moving into products a better approach?

What businesses would you avoid?