Buying chemicals in India was stuck in 1998
Procurement teams were spending days on something that should take minutes. A single order meant calling four suppliers, waiting on quotes over email, haggling on price, and then hoping the material was actually in stock.
And the worst part — you often paid first and found out later. Advance payments against stock that hadn't been checked. Delays nobody warned you about. Documentation chased down after delivery instead of before.
We spoke to over 200 buyers across labs, factories and testing houses. They all described the same four problems.
A catalogue, a PO, and payment that waits
ChemShopee is a multi-vendor marketplace where the same chemical is listed by several verified vendors — each with their own price, pack size, MOQ and dispatch time, visible up front.
You pick what suits you and place the order. That generates a Purchase Order which goes to the vendor. They check their stock and accept it. Only then is payment collected. Then they ship.
- ✓Every vendor is verifiedGST, PAN and trade licence checked before a single listing goes live.
- ✓Payment follows confirmationMoney moves after the vendor accepts the PO — never before.
- ✓Documents live on the listingMSDS, CoA and TDS downloadable before you order.
- ✓Everything is auditableA clean PO trail your finance team can actually reconcile.
Four things we won't compromise on
These aren't poster slogans. They're the rules we use when we have to make a hard call.
Verification first
We would rather have fewer vendors than unverified ones. Every seller clears GST, PAN and trade licence checks before listing — and we remove those who slip on quality.
Your money waits
No advance for unconfirmed stock. Ever. Payment is collected against a PO the vendor has already accepted, which means the material exists before you're charged.
Nothing hidden
Price, MOQ, dispatch time, vendor rating and safety documentation are all on the listing. If we can't show it openly, we don't think it belongs in the transaction.
Safety is not optional
Hazardous material moves through compliant packing and licensed transport, with declarations collected where the law requires them. We won't cut this corner to save a day.
Vendors are partners
A marketplace dies if the sellers lose. Free onboarding, no listing fees, and payment released on schedule — because reliable vendors are what buyers actually come for.
A human on the line
Every business account gets a named account manager. Chemical procurement has edge cases, and edge cases need a person, not a chatbot loop.
How we got here
From a spreadsheet of 40 suppliers to a marketplace serving buyers in 28 states.
The spreadsheet phase
We started by manually matching 40 vendors to buyers over phone and email, just to prove the demand was real. It was — painfully so.
First version of the catalogue
We launched with 800 products from 60 verified vendors, and introduced the rule that still defines us: no payment before stock confirmation.
PO flow goes live
Purchase Orders became automatic. Buyers stopped chasing quotes, vendors stopped fielding calls, and order times dropped from days to minutes.
Hazmat logistics network
We partnered with licensed transporters to move restricted and hazardous material compliantly across all 28 states.
12,000+ products, 3,200+ vendors
Over 50,000 orders fulfilled at a 4.8★ average buyer rating — and we're still onboarding vendors every week.
The people behind ChemShopee
Chemical industry veterans and marketplace builders, working out of Chennai and Mumbai.
Anand Krishnan
15 years in specialty chemical distribution. Spent most of them wishing this platform existed.
Meera Raghavan
Built supply chain operations for two national distributors. Owns vendor quality end to end.
Sameer Desai
Former regulatory affairs lead. Makes sure every hazardous shipment moves the way it legally must.
Nisha Pillai
Onboards and supports the vendor network. Your seller's first call when something goes sideways.
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