Anuprerna

How I Started A $15K/Month Platform To Sell Ethical Sustainable Artisanal Textiles

July 29th, 2020
Amit Singha
Founder, Anuprerna
$15K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
15
Employees
Anuprerna
from Kolkata, West Bengal, India
started January 1985
$15,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
15
Employees
market size
$3.6B
avg revenue (monthly)
$150K
starting costs
$30.1K
gross margin
30%
time to build
720 days
growth channels
Email marketing
business model
content-library
best tools
Google Drive, Etsy, GoDaddy
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

In 1983, inspired by the artisan community around, this small endeavor started out of a small village of West Bengal, India.

My name is Amit Singha and I am the founder and torchbearer of Anuprerna, an artisanal sustainable textile brand taking this 35+ years old small endeavor to the global market with the mission to support and empower the rural artisans, promote and preserve East India's traditional crafts & textile, use of natural and sustainable fabric and share this incredible tradition with the world.

We are engaged in offering exclusive Textiles Scarves, Stoles, Garments, and natural fabrics such as cotton, Khadi, linen, and East India’s indigenous Handloom silk fabrics such as Matka, Tussar, Mulberry, Ketya, Eri (Peace Silk), etc. We also specialize in a variety of indigenous hand weaving and printing techniques like Jamdani, Batik, Block, and Screen Printing. The story of our products lies around hand-spun, hand-woven crafts produced in an eco-friendly manner.

Our clientele primarily falls into the B2B segment which includes domestic brands & designers. We are gradually reaching overseas and also B2C clients through...

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