About Buy / Import
Should you buy it in India, or import it?
Buy / Import helps Indian buyers compare local retail prices with estimated international landed costs before making expensive purchase decisions.
Some products are clearly better to buy in India. Others look overpriced locally, but importing them can introduce customs duty, shipping costs, currency conversion charges, warranty limitations, delivery risk, and return complications.
The platform exists to make that decision easier. It compares available India pricing with estimated import pricing, then gives a practical verdict on whether buying locally or importing appears to make more sense.
Buy / Import is built for high-consideration products like phones, laptops, gaming hardware, audio gear, watches, and other items where the price gap between India and global markets can be meaningful.
The simple idea
Before spending serious money, you should know whether the India price is reasonable, whether importing actually saves money, and whether the saving is worth the warranty and delivery trade-off.
Created by
Aarnesh Shrivastava
Buy / Import was created by Aarnesh Shrivastava, a content and product-focused publisher based in India. The project comes from a simple everyday problem: Indian buyers often see large price gaps between local listings and global markets, but the real import decision is rarely just about the sticker price.
Aarnesh has worked on research-led digital publishing projects across consumer technology, online culture, and high-consideration buying categories. Buy / Import applies that same research-first approach to product pricing, landed cost estimates, warranty trade-offs, and practical buying context for Indian consumers.