{"id":44336,"date":"2026-09-01T14:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grabon.in\/indulge\/?p=44336"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T08:41:06","slug":"tier-2-tier-3-city-online-shopping-statistics-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grabon.in\/indulge\/shopping-tips\/tier-2-tier-3-city-online-shopping-statistics-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Tier-2 and Tier-3 City Online Shopping Statistics India 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s online shopping story has quietly changed. The metros that once defined e-commerce growth are now the slower-growing half of the market, while Surat, Indore, Jaipur, Coimbatore, and hundreds of towns like them supply the new shoppers, the new sellers, and an increasing share of the spend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The numbers below track exactly how big that shift has become in 2026, and what it means for where India&#8217;s next \u20b910 lakh crore of online spending will come from.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Top Picks: Key Stats for 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Close to <\/span><strong>55%<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of India&#8217;s new luxury shoppers now live in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick commerce has moved past its metro-only phase and now reaches <\/span><strong>more than 80 tier-2 and tier-3 cities<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-2 and tier-3 cities together account for<\/span><strong> 53% of <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s outbound travel currency demand in 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s e-retail market crossed <\/span><strong>\u20b95.6 lakh crore in GMV <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 2025, with tier-2+ cities supplying close to half the new orders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>What Is the Tier-2 and Tier-3 Online Shopping Market Size in 2026?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s overall e-retail gross merchandise value reached <\/span><strong>$65-66 billion in 2025<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, translating to roughly <\/span><strong>\u20b95.6-5.7 lakh crore<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at prevailing exchange rates. Tier-2 and tier-3 cities are no longer a side market within that number; they are the reason the number keeps climbing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Total e-retail GMV: \u20b95.6-5.7 lakh crore in 2025, on pace to reach \u20b914.8-15.7 lakh crore by 2030<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-2+ cities contributed close to <\/span><strong>50% of India&#8217;s incremental e-retail orders in 2025<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even though shopper penetration there sits at just 25-30% of internet users, compared with 45-50% in metro and tier-1 markets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KPMG projects tier-2 and smaller cities will account for <\/span><strong>88% of new online shoppers added between 2020 and 2030<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with e-retail GMV reaching \u20b915-16 lakh crore by the end of the decade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The broader e-commerce market, measured on McKinsey&#8217;s wider definition that includes D2C and social commerce, stood at $70-80 billion (\u20b96.1-7 lakh crore) in 2024 and is projected to hit $180-200 billion (\u20b915.7-17.4 lakh crore) by 2030.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick commerce alone, still a relatively young format, generated <\/span><strong>\u20b987,000-95,700 crore in GMV in 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-2+ cities have barely a quarter of their internet users shopping online, yet they already generate half the new orders. That is not saturation catching up; it is a market still in its early innings producing outsized growth off a small base, which is exactly why every major platform is now building tier-2 and tier-3 specific strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sources: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bain.com\/insights\/how-india-shops-online-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bain &amp; Company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kpmg.com\/in\/en\/blogs\/2026\/04\/growth-beyond-metros-the-rise-of-tier-2-and-tier-3-cities.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KPMG<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/logistics\/our-insights\/the-great-unbundling-of-indian-e-commerce-msmes-and-the-direct-to-consumer-revolution\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McKinsey &amp; Company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Online Shopping Growth by City Tier<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>City Tier<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Shopper Penetration (% of internet users)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Key Drivers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metro \/ Tier-1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45-50%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed and instant gratification, higher average order value, willingness to pay a premium for quick delivery<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25-30% (contributing over 50% of incremental orders)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deals and discount-seeking, rapid digital payment adoption, rising disposable incomes<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower base than tier-2, fastest year-on-year growth<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cash-on-delivery preference, price sensitivity, growing smartphone and voice\/vernacular access<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sources: Bain &amp; Company, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwc.in\/industries\/retail-and-consumer\/how-india-shops-online.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PwC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Budget and Spend Breakdown by Category<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding where tier-2 and tier-3 rupees actually go matters more than the headline market size, since category mix differs sharply from metro spending patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Share of E-Commerce Order Value<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Estimated Spend (on \u20b95.6-5.7 lakh crore base)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apparel and electronics (combined)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 70%<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b93.9-4 lakh crore<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick commerce essentials (grocery, FMCG, personal care)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16-17% of e-retail GMV, of which 85-90% is household essentials<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b985,000-95,000 crore<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D2C and social commerce channels<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New spend of \u20b987,000-1,04,400 crore in 2025<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u20b987,000-1,04,400 crore<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beauty, home, and general merchandise<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remaining balance of order value<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balance of total GMV<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Key insight:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Apparel and electronics are the fixed backbone of tier-2\/3 spend; they dominate order value regardless of season, while quick commerce essentials are the variable, habit-forming layer that platforms use to keep shoppers checking in daily. The D2C section is growing fastest in relative terms, since it lets small brands reach smaller cities without the cost of a physical store network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sources: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gokwik.co\/blog\/ecommerce-growth-statistics?_gc=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GoKwik<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Bain &amp; Company, McKinsey &amp; Company)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Metro Shoppers vs Tier-2\/3 Shoppers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Comparison Point<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Metro \/ Tier-1 Shoppers<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Tier-2\/3 Shoppers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Core motivation<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speed, convenience, instant gratification<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best deals and discounts<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preferred payment<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPI and cards, comparable acceptance to metros<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UPI plus significant cash-on-delivery to limit fraud risk<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Category focus<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electronics, quick commerce, premium fashion<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethnic wear, occasion wear, value electronics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trust barrier<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower, established platform familiarity<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fake reviews deter over 42% of shoppers in health and wellness purchases<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growth trajectory<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mature, slower incremental growth<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fastest-growing cohort, driving ~50% of new orders<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">App vs website usage<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mixed<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 60% prefer shopping via apps<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trust gap is the more interesting number here than the deal-seeking one. Tier-2 and tier-3 shoppers are not simply price-sensitive versions of metro shoppers; they are operating with less established purchase confidence, which is why cash-on-delivery persists even where UPI is fully available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sources: PwC India)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Do Tier-2 and Tier-3 Shoppers Pay for Their Purchases?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital payments have grown faster in smaller cities than almost anywhere else in the country, even as cash-on-delivery holds its ground as a trust mechanism rather than a habit.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>UPI processed 23.66 billion transactions in July 2026<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, worth close to \u20b930 lakh crore, a 22% year-on-year rise in volume.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>86% of all UPI transactions fall in the \u20b90-500 range<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, reflecting everyday, low-value purchases rather than big-ticket spending, a pattern especially pronounced outside metros.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The RBI&#8217;s Payments Infrastructure Development Fund has deployed <\/span><strong>4.77 crore digital touchpoints<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with incentives specifically targeted at tier-3 to tier-6 cities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cash-on-delivery remains the preferred option for a meaningful share of tier-2\/3 shoppers, chosen to minimise fraud risk rather than out of unfamiliarity with digital payments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generation X shoppers in these markets show a distinct preference for card transactions on mid-to-high value purchases, citing transaction safety as the deciding factor.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Are MSMEs Driving Tier-2 and Tier-3 E-Commerce?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s <\/span><strong>60 million MSMEs contribute nearly 30% of GDP<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, worth close to <\/span><strong>\u20b987 lakh crore annually<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and around half of registered small enterprises are located in tier-2 and tier-3 cities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MSMEs are projected to drive <\/span><strong>around half of India&#8217;s e-commerce growth through 2030.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a McKinsey survey of over 1,000 Indian MSMEs, <\/span><strong>53% said they prefer direct-to-consumer channels<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (social storefronts, independent websites, WhatsApp and Telegram groups) over marketplace listings, against 47% favouring marketplaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s D2C channel is expected to grow from <\/span><strong>\u20b987,000-1,04,400 crore in 2025 to \u20b94.8-5.2 lakh crore by 2030<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, close to three times faster than traditional marketplace growth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The market for modular, unbundled digital commerce tools built specifically for MSMEs is estimated at <\/span><strong>$25-30 billion (\u20b92.2-2.6 lakh crore) by 2030.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44337 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.grabon.in\/gograbon\/indulge\/wp-content\/uploads\/msme-e-commerce-channel-preference.jpg\" alt=\"msme e commerce channel preference\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Source: McKinsey &amp; Company)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Fast Is Quick Commerce Reaching Smaller Cities?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick commerce built its reputation in metro pincodes, but its next phase of growth is explicitly a tier-2\/3 story.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick commerce GMV has <\/span><strong>doubled annually since 2023, reaching \u20b987,000-95,700 crore in 2025<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is projected to scale to <\/span><strong>\u20b95.6-6.1 lakh crore by 2030.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Platforms have expanded their micro-fulfillment network to <\/span><strong>over 7,000 centres across more than 200 cities<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though two-thirds of new centres still concentrate in the top 10 cities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Household essentials (groceries, personal care, FMCG) make up <\/span><strong>85-90% of quick commerce GMV<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, positioning the format as a convenience channel first and a discretionary channel second.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q-commerce players have entered <\/span><strong>more than 80 tier-2 and tier-3 cities<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cutting delivery times and exposing smaller-city consumers to a wider variety of brands than local retail could offer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer adoption and unit economics beyond top metros and tier-1 cities <\/span><strong>remain unproven<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even as expansion continues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-44338 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.grabon.in\/gograbon\/indulge\/wp-content\/uploads\/quick-commerce-reaching-smaller-cities.jpg\" alt=\"quick commerce reaching smaller cities\" width=\"700\" height=\"521\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Source: Bain &amp; Company)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Role Does Travel and Forex Spending Play in the Tier-2\/3 Story?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online shopping is not the only category showing this shift, and the parallel data from travel spending makes the underlying trend harder to dismiss as sector-specific noise.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Tier-2 and tier-3 cities together account for 53% of India&#8217;s outbound forex demand<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the year through March 2026, against 47% from tier-1 cities and metros.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier-2 cities alone contribute <\/span><strong>41% of forex demand<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with tier-3 cities adding another <\/span><strong>12%.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leisure travel drives <\/span><strong>57% of total forex demand<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ahead of corporate travel at 27% and student travel at 16%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consumers aged <\/span><strong>25-40 account for the largest share of forex usage at 37%<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, followed closely by the 41-60 age group at 36%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital forex adoption grew <\/span><strong>25% year-on-year<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with self-service digital platform usage up 50% over two years.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Source: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomascook.in\/press-release\/thomas-cook-india-expands-its-prepaid-forex-cards-to-28-currencies\/477\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas Cook India Forex Report 2026<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What&#8217;s Next for Tier-2 and Tier-3 Online Shopping?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s e-retail market is projected to sustain <\/span><strong>more than 20% annual growth through 2030<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, scaling from \u20b95.6-5.7 lakh crore today to <\/span><strong>\u20b914.8-17.4 lakh crore<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, depending on which analyst&#8217;s category definition is used. Three sub-trends will decide how much of that growth lands in tier-2 and tier-3 cities specifically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geographic expansion of fulfillment networks.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Quick commerce and D2C logistics are pushing further into towns beyond the top 200 cities, but profitability at that scale is still unproven, meaning the next wave of expansion will be more selective and data-driven than the land-grab phase of 2022-2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>AI and conversational commerce are normalising outside metros.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India is already the world&#8217;s second-largest ChatGPT market, with over 160 million monthly active users, growing 4.5 times in 2025 alone. As e-retailer-led assistants and LLM-led shopping agents mature, tier-2\/3 shoppers who currently rely on video and vernacular discovery are well positioned to adopt conversational shopping quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>A values-driven shift toward premiumisation.<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Redseer data shows tier-2+ per-shopper festive spending climbing even as new-shopper acquisition slows, and nearly 55% of new luxury shoppers now come from tier-2 and tier-3 cities. Growth in these markets is increasingly about spending more per shopper on better products, not just adding new, price-sensitive shoppers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s e-retail market, worth \u20b95.6-5.7 lakh crore in 2025, is expected to reach \u20b914.8-17.4 lakh crore by 2030. Tier-2 and tier-3 cities already drive roughly half of the country&#8217;s new online orders, over half of its new luxury shoppers, and 53% of its outbound forex demand, while their MSMEs generate close to \u20b987 lakh crore a year and increasingly favour direct-to-consumer channels over marketplaces. Shoppers in these cities have moved past cautious, deal-only buying. They now spend confidently and are paying more per order for better products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s online shopping story has quietly changed. The metros that once defined e-commerce growth are now the slower-growing half of the market, while Surat, Indore, Jaipur, Coimbatore, and hundreds of towns like them supply the new shoppers, the new sellers, and an increasing share of the spend. 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