The idea of using collective intelligence and community-based farming to create sustainable products that cater to responsible customers was just too exciting. Sagar set up Samvidha foods venture so that he could partner with other agents of change in agriculture. Today, his team supports farmers from the Chamarajanagar area of Karnataka to produce quality jaggery and sell it across the state.

I have started baking for my children and friends at home. People started liking whatever I was making and suggested I sell online and problem was home chefs and bakers are unable to reach beyond their blocks or within friend's circles, I started finding solutions that can help me start my own marketplace for chefs and bakers. That's when I found out about eSamudaay and its concept of the marketplace. I jumped on the opportunity and started talking to the team about my requirements.

Traditional holds considerable value for Shrilakshmi Acharya, India's first hyperlocal entrepreneur. She runs a successful digital business in Udupi, the coastal Karnataka town known for its quaint old streets and temples that abuts into one of India's well-known educational townships of Manipal. In a matter of just five months, Shrilakshmi has onboarded over 50 merchants and delivers everything from food to grocery, and sarees to smartphones.

Kishor Acharya always wanted to start his own business. He found out that the online marketplace was the best solution for him as the people are looking for home delivery services and due to lockdown restrictions people had to wait in the queue to buy their daily essentials and also to maintain social distance. He says, “Since I was looking for a service provider who can give support for my business, I found eSamudaay service where they already serving in Udupi and other locations.

The pandemic has changed everything. We are the 120-year-old grocery store in Udupi, for the first time we had to rethink our business strategy and realized it was time to move to the digital platform, In 2 years with eSamudaay, we have delivered orders worth value of 150K+ in Udupi.

We started selling on eSamudaay 6 months ago. In the beginning, we used to be happy even if we sold one unit. And now, our restaurant has steadily grown to sell total order value up to 35K+ from eSamudaay.

Since our association with eSamudaay, the demand for our products has grown immensely. The revenue contribution from this channel has grown from 2% to 10%.

We are happy that even in tier 4 cities like Parsa, eSamudaay is helping us to expand our customer base by listing our store online, delivering orders to our customer's doorstep. eSamudaay’s local entrepreneurs (CP) takes care of catalog building, solving disputes, and customer relationships.