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orderbook.in

Your digital order book.
Same suppliers. Zero chaos.

WhatsApp-native ordering12-15M kirana storesZero disruption

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The Problem

WhatsApp ordering chaos
for 12-15 million kiranas

Every kirana owner orders ₹2-10L/month of goods from 5-10 wholesalers. All via unstructured WhatsApp messages.

12-15M

kirana stores in India

Each ordering from 5-10 wholesalers

₹2-10L

monthly orders per store

All via WhatsApp text messages

0

order tracking tools

No history, no prices, no receipts

A typical kirana owner's daily reality:

Scrolls through 200+ WhatsApp messages to find last order
Can't remember if Surf Excel was ₹412 or ₹425 last time
Supplier says ₹8,000 owed -- owner thinks it's ₹6,500
Same order typed out manually every week

The Solution

Digital order book that
works with WhatsApp

orderbook.in is the digital version of the physical bahi-khata. Same suppliers. Same relationships. Same WhatsApp. Just organized.

Order Tracking

Every order recorded with items, prices, status. Searchable across all suppliers.

Payment Ledger

Digital bahi-khata. Running balance per supplier. Shareable monthly statements.

Smart Reorders

AI learns your patterns. One-tap repeat orders. Never forget a restock.

Price Alerts

Know instantly when a supplier changes prices. Dispute with data, not memory.

Market Size

12-15M kirana stores x ₹2-10L/month
= massive market

12-15M

Kirana stores

Total addressable

88%

of retail

Still through kiranas

₹12L Cr

Annual FMCG

Through traditional trade

5-10

Suppliers each

Average per store

Why now?

WhatsApp saturation

99% of kirana owners use WhatsApp for ordering. The behavior exists.

UPI adoption

Digital payments are default. Payment tracking has a natural digital trail.

Cheap smartphones

₹6,000-8,000 Android phones can run PWAs. No app store friction.

Product

4 screens. That's it.

My Suppliers

All suppliers at a glance with balance due and category

  • Colored initials for quick ID
  • Balance due per supplier
  • Quick WhatsApp tap

New Order

Build orders from past items with one tap

  • Quick-add from history
  • Auto-fill last prices
  • WhatsApp message preview

Order History

All orders, filterable by supplier and status

  • Status tracking pills
  • Item-level breakdown
  • Chronological view

Payment Tracker

Running balance and payment history per supplier

  • Cash/UPI/bank tracking
  • Balance auto-calculated
  • Monthly statements

Business Model

Freemium SaaS.
₹199/month premium.

Free Forever

Basic Plan

Acquire retailers. Build habit.

₹0

  • 5 suppliers
  • Unlimited orders
  • Basic order tracking
  • Payment logging
  • WhatsApp order sending
Premium

Power Plan

Convert power users.

₹199/mo

  • Unlimited suppliers
  • AI reorder predictions
  • Price change alerts
  • Monthly analytics
  • Priority support

The data moat: Every order logged = price data + purchase frequency + supplier relationships. This data powers credit scoring, price benchmarks, and demand prediction.

Traction Plan

Pilot 100 kiranas
in Vizag

Month 1

Build + Family test

  • PWA with order tracking
  • WhatsApp order sending
  • Payment ledger
  • Test with 1 family shop

In progress

Month 2

10 Retailers

  • Onboard 10 Vizag kiranas
  • WhatsApp bot integration
  • Iterate based on usage
  • Measure daily retention

Planned

Month 3

50 DAU

  • 50 daily active retailers
  • Hindi language support
  • AI reorder suggestions
  • Premium tier launch

Planned

Month 4-6

100 Retailers

  • 100 active pilot users
  • Prove retention
  • Premium conversion rate
  • Expand to 3 AP cities

Planned

Go-to-Market

WhatsApp-first
viral loop

1. Retailer onboarding

Door-to-door in Vizag. Show demo on their phone. Set up in 2 minutes. Add their existing suppliers.

2. WhatsApp viral loop

Every order sent via orderbook.in includes 'Sent via orderbook.in' footer. Suppliers see it. Other retailers ask about it.

3. Supplier pull

When 3+ retailers use orderbook.in with the same supplier, the supplier starts asking others to use it. Network effect.

The key insight: Unlike B2B marketplaces, we don't need the supplier to install anything. They just receive a cleaner WhatsApp message. Zero friction on the supply side means we only need to convince one side of the market.

Competition

They replace. We organize.

FeatureKhataBookUdaanorderbook.in
Core focusPayments onlyReplace wholesalerOrders + Payments
OrderingNoneTheir marketplaceYour existing suppliers
Supplier choiceN/APlatform onlyYour existing suppliers
WhatsApp integrationNoNoCore feature
Supplier needs appNoYesNo -- WhatsApp only
Price trackingNoPlatform prices onlyAll prices tracked
Retailer trustGoodLow (replaces supplier)High (keeps relationships)

Key insight: KhataBook does payments only (no ordering). Udaan replaces the supplier (retailers resist). orderbook.in sits in the gap: ordering + payments while keeping existing supplier relationships.

Unit Economics

CAC ₹50. LTV ₹4,000+.

CAC

₹50

Door-to-door onboarding + WhatsApp referral. No paid ads needed initially.

ARPU

₹199/mo

Premium subscription. 20% conversion expected from active users.

LTV

₹4,000+

20-month avg retention (sticky once ordering habit forms).

LTV:CAC

80:1

Exceptional ratio driven by low CAC and high retention.

Revenue at scale

1,000

Premium users

= ₹2L/month MRR

10,000

Premium users

= ₹20L/month MRR

1L

Premium users

= ₹2Cr/month MRR

Team

AI-first builder
from Vizag

A

Alok

Founder

AI-first builder running Aigency -- a portfolio of AI-native products for the Indian market.

Based in Vizag with deep understanding of local retail economics and kirana supply chains.

Building multiple ventures: aim.in, sorts.in, etender.in, sampler.in, rakam.in -- all leveraging AI to solve Indian problems.

Why this founder for this problem?

Lives in Vizag -- understands the market firsthand
AI-native builder -- ships fast with Claude/AI tools
Portfolio approach -- shared infra across products
Kirana family background -- personal connection to the problem

The Ask

₹50L seed
for 1,000 retailers

Use of Funds

WhatsApp API + Infrastructure₹15L
On-ground Vizag team (3 people, 6 months)₹12L
AI/Claude API for reorder engine₹8L
Marketing + retailer onboarding₹10L
Buffer + ops₹5L

What You Get

Equity stake in orderbook.in
Access to the richest kirana purchase data in AP
Part of the Aigency ecosystem (aim.in, sorts.in, etender.in, rakam.in)
Direct pipeline to 12-15M retail touchpoints
Data moat that compounds with every order
First-mover on WhatsApp-native ordering for kiranas
OB

12 million shops.
Zero tools.
One order book.

orderbook.in

orderbook.in

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An Aigency / Harmony Infotech initiative