In short
A good seller workflow has six steps: find a product, compare suppliers, verify quality, work out margin, draft the listing and review it before publishing.
The six-step workflow
Selling on marketplaces such as Amazon India, Flipkart, Meesho and Myntra starts long before the listing. This is the order I recommend sellers work in.
- Find: shortlist products that fit your category and audience.
- Compare: collect prices from more than one supplier.
- Verify: ask for samples, specs and minimum order quantities before committing.
- Calculate: work out margin after marketplace fees, shipping and returns.
- Draft: write the title, bullet points and attributes for each marketplace.
- Review: check every claim against the supplier's specs, then publish.
Why margin comes before the listing
Many sellers write the listing first and discover later that fees and returns erase their profit. Doing the margin math before you draft saves time and stock.
Where AI helps, and where it should not
AI is a strong fit for the drafting step. It can turn raw product details into a clean title and bullet points in the format each marketplace expects.
It should not decide your price or invent product features. Those inputs have to come from the supplier and from you.
Why I'm building Likhao
Likhao puts discovery, supplier contact and listing drafts into one flow for Indian sellers. It does not handle orders, payment or delivery between sellers and suppliers. You stay in control of those conversations.
Written by
Atmiya Jadvani, ecommerce and ai practitioner building Likhao.
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