# UpMinutes > UpMinutes is an online store platform for Indian businesses: 150 themes, UPI, credit and debit cards, EMI and cash on delivery through the owner's own Razorpay account, GST invoices, delivery zones by PIN code, Shiprocket, WhatsApp and SMS order updates, storefronts in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, and SEO and AI search set up automatically. Plans: Starter ₹500/month, Growth ₹999/month, Pro ₹2000/month, GST included; yearly plans get two months free; 14-day free trial without a card; no commission on sales. ## Main pages - [Pricing](https://upminutes.com/pricing): plans and what each includes - [Features](https://upminutes.com/features): everything included - [Themes](https://upminutes.com/themes): all themes with live demos - [Compare](https://upminutes.com/compare/shopify): UpMinutes vs Shopify for Indian sellers - [Switch](https://upminutes.com/switch): moving from another platform - [Start](https://upminutes.com/start): sign up for a free trial ## Solutions - [Online shops](https://upminutes.com/solutions/shops): Sizes and colours with a photo each, size guides, UPI and cash on delivery, delivery by PIN code and GST invoices, ready on day one. - [Food ordering](https://upminutes.com/solutions/food): A menu your customers order from for delivery or pickup, with veg and non-veg marks, delivery by distance and payment by UPI or cash. - [Bookings](https://upminutes.com/solutions/bookings): For salons, clinics, studios, classes and services: customers book and pay online, and you see every booking in one place. - [Catalogue and quotes](https://upminutes.com/solutions/catalogue): For manufacturers, caterers, contractors and services priced on request: customers choose options and quantity and message you on WhatsApp. ## Blog - [Planning a festive-season sale: offers, stock and deadlines](https://upminutes.com/blog/festive-season-sale-planning): How to plan a Diwali, Pongal or Onam sale for your online store: pick the right offers, order stock early, set courier cut-offs and talk to customers clearly. - [Selling in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada: when it helps](https://upminutes.com/blog/multilingual-store-hindi-tamil-telugu-kannada): When a storefront in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Kannada helps your online store, what to translate first, and how to keep translations accurate and easy to manage. - [Speed matters: why a fast online store sells more](https://upminutes.com/blog/store-speed-core-web-vitals): Why page speed matters for an Indian online store, what Core Web Vitals mean in plain words, and the simple fixes that make your shop load fast on any phone. - [Choosing a domain name for your store and connecting it](https://upminutes.com/blog/choose-domain-name-and-connect): How to choose a good domain name for your Indian online store, .in or .com, where to buy it, and how to connect it to your shop with CNAME and TXT records. - [SEO for a new online store: what matters in the first 90 days](https://upminutes.com/blog/seo-for-new-store-first-90-days): A practical first-90-days SEO plan for a new Indian online store, covering Google Search Console, product pages, local search and showing up in AI answers. - [Selling on WhatsApp and Instagram without losing orders](https://upminutes.com/blog/sell-on-whatsapp-and-instagram): How to sell through WhatsApp and Instagram without missed messages, lost orders or payment mix-ups, by pairing chat with a simple online store and order system. - [Writing product descriptions that sell (and rank on Google)](https://upminutes.com/blog/product-descriptions-that-sell): How to write product descriptions that answer real customer questions, build trust and help your Indian online store show up in Google, with a simple template. - [Product photos with just a phone: light, backgrounds, 4:5 crops](https://upminutes.com/blog/product-photos-with-a-phone): Take clear, consistent product photos with only a phone: using daylight, simple backgrounds, steady framing and 4:5 crops that work on your store and Instagram. - [Shipping in India: couriers, PIN code zones, free delivery](https://upminutes.com/blog/shipping-in-india-couriers-pin-codes): A plain guide to shipping for Indian online stores: courier aggregators, volumetric weight, delivery zones by PIN code, free-delivery thresholds and packing. - [GST for small online sellers: the basics explained](https://upminutes.com/blog/gst-basics-for-online-sellers): A plain introduction to GST for small Indian online sellers: registration, HSN codes, CGST, SGST and IGST, invoices, returns and when to ask a CA. - [UPI, cards or cash on delivery: which payments to offer](https://upminutes.com/blog/upi-cards-or-cash-on-delivery): Which payment methods your Indian online store should offer, how UPI, cards and COD compare, and practical ways to cut cash-on-delivery returns. - [How to start an online store in India: a step-by-step checklist](https://upminutes.com/blog/start-online-store-india-checklist): A step-by-step checklist for starting an online store in India, from choosing products and a name to payments, shipping, GST, launch and first customers. ## Help centre - [Create your store](https://upminutes.com/help/create-your-store): Sign up on UpMinutes in a few minutes: choose a plan and a theme, claim your store address and open your dashboard with a free 14-day trial. - [Find your way around the dashboard](https://upminutes.com/help/dashboard-tour): A quick tour of your store dashboard: the home page, the Get your store ready checklist, the side menu, the New button on phones and the notification bell. - [Add your contact details and store settings](https://upminutes.com/help/store-settings): Set your store name, phone, WhatsApp, email, address and hours, add an announcement bar, set a minimum order, and pause orders with holiday mode. - [Replace the sample products and text](https://upminutes.com/help/replace-sample-content): Your new store starts with the theme's sample products, pages and homepage text. Here is how to swap them for your own before you share the link. - [Add your first product](https://upminutes.com/help/add-your-first-product): Add a product with its name, description, photos, price, was price, stock and label, choose whether it shows in your store, and put it in a collection. - [Sell products with sizes and colours](https://upminutes.com/help/product-options-and-variants): Add up to three options such as size, colour and material. Each combination gets its own price, stock, SKU and photo, and sold-out choices are marked. - [Import products from a CSV file](https://upminutes.com/help/import-products-from-csv): Add or update many products at once from Excel or Google Sheets, including an export from Shopify or WooCommerce, and check a preview before saving. - [Add product photos that look sharp](https://upminutes.com/help/product-photos): How product photos work: upload any common format and it is saved as fast WebP, cropped to 4:5. Upload many at once with Bulk photos and tidy your Media. - [Connect Razorpay for UPI and card payments](https://upminutes.com/help/connect-razorpay): Connect your own Razorpay account so shoppers can pay by UPI, cards, net banking and wallets, with the money going straight to your bank account. - [Offer cash on delivery and set a limit](https://upminutes.com/help/cash-on-delivery): Switch cash on delivery on or off, set the largest order that can be paid in cash, choose zones that allow it, and see COD orders in their own tab. - [Set up GST and download tax invoices](https://upminutes.com/help/gst-and-invoices): Add your GSTIN, choose whether prices include GST, set rates and HSN codes, and get numbered PDF tax invoices with CGST, SGST or IGST worked out for you. - [Create an order for WhatsApp or phone sales](https://upminutes.com/help/create-an-order-with-payment-link): Took an order on WhatsApp, Instagram or the phone? Create it in the dashboard and mark it paid, choose cash on delivery, or send a Razorpay payment link. - [Set delivery charges and zones](https://upminutes.com/help/delivery-zones-and-charges): Charge one delivery fee everywhere, or set zones by PIN code, city, state or country, charging by weight, order value, product or distance, with free delivery. - [Book couriers with Shiprocket](https://upminutes.com/help/connect-shiprocket): Connect your Shiprocket account once, then book a courier from any order in one tap. The tracking number, pickup, label and delivery updates follow. - [Move orders along and share tracking](https://upminutes.com/help/order-stages-and-tracking): Mark orders packed, shipped, out for delivery and delivered, add the courier and tracking number, and send your delivery person a live location link. - [Handle returns, exchanges and refunds](https://upminutes.com/help/returns-and-refunds): Let customers ask for a return from their order page, approve or decline it, mark the parcel received, and refund through Razorpay, UPI, bank or store credit. - [Choose and switch your theme](https://upminutes.com/help/choose-and-switch-themes): Browse themes made for Indian stores, preview any of them with your own products on computer, tablet and phone, then publish without losing your work. - [Use your brand colours, fonts and buttons](https://upminutes.com/help/brand-styles): Brand styles add your accent colour, font pairing and button shape on top of any theme. Try them freely in the preview; saving them is part of the Pro plan. - [Edit your homepage and menus](https://upminutes.com/help/homepage-and-menus): Choose which homepage sections show, in what order and what they say, upload your own photos, and set the links in your header menu and footer. - [Create pages and journal posts](https://upminutes.com/help/pages-and-journal): Build pages such as About us and write journal posts from blocks: text, photos, galleries, questions and product rows. Save drafts, schedule and restore. - [Create coupons and automatic offers](https://upminutes.com/help/coupons-and-automatic-offers): Make coupon codes such as DIWALI10, and offers that apply by themselves: buy X get Y, spend more save more, and a free gift over an amount. - [Win back abandoned carts](https://upminutes.com/help/abandoned-carts): Send one friendly reminder, with an optional coupon, to shoppers who leave at checkout. See each cart, follow up on WhatsApp and track the sales recovered. - [Send an email campaign to subscribers](https://upminutes.com/help/email-campaigns): Grow your email list from your store, then send campaigns about new arrivals or a sale, with up to four products, a button and a test email to yourself. - [List your products on Google Shopping and Instagram](https://upminutes.com/help/google-shopping-and-instagram): Use the product feeds that update themselves to show your products free on Google Shopping and in your Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp catalogues. - [Collect and manage product reviews](https://upminutes.com/help/product-reviews): Show star ratings and reviews on your products, ask buyers for a review after delivery, publish or hide reviews and reply to them from your dashboard. - [Connect your own domain](https://upminutes.com/help/connect-your-own-domain): Use www.yourbrand.com for your store. Add a CNAME and a TXT record at your domain registrar, press Check now, and the secure padlock is set up for you. - [Redirect links from your old website](https://upminutes.com/help/redirects-from-old-site): Moving from WordPress, Shopify or WooCommerce? Send old page addresses to your new pages so links, bookmarks and Google rankings keep working. - [Get found on Google and AI assistants](https://upminutes.com/help/seo-and-ai-search): Your store is set up for Google and AI search from day one. Check the health score, edit your search listing and questions, and submit your sitemap. - [Show your store in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Kannada](https://upminutes.com/help/store-languages): Switch on Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Kannada and your store's own words are translated at once. Then translate your products, pages and homepage text. - [Understand plans and your free trial](https://upminutes.com/help/plans-and-free-trial): Compare Starter, Growth and Pro, see what your 14-day free trial includes, how yearly billing gives two months free, and what happens when the trial ends. - [Pay for your plan by UPI AutoPay or card](https://upminutes.com/help/pay-for-your-plan): Set up automatic payments once by UPI AutoPay or card through Razorpay. Get reminders before each payment, and stop renewing whenever you like. - [Upgrade, downgrade or change billing cycle](https://upminutes.com/help/change-your-plan): Upgrade at once and pay only the difference for the days left, or move to a smaller plan or another billing cycle from your next renewal date. - [Download receipts and add your GSTIN](https://upminutes.com/help/receipts-and-billing-details): Add your business name, GSTIN, address and billing email to your plan receipts, see every payment you have made, and print or save each receipt as a PDF. - [Add your team with the right roles](https://upminutes.com/help/team-roles): Add staff by email with a role: manager, orders and customers, products and content, or view only. Each person signs in with their own code and sees their part. - [Sign in with a one-time code](https://upminutes.com/help/sign-in-with-a-code): Sign in to your dashboard with a 6-digit code sent to your email, no password needed. Set a password if you like, and sign out on other devices. - [See who changed what in the activity log](https://upminutes.com/help/activity-log): The activity log records every change in your dashboard, every sign-in and failed attempt, and downloads, with the person, time, IP address and device.