How to Sell on Flipkart: A Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide

To sell on Flipkart you need a GSTIN, a bank account, a mobile number, an email ID and a pickup address. You create a seller account on seller.flipkart.com, list your products, and either pack orders yourself for Flipkart to pick up or send stock to a Flipkart warehouse. Payment comes to your bank after Flipkart's fees.

What do you need before you start?

Is there a way in without GST? The law lets very small sellers sell within their own state on a GST enrolment number, and some marketplaces accept it. Flipkart's own FAQ, read on 12 Nov 2026, says the opposite for its platform: a regular GSTIN is mandatory for most categories. So get the GSTIN first. Applying on the government portal costs nothing. See our guide to the GST registration process.

How do you register on Flipkart, step by step?

Flipkart says account creation takes less than 10 minutes. The screens ask for the details above in roughly this order.

1. Go to seller.flipkart.com and click Start Selling.
2. Enter your mobile number and email ID and confirm them with the OTP.
3. Enter your GSTIN. If you sell only books, choose that option and give your PAN.
4. Add your business details and a name for your store.
5. Add the pickup address.
6. Add your bank account details.
7. Create your first listing. You cannot get an order without one.

Flipkart also offers a downloadable step-by-step guide on its Sell Online page. Keep it open next to the form.

How do you list your first product?

A listing is the product page a buyer sees: title, description, photos, price and stock. Flipkart gives two routes.

• Match an existing product. If the product is already on Flipkart, you attach your offer to that page. Flipkart calls this latching.
• Create a new product. You choose the category and enter the details: size, model, colour, brand, dimensions and images.

Selling a brand? Flipkart's FAQ lists brand approval as the first step, so apply for it before you spend time on photos. And take care with two fields that touch tax: the GST rate and the HSN code (the product classification code). Whatever you enter here prints on every invoice issued in your name.

Which shipping option should you choose?

Most beginners start with Non-FBF. You keep the stock at hand and learn what sells. Move the steady sellers to FBF later. If your stock sits in a Flipkart warehouse in another state, ask about GST registration in that state before you send it.

What fees will you see?

Flipkart's fee page, as on 12 Nov 2026, names two fees and points to the rate card inside the seller dashboard for exact figures.

• Commission fee. A percentage of the selling price that varies by category. The page says commission is 0% on all products priced below Rs 1,000, and 0% across Fashion at any price.
• Fixed fee, also called closing fee. It depends on your seller tier. The page shows a base rate for Silver and Gold sellers, Rs 10 more for Bronze, and less for Platinum.
• Shipping fee. Charged by weight and by whether the delivery is local, zonal or national.
• GST at 18% on Flipkart's fees, as on any service bill.

Zero commission does not mean zero deductions. The fixed fee and shipping fee still come off each order. Log in and read your own rate card before you price.

How and when do you get paid?

Flipkart transfers your sales, less its fees, to your registered bank account. On timing, its own pages differ. The FAQ speaks of payment in as little as 7 days, and the fee page of as little as 3 days from pickup, with schedules that depend on your seller tier. As a new seller, plan your cash on the slower figure and check the payment tab in your dashboard for your actual cycle.

What is deducted for tax?

• GST TCS (tax collected at source): 0.5% of your net taxable sales, meaning sales before GST, minus returns. Flipkart deposits it against your GSTIN. You accept it on the GST portal and use it to pay your GST.
• Income-tax TDS (tax deducted at source) under section 194-O: 0.1% of gross sales. It appears in Form 26AS and you claim it in your income tax return. An individual or HUF with sales up to Rs 5 lakh a year through the marketplace, who has given PAN or Aadhaar, is outside it.

Both come back to you. Read how TCS on marketplace sales works once, and the settlement report stops looking strange.

A worked example

You sell a product for Rs 840, which includes 5% GST. It is priced below Rs 1,000, so commission is nil on Flipkart's published terms as on 12 Nov 2026. The fixed fee and shipping fee below are examples only. Your rate card has the real figures.

From that Rs 740.76 you still settle GST: Rs 40 collected, less Rs 14.40 credit on fees, less credit on your purchases, less Rs 4 of TCS. What is left after product cost and returns is your profit.

The mistakes beginners make in the first month

• Reading "0% commission" as "no charges". Price with the fixed fee, shipping and returns included.
• Filing GST on the bank credit. GST is due on the taxable value in the Sales Report, not on what Flipkart paid you.
• Listing with a guessed HSN code or GST rate. Check your purchase bill and copy it.
• Skipping the nil return. No orders in a month still means a return.
• Forgetting returned parcels. They reduce your sales and your GST in the month they come back.

What about GST returns from month one?

The day your GSTIN is active, the return calendar starts. GSTR-1, your statement of sales, is due by the 11th of the next month for monthly filers. GSTR-3B, where you pay the tax, follows by the 20th. Flipkart does not file these. It gives you a Sales Report under Tax Report in the seller dashboard, and you file from that. Our guide to GSTR-1 filing for Flipkart sellers shows which column goes to which table. Download the report after your first few orders so the format is no surprise at the deadline.

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