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Meesho is India's largest social commerce platform by annual transacting users, founded in December 2015 by IIT Delhi graduates Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal in Bengaluru. Backed by investors including Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India), SoftBank, Prosus and Elevation Capital, the company converted from private to public limited status and listed on the NSE and BSE on 10 December 2025, pricing its IPO at ₹105-111 per share and listing at ₹162.5 — a 46% premium over the ₹111 issue price. For the fiscal year ended 31 March 2026, Meesho reported 264 million annual transacting users (up 33% year-on-year) and was the most downloaded shopping app in India, per the company's own audited results filed with NSE and BSE on 6 May 2026. Meesho operates a zero-commission marketplace model for product listings — sellers pay no commission on the sale price, which keeps prices exceptionally low, though sellers do pay shipping, GST on that shipping fee, and reverse-shipping fees on returned orders. The platform is known for budget fashion, home decor, kitchen items, and accessories, primarily sourced from manufacturers and small sellers across India. For buyers, Meesho offers free delivery, returns, and cash-on-delivery. Annual transacting sellers on the platform reached 1.04 million in the quarter ended June 2026 (Q1 FY27), up 81% year-on-year, with the fastest growth in Tier 4 cities (+125% YoY). Meesho also continues to operate its original WhatsApp-based reselling model, where individuals share product listings with their network and earn a margin, though the company no longer publishes a current headcount for that specific reseller population. Meesho's Net Merchandise Value (NMV) for FY26 stood at ₹41,560 crore, up 39% year-on-year, with placed orders growing 45% to 2.67 billion and purchase frequency improving to 10.1 transactions per user annually — a run rate of roughly 7.3 million orders a day across the year. In Q1 FY27 (quarter ended June 2026), NMV grew a further 34% year-on-year to ₹11,614 crore on 725 million orders (roughly 8 million orders a day for the quarter). The company posted a consolidated net loss of ₹132.8 crore in Q1 FY27, narrowed 54% from the year-ago quarter, as marketplace revenue grew 48% to over ₹3,700 crore. Meesho is best suited for price-conscious shoppers in Tier 2-4 cities, homemakers looking to start a reselling business, and anyone hunting for budget deals on everyday items. Product quality can be inconsistent since there's minimal curation — reading reviews and checking seller ratings before purchasing is essential. Users expecting premium brands or fast delivery may prefer Flipkart or Amazon.
Meesho
4.4/5 on Google Play Store — 4.4★ from 60.2L+ (6,024,728) ratings (package com.meesho.supply, checked 2026-08-15) · Last verified 2026-08-15
Yes, in terms of incorporation and headquarters. Meesho Limited (CIN L74900KA2015PLC082263, formerly Meesho Private Limited and, before that, Fashnear Technologies Private Limited) is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and was founded in December 2015 by IIT Delhi graduates Vidit Aatrey (now Chairman, MD & CEO) and Sanjeev Barnwal. The company converted from private to public limited status and listed on the NSE and BSE on 10 December 2025. Ownership is a separate question: Meesho has raised funding across 12+ rounds from a mix of Indian and international investors, including Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India), Elevation Capital, SoftBank, Prosus (Naspers) and Meta, alongside Y Combinator in its early days. As a newly listed company its shareholder base now also includes public and institutional Indian investors, but large early-stage stakes remain with the foreign-headquartered investors named above.
Yes — Meesho listed on the NSE and BSE on 10 December 2025. The IPO priced shares in a ₹105-111 band and raised ₹5,421.20 crore (a mix of a ₹4,250 crore fresh issue and an offer for sale), and was subscribed roughly 9x overall. Shares listed at ₹162.5, a 46% premium over the ₹111 issue price. Meesho now files audited quarterly results with both exchanges as Meesho Limited (NSE symbol: MEESHO, BSE scrip code: 544632) — its most recent public filing at the time of this page's last check was its Q1 FY27 results for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Meesho operates as a marketplace connecting buyers with independent sellers rather than holding its own inventory, and product curation is minimal compared to Amazon or Flipkart — that trade-off is part of what keeps prices low, but it also means quality and accuracy vary seller to seller. The most consistent complaints across review sites are products that don't match listing photos (color, material, sizing) and refunds shown as 'processed' in the app that customers say take longer than expected to reach their bank account, or arrive as Meesho Balance (wallet credit) instead of cash. Meesho does publish a returns, refunds and replacement policy on its website. A reasonable precaution given this pattern: check seller ratings and recent reviews before buying, and prefer listings where cash-on-delivery or clearly stated returns are offered.
Meesho has charged 0% commission on the product sale price across categories since August 2022, and that's still the headline in 2026 — listing and selling itself costs nothing. It isn't the whole cost picture, though: sellers pay a shipping fee on every delivered order (commonly cited around ₹65 for a small fashion parcel, though this varies by weight and category), 18% GST on that shipping fee, and a separate reverse-shipping fee (commonly cited around ₹150-165) when a customer returns an item. Added up, sellers and seller-focused publications describe total deductions of roughly 15-22% of the product price once shipping, GST and returns are factored in — so 'zero commission' is accurate but isn't the same as 'free to sell.'
The core difference is the business model and price point each is built for. Amazon and Flipkart both charge sellers commission (typically mid-single-digit to double-digit percentages, category-dependent) and invest heavily in fast, owned logistics — that generally means higher prices but faster shipping and tighter quality control. Meesho charges no product commission, letting sellers list at lower prices, particularly on sub-₹500 fashion, accessories and home items, but Meesho's delivery is typically slower and product curation is lighter, so quality and accuracy vary more by seller. Meesho's buyer base also skews harder toward Tier 2-4 cities and first-time online shoppers than Amazon or Flipkart's. None of the three companies publishes a single 'X% cheaper' figure comparing itself to the others, and independent price comparisons find the gap varies a lot by category and price point — so it's worth comparing the specific product you want rather than assuming a fixed discount.
Meesho publishes a returns, refunds and replacement policy on meesho.com, but we could not independently verify the exact return-window and processing-time figures for this page — the policy page blocked automated access during our check, so we're not quoting specific day-counts we haven't confirmed directly. What is well documented, across multiple independent consumer-complaint sites, is the pattern buyers report: for cash-on-delivery orders, refunds can go to either your bank account or 'Meesho Balance' (in-app wallet credit) depending on the case, and a recurring complaint is refunds marked 'successful' in the app that take longer than expected to actually reach a bank account, or land as wallet credit that can only be spent on Meesho rather than withdrawn. If getting cash back matters more than store credit, it's worth checking how a specific return will be settled before you buy.
On sellers: Meesho reported 1.04 million annual transacting sellers for the quarter ended June 2026, up 81% year-on-year, with its fastest growth (+125% YoY) in Tier 4 cities — from the company's own Q1 FY27 earnings disclosures. We removed an earlier '16 million+ homepreneurs' figure that was on this page: that number traces back to Meesho's 2018-2021 press coverage (a stated goal of 20 million by roughly 2020, and a reported 15 million active resellers by mid-2021), and we could not find a current company-published figure for that specific reseller population, which may or may not overlap fully with the 1.04 million 'seller' count above. On the model itself: yes, Meesho's original WhatsApp-based reselling — where an individual shares Meesho product links with their network, adds a margin, and earns when someone buys — is still active in 2026, running alongside the direct-to-consumer buying that now makes up most of Meesho's volume.
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