Good things deserve a second owner.
We want selling a used phone or scooter in India to be as easy as saying so, and buying one to feel as safe as buying new.
The idea in plain words
Most homes have a phone in a drawer, a laptop nobody opens, a scooter that rarely leaves the parking spot. Somewhere nearby, someone is looking for exactly that. The two rarely meet, because listing is tedious and trusting a stranger is hard.
VandoStore removes both obstacles. An assistant turns a sentence and two photos into a finished listing, and every listing is checked before it is shown. When reuse is that easy, it becomes a habit and fewer good things turn into waste.
Why now
More Indians shop online every year, and the market for used electronics is growing with them. The figures below come from outside research. They describe the market, not VandoStore's own revenue or any promised return.
Online shopping is forecast to roughly triple
Goods sold online in India in a year.
- 2024
- About $60 billion
- 2030, forecast
- $170 to 190 billion
Refurbished electronics were expected to double
The market for refurbished electronics in India.
- March 2021
- About $5 billion
- March 2026, estimate
- Up to $11 billion
- 270 million and more
- People in India who shopped online in 2024, according to the same Bain and Flipkart report.
- Since April 2023
- India's current e-waste management rules have been in force. Reuse comes before recycling: a device that finds a second owner is a device that is not yet waste. Government of India
- A wider shift
- The World Economic Forum describes India's move to a greener economy as a trillion-dollar opportunity. World Economic Forum
What we believe
Three ideas decide what we build and what we leave out.
- Listing should take minutes
- If describing an item is easy, more idle things become available. The assistant, the photo reading and the price suggestion all serve that.
- Trust is part of the product
- Checks on listings, reporting and blocking are built in from the start. They are not extras.
- One city at a time
- A marketplace works when there is enough nearby to choose from. We open a new city only when the one before it is busy, safe and well served.
Help us make reuse the easy choice.
We are looking for investors and partners who value careful marketplace building: trust first, one city at a time, with honest milestones.