Whether you're a hobbyist with a windowsill full of Nepenthes, a serious collector sharing divisions, or a greenhouse seller — carnivorousplants.in is your home. Your own storefront, UPI direct payments, zero commission. Set up in a few clicks — live in 24 hours.
You don't need a greenhouse or a registered business to open a store here. If you're a hobbyist with divisions to spare, cuttings to share, or a collection you're passionate about — you belong on carnivorousplants.in just as much as any commercial seller. Your own URL, proper product pages, UPI payments — all of it, starting at ₹299/month.
You don't need a greenhouse or a business licence. If you have 10 Sarracenia divisions to sell or a Cephalotus you've finally got to offset — that's enough to open a store and sell professionally.
carnivorousplants.in is the domain collectors type first. Your store lives exactly where your buyers already look — no social algorithm, no boosted posts needed.
Collectors pay collector prices. Buyers scan your UPI QR and the money lands in your account immediately — no payment gateway taking 2%, no marketplace commission, ever.
Latin names, photos from multiple angles, pitcher/trap descriptions, care notes — a real product page that a WhatsApp photo can never replace, whether you're a hobbyist or a professional.
We handle the tech. You handle the plants.
Fill out the form below with your store name, UPI ID, and what you grow and sell.
We create your subdomain on carnivorousplants.in, SSL, and database. You get your admin login on WhatsApp.
Upload plant photos, set prices, and write species descriptions. Your store is live the moment you publish.
Customers scan your QR and pay your GPay/PhonePe directly. Verify UTR, confirm order, ship.
Product pages, image gallery, cart, checkout — everything a buyer expects from a real shop. Works on all phones.
Customers scan your QR and pay your GPay/PhonePe directly. Every rupee lands in your account. We take ₹0.
Sell the same plant in multiple sizes or forms — one listing, not twenty. Keeps your catalogue clean.
Sell one listing at different prices for different amounts — 250g / 500g / 1kg, or 1pc / 100pc — each with its own price and its own stock count.
Track stock per listing. Get dashboard warnings before you run out. Enable backorder for pre-orders.
Book courier pickups and generate AWB numbers directly from your order dashboard — no separate app.
Moderated star ratings on every product. You approve before they go live. Social proof that converts.
Give store credit for purchases, verified-purchase reviews, and referral links — spendable as a discount at checkout. You set your own conversion rate and redemption cap, on any plan.
Upload any photo from your phone — server compresses to WebP automatically.
One-tap WhatsApp enquiry button on every listing. Bulk order enquiries, care questions, wholesale — all handled.
Buyers add your shop to their phone home screen like a real app. No App Store needed — it's PWA.
Visits, product views, cart adds, revenue, and conversion funnel — one clean dashboard, updated daily.
Sitemap.xml, meta tags, per-page canonical URLs, and robots.txt generated automatically. Every product page gets indexed on its own — not just your homepage.
Already own yourstore.com? We point it at your shop and issue the SSL certificate — no coding, no separate hosting. Your canonical URLs and SEO move with it automatically.
Posh (cream & gold), Robust (earthy green), Bloom (teal). Switch any time from Settings — no downtime.
Verify UTR payments, update order status, add courier tracking, message buyers — all in one screen.
HTTPS everywhere, Cloudflare CAPTCHA on all forms, rate limiting, and no right-click image download.
Shipping, Return, and Privacy policy pages included. Edit once in Settings, live immediately.
Tag each listing as Flask, Seedling, Juvenile, Sub-adult, or Adult. Buyers filter exactly what they want — no more DM questions about size.
Pin up to two scrolling banners at the top of your shop — sale alerts, shipping pauses, new arrivals. Save and live in seconds.
One click on any order opens a print-ready packing slip with address, items, total, and "Handle with care" note. Works offline, saves as PDF.
Generate and download your store's QR code from Settings. Print it on packaging, WhatsApp status, or Instagram bio. Scans straight to your shop.
Set your pickup address and hours in Settings — buyers choose free collection at checkout. You see a clear pickup badge on the order. No courier needed.
Paste a YouTube URL on any product. Buyers see a static thumbnail until they click — then the video plays in your gallery. No video hosting cost, no bandwidth, just your care demos on the page.
Link your Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube from Settings. Icon buttons appear in your storefront footer so buyers can follow your updates beyond the shop.
List plants, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, spores, pollen, or accessories — each with its own fields. Type badge shows on every card so buyers know exactly what they're browsing.
Set harvest date, sow-by expiry, germination rate, and seeds per pack on every seed or spore listing. Buyers see a green / amber / red freshness banner so there are no complaints about viability.
Mark each cutting as unrooted, callused, or rooted. Add a cut date. Buyers stop asking "is it rooted?" in DMs — it's right on the product page.
List plants before they're ready. Set an ETA ("Next batch: Aug 2026"). Buyers join the waitlist and get notified by email the moment stock arrives.
See who added plants to cart and disappeared. Follow up on WhatsApp and convert those lost sales.
Percent off, flat amount, or free shipping — limit by total redemptions, one-per-buyer, minimum order size, or a single product/category. Buyers apply them right at checkout.
Every rupee a platform charges you — in fees, commissions, or locked-in apps — is a rupee out of your pocket. Here's the honest picture.
| 🌱 PhytoStore | Shopify | Dukaan | Zoho Commerce | Wix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 💰 Real Cost of Running Your Store | |||||
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Monthly subscription
What you pay before selling a single rupee |
₹299 | ₹2,400+ | ₹999+ | ₹1,200+ | ₹2,200+ |
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Commission on every sale
Percentage cut from each order you receive |
0% | 2%+ | 0–1.5% | 0% | 0% |
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Payment gateway fees
Shopify Payments unavailable in India — you must use Razorpay/Paytm on top |
None | 2–3% per txn | Bundled | 2% per txn | 2–3% per txn |
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Real total on ₹50K/month store
Subscription + commission + gateway combined per month |
₹299 | ₹4,800+ | ₹2,500+ | ₹2,200+ | ₹3,600+ |
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Extra apps to match basic features
Packing slips, restock alerts, advanced analytics — all paid add-ons elsewhere |
None | ₹2,000–5,000/mo | Some | Zoho suite | ₹1,500–4,000/mo |
| 💳 Money — How & When You Get Paid | |||||
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UPI direct to your account
Customer pays → money in your GPay/PhonePe instantly, no middleman |
✓ | ✗ | Indirect | Indirect | ✗ |
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Settlement delay
Days before the money actually hits your bank account |
Instant | 2–5 days | 1–3 days | 2–4 days | 3–5 days |
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Mandatory payment gateway
Forced to use a third-party processor that takes a cut on every transaction |
✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 🌱 Built for How Plant Businesses Actually Work | |||||
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Product types: seed, cutting, spore, pollen, bulb
Generic platforms treat everything as a box with a price — we don't |
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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Harvest date, use-by expiry, germination rate
Critical for seed and pollen sellers — zero native support on any other platform |
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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Rooting status on cuttings
Unrooted / callused / rooted — buyers stop asking in DMs |
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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Care guide on every listing
Light, water, humidity, substrate — per product, not a separate blog post |
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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Growth stage labels
Flask → Seedling → Juvenile → Sub-adult → Adult — native, not a workaround |
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
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Custom plant fields without a developer
On Shopify: metafields + theme code + developer = ₹25,000+ one-time |
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| 🔐 Lock-in & Data Ownership | |||||
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Platform lock-in
How hard is it to leave? Do you lose your URLs, SEO rankings, and design? |
Low | High | Medium | High | Extreme |
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Your own URL you keep forever
Wix URLs are Wix's — leaving means starting from zero on Google |
✓ | Extra cost | Extra cost | Extra cost | ✗ |
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Buyer data belongs to you
Shopify feeds buyer behaviour into their Shop app and ad network |
✓ | Partial | ✓ | ✓ | Partial |
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Leave without losing Google rankings
Custom subdomain means your SEO equity moves with you if you ever switch |
✓ | ✓ | Partial | ✓ | ✗ |
| 🇮🇳 India-Specific | |||||
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Built ground-up for Indian sellers
Not retrofitted — INR, UPI, Indian logistics, Indian support hours from day one |
✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Partial | ✗ |
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Shiprocket booking from your dashboard
Book pickups, generate AWB, track shipments — no separate login |
✓ | Paid app | ✓ | Partial | ✗ |
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Support in IST business hours
Shopify and Wix support runs US/EU hours — urgent issues wait overnight |
✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| ⚡ Getting Started | |||||
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Store live from application to launch
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Few hours | 3–7 days | 1–2 days | 2–4 days | 3–7 days |
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Setup without technical knowledge
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✓ | Moderate | ✓ | Moderate | ✓ |
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Onboarding tailored to your plant niche
We set up your store for your specific category — not a generic checklist |
✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Prices as of Aug 2026. Shopify in USD at ₹83. "Paid app" = feature exists but costs extra monthly. Gateway fees are per-transaction on top of subscription.
Flat subscription. Every rupee customers pay goes directly to your UPI.
🎯 Launch pricing locked for your entire first year. Payment via UPI. Store goes live within 24 hours. Auto-pauses on expiry — reactivated same day you renew.
Fill in the form — we'll provision your store within 24 hours and WhatsApp your admin login. Home growers, collectors, and commercial sellers all apply the same way.