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Thanks for the questions. We have designed our own cost effective mechanisms to handle the costs that you mentioned. We are a facilitator, not a middleman.

Thanks for the question. We are currently in public beta in only one location in the country and as a result, the marketplace isn't live for everyone to be able to use. But, we are…

Currently, we haven't started looking at international buyers. So unfortunately, I can't answer that as of today. The second aspect is something we have definitely thought about an…

Yes, a lot more needs to be done for this sector. But as you observed, a part of it does require a lot of input, in terms of capital and time.

Thanks a lot. You are very right in saying that middlemen make most of the profit in this industry and we are trying our best to ensure that both end buyers and sellers get the bes…

Nothing like that as we don't need one! As for MBTI, mine is ENTJ.

You can reach us at founders@kisannetwork.in!

Thank you so much. Really appreciate it.

Pricing is usually fixed for a 2-3 day period. Generally, market fluctuations take place outside of this. For the crops, our team ensures that the quality requirements for buyers a…

Just like other marketplaces, price is decided by market conditions. But where we come in is that unlike the physical marketplaces where auctions are the way crops are sold, on Kis…

Yes, farmers in general and especially in India face numerous challenges. From our own interactions with them, we found this to be their major one as it is directly linked to their…

Yes, trust from farmers is extremely important. Maybe the most important aspect here and we work daily to ensure and build that. We haven't faced those sort of issues yet.

A couple of major reasons. There are so many aspects of a startup that go beyond where you are operating and the kind of market you are targeting. YC's advice with these matters is…

The cut depends on the crop and even specific varieties within the crop. Yes, pricing is transparent to farmers.

Co-founder Aditya here. I'd love to answer any questions you may have, so please free to fire them my way! The reason why we decided to build this is because the agricultural marke…

Comments / feedback / questions appreciated. Thanks

I was unaware that Yelp has that issue regarding business hours. If that is the case, I can understand their current approach. Though in such a case, they could fit in the hours (e…