You can sign up for PalateMKT in just 3 simple steps:

1. Enter Your Details – Name, Email, Store Name, Address
2. Choose Your Package – Gourmet Suppliers, Food Lovers
3. Select Your Plan – Monthly, Annual

That’s all you need to do. Once you checkout based on your plan, your account is created and you get a shareable link to your storefront, which you can customise from your admin panel.

Your store is set up right as you create your Palate Mkt account. If you want to personalize it, or create and edit items, edit profile details and more, you can do so from the administrator panel of your account itself.

There are differences in features when it comes to each tier, which is based on who they are meant for:

Gourmet Providers & Suppliers: Palate Mkt is the perfect platform for you to showcase and sell your proprietary gourmet food products, whether you make your own or curate your store with the finest selection of items. With a state of the art e-commerce system, you will be able to personalise your store, add and manage SKUs, personalise their listings with attractive photographs, videos, descriptions and more.

Gourmet Food Influencers & Specialists: For all the food influencers and specialists out there, this is the opportunity to get the most out of your Instagram life. With Palate Mkt, you can create your own personalised online store and add existing food products from the suppliers as well as get a commission from the sale. Not only that, you also get social media perks such as shareable affiliate links for Instagram tagging and more.

No, a Gourmet Food Influencer / Specialist cannot fix their own price on items. This is to ensure all the consumers on Palate Mkt have a consistent experience through and through. While food influencers would be unable to fix their own prices, they would get a commission on the products sold through their online store and the affiliate links for social media.

PalateMKT Live gives you a fast and easy setup experience for your online marketplace, and access to personalization tools at your disposal, so you can make your digital store look just the way you want it to be.

PalateMKT Zip gives you access to state of the art logistics system, in partnership with (Brand Name). Now manage your deliveries, pickups, returns, exchanges right from the comfort of the platform. For an initial period though, the delivery of goods would be the responsibility of the food businesses who have registered on the platform using their own verified logistic providers. Palate Mkt Zip will be introduced for all our customers at a later date which they would be notified of through our official correspondence.

PalateMKT Books is a state of the art automated accounting and payment system created specifically for PalateMKT. You get access to all your orders, invoices, transaction histories, and several payment options to choose from, so convenience is always at your doorstep.

You can edit your store’s name, banner image, post images and videos on the feed, as well as create live streaming links for your patrons to view.

Since Palate Mkt deals with food products, which can be subject to spoilage, each of the products listed on the platform would carry a return policy. You can add a return policy based on the types of requirements right as you are adding the product to your online store.

All you need to set up your PalateMKT store are as follows:

1. Enter Your Details – Name, Email, Store Name, Address
2. Choose Your Package – Gourmet Suppliers, Food Lovers
3. Select Your Plan – Monthly, Annual

Food Products have the potential to harm the health of the consumers, and therefore are required to adhere to a number of licenses and permits. Depending on the type of business, you will need one or more from the following permits and licenses:

FSSAI / Food License An FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) license is essential to ensure the highest standards of consumer safety. The required certification is of two types:

FSSAI Basic Registration License

This is required for small food businesses, having an annual turnover of upto Rs. 12 lakh. The tenure of this license varies from 1-5 years.

FSSAI Registration State License

This is required for medium food businesses, having an annual turnover of Rs. 12 lakh to up to Rs. 20 crores. The tenure of this license varies from 1-5 years.

Stores and Establishment Registration Since food businesses deal in the sale of goods, registration under VAT is compulsory. If you also provide a service such as delivery of goods, you will also require a Service Tax registration. Documents such as PAN Card are also mandatory while registering on the platform.

The following requirements are mandatory for every product type you wish to list on your PalateMKT:

• The license should be in the name of the company or the business owner.
• The license should be valid for a period of over 2 months at the time of registration.
• The ‘scope’ of the license should include all food products and categories that you intend to sell on PalateMKT.
• The FSSAI License Number should be displayed on your PalateMKT Storefront.
• List of SKUs / products that you are going to sell, their shelf life, storage temperature, whether the products are imported or not.
• Images used for the product listings should be as per the Image Requirements.
• Valid Purchase Invoice (for Food Influencers / Specialists).

In order to continue selling your food products on PalateMKT, the following requirements must be met:

• Order Defect Rate: < 3%
• Pre-fulfillment Cancel Rate: < 4%
• Late Shipment Rate: < 5%

All food products must be properly packaged, sealed and labeled.

The delivery package must include two copies of the invoice, one inside the sealed package, and the other on the outside of the package to ensure transparency and reliability.

The food products must comply with the minimum shelf life requirement of 30% or more when a customer receives the product from any e-commerce platform, according to FSSAI regulations, 2011.