Quick commerce guides for India
Updated October 2026
39 plain-English guides to India’s quick delivery apps, grouped by what you want to do.
Shoppers can see what Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart and Flipkart Minutes charge and how to pay less. Sellers, property owners and job seekers get the official sign-up routes and the scams to avoid. Students, investors and journalists get market size, company results and the rules the apps follow.
Guides for shoppers on delivery fees, memberships and what to order
Which app delivers to you, what you will pay and what you can order besides groceries.
- Best quick delivery app in your city Apps ranked in each city by how many dark stores they run near you.
- Delivery charges on Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart Delivery, handling and small-cart fees on every app, the cheapest app for a ₹150 or ₹400 cart, and how to avoid paying them.
- Minimum order for free delivery How much you need in your cart before each app drops its delivery fee.
- Quick delivery memberships and passes Swiggy One, Zepto Club, Amazon Prime, Flipkart Black and bbstar compared on price and quick-order benefits, and when a plan pays for itself.
- Medicine delivery in minutes Apps that deliver medicines in minutes, the cities they cover, what needs a prescription and how to get a refund for a wrong order.
- Electronics delivery in minutes Apps that deliver phones, laptops and appliances, iPhone launch-day stock, and what to check before and after you order.
- Blinkit services beyond groceries Printouts, gifting, electronics and the other things Blinkit now delivers.
- 10-minute food delivery apps What you can order from Zepto Cafe, Bistro and Swish, how many kitchens each runs and in which cities.
- Fashion and beauty delivery in minutes Fast fashion delivery from Myntra M-Now, Slikk and others, and the cities they serve.
- Pet food and supplies delivery Apps that deliver pet food and supplies fast, their stores by city and how the category is growing.
- Quick delivery apps during Diwali Diwali 2025 orders on each app, festive fees, and how store numbers are changing before Diwali 2026.
How to sell your products on quick commerce apps
Get your brand listed, see where each app has stores and understand the margins.
- Sell on Blinkit, Zepto and Instamart How brands get listed on each app, and where each one has dark stores.
- Quick commerce unit economics Order value, take rates and contribution margin, explained with real company figures.
- Quick commerce companies in India Every big app and who owns it.
How to rent your property to a dark store
The space apps look for, the rent it fetches, the licences it needs and how to avoid franchise scams.
- Lease your property to a dark store The size, location and papers apps ask for, and how to apply through official channels.
- Dark store rent in India What dark store space rents for in Indian cities, per sq ft and per month.
- Licences a dark store needs FSSAI, trade, shop and fire licences for a dark store, and who issues each one.
- Dark store franchise Whether Blinkit, Zepto and others offer franchises at all, and how to spot a fake franchise offer.
Dark store jobs and delivery partner pay
Pay, hours and legal rights if you pick, pack or deliver orders.
- Dark store jobs How to apply for picker, packer and delivery jobs, what the ads offer and what to check before you join.
- Gig workers in quick commerce Rights, insurance and the labour laws that cover gig work. Pay for each app sits on its delivery partner page.
- Blinkit delivery partner salary What Blinkit riders earn, what they take home after costs, and how to sign up through the official page.
Quick commerce data, market size and company results
How the business runs, how big it has grown and how the companies compare.
- What is a dark store? What a dark store is and how an order moves from shelf to doorstep.
- Dark store vs warehouse How a dark store differs from a warehouse and a micro-fulfilment centre.
- Quick commerce vs e-commerce How quick delivery apps compare with regular online shopping on speed, range and prices.
- Kirana vs quick commerce How quick delivery apps affect neighbourhood kirana shops.
- Dark stores in India How many dark stores each app runs in India, by city and state.
- Quick commerce statistics Citable figures on dark stores, orders, users and revenue, with links to the data behind them.
- Quick commerce in India: facts A short fact sheet for students preparing for exams and interviews.
- Quick commerce market size in India Gross order value and revenue of Indian quick commerce, and how far apart the forecasts are.
- Quick commerce market share in India Each app’s share of orders and of dark stores, and which app has the busiest stores.
- Dark store rankings by city and state Cities and states ranked by number of dark stores, and the top cities for each app.
- Quick commerce quarterly results Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto order value, revenue and losses, quarter by quarter.
- Zepto IPO date and status Where Zepto’s stock market listing stands, its issue size and its latest financials.
- Dark store reports Dark store counts for each app, and what changed since the last report.
- Quick commerce glossary Simple meanings of terms such as handling fee, platform fee, GOV and take rate.
- Quick delivery app FAQ Short answers on delivery areas, fees, refunds, food safety and jobs.
Quick commerce rules and food safety in India
The laws that apply to the apps, food-safety raids on dark stores, and where a dark store is allowed to open.
- Quick commerce rules in India Which authority handles what, from FDI limits to dark patterns and food safety.
- Dark store raids and licence suspensions Food-safety inspections, suspensions and sealings at named dark stores, by city and date.
- Dark stores in residential areas Zoning rules, resident complaints and what local bodies have decided.
Check which quick delivery apps serve your city
Each city with a dark store has a page showing how many stores every app runs there. To check one address, search by area or PIN code.
Every guide is researched and corrected under our editorial policy.