2023 Tracks

Starting A D2C Brand

Understanding Your Niche / R&D / Market Research / GTM Strategies / Identifying Your Customer / Marketing & Logistics / Right Marketplaces

Brand Building

Brand Identity / Community Feeling / Customer Royalty / Word Of Mouth Play

Customer Retention & Loyalty

Innovating & Automating Customer Service / Building Relationships / Optimising Order Turnarounds / Increasing Customer LTV

Unit Economics & Profitability

Growth Marketing / Reducing Additional Costs / CAC Optimisation

Cross Border Retail

Shipping & Distribution / Payments & Logistics Strategies / Inventory Management / Logistics & Warehousing

Supply Chain & Fulfilment

Omnichannel Approach / Retention Hacks / Customer Relationship / Data Management / LTV Optimisation

Offline Distribution

Right Timing / Cashflow / Logistics & Warehousing / Regulations / Inventory Management

Paid Advertising

Facebook Ads / Google Ads / Funnel Optimization / Lead Gen Strategies / Budget Optimization / CAC Reduction / Audience Targeting

Marketplaces & Social Commerce

Amazon / Shopify / Flipkart / Content Strategies / Festive Season Hacks / Ad Strategies

Agenda

Fireside

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

boAt's ‘David Vs Goliath’ Journey To Profitability

Aman Gupta

Cofounder, boAt

Vaibhav Vardhan

CEO, Inc42

Fireside

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

D2C Goes Premium: How Da Milano Unlocked Indian Wallets

Shivani Malik

Director, Da Milano Italia

Sahil Malik

MD, Da Milano Italia

Nitya Sharma

Cofounder & CEO, Simpl

Panel

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

How Optimising CX Can Help D2C Brands 10X Growth

Rhitiman Majumder

CMO & Cofounder, Pickrr

Pankaj Vermani

Founder & CEO, Clovia

Shreedha Singh

Cofounder & CEO, T.A.C

Prateek Sinha

Partner & Experience Leader, PwC India

Fireside

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

D2C Brands' Global Expansion Playbook

Bala Sarda

Founder & CEO, Vahdam India

Jivraj Singh Sachar

Podcaster, Indian Silicon Valley

Panel

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

D2C Goes Festive: Winning Strategies To Tap Seasonal Boom

Manish Chowdhary

Cofounder, WOW Skin Science

Ayushi Gudwani

Founder & CEO, FableStreet

Shantanu Deshpande

Founder & CEO, Bombay Shaving Company

Swati Bhargava

Cofounder, CashKaro

Bismah Malik

Senior Journalist, Inc42

Masterclass

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

D2C Brands' Playbook: How To Effectively Run Amazon Advertising

Gopal Kolli

Ecommerce Expert

Fireside

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Learnings From Freshworks: Global Startup Insights For The Indian D2C Market

Girish Mathrubootham

Founder & CEO, Freshworks

Sandeep Murthy

Partner, Lightbox

Masterclass

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

D2C Brands' Playbook To Content Commerce

Angad Bhatia

Founder, MensXP

Panel

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

D2C Brands’ Pathway To Victory: Logistics Cost Reduction Strategies To 10X Margins

Siddharth Dungarwal

Founder, Snitch

Rohan Shanbhag

SVP, Regional Sales, Delhivery

Gaurav Zatakia

Founder & CEO, Flo Mattress

Vikas D. Nahar

Founder & CEO, Happilo

Deepak Gaur

Director, Advisory, PwC India

Fireside

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Surviving The Economic Downturn - Building A Recession Resilient D2C Brand

Sandeep Murthy

Partner, Lightbox

Nikhil Subramaniam

Senior Editor, Inc42

Panel

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Going Omnichannel: Decoding Indian D2C Brands' Playbook To Success

Viraj Bahl

Founder & MD, Veeba

Malika Datt Sadani

Founder & CEO, The Moms Co.

Gaurav Khatri

Cofounder & CEO, Noise

Arjun Vaidya

Ventures Lead, India Verlinvest

Rajiv Srivatsa

Partner, Antler India

Panel

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Automating Scale: How The Right Payment Partner Can 10X D2C Sales & User Base

Priyanka Salot

Cofounder, The Sleep Company

Mehul Jindal

Cofounder & CEO, BharatX

Kanishk Arya

COO, SleepyCat

Aarushi Jain

Associate Director, PwC India

Panel

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

0 To 1000: Scaling Up Your D2C Brand

Chakradhar Gade

Cofounder & CEO, Country Delight

Aakash Anand

Founder & CEO, Bella Vita Organic

Balu Ramachandran

CBO, Simpl

Shankar Prasad

Founder & CEO, Plum

Rana Atheya

Founder & CEO, DogSpot Meals & DogSpot.in

Panel

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Perfecting Your Venture’s Phygital Strategies For The New World Order

Anuradha Tyagi

Director RCG, Salesforce

Chaitanya Ramalingegowda

Cofounder, Wakefit

Rahul Seth

Cofounder, Burger Singh

Anurag Murali

Head, D2C, FabAlley & Indya

Masterclass

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM

D2C Brands' Ultimate Guide To Drive 20% Sales From WhatsApp

Vinayak Aggarwal

Founder & CEO, BiteSpeed

Fireside

11:00 AM -11:45 AM

Can ONDC Unleash India’s Latent Ecommerce Potential?

T Koshy

MD & CEO, ONDC

Shireesh Joshi

CBO & President, Network Expansion, ONDC

Ankur Pahwa

Managing Partner, PeerCapital

Fireside

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Spilling The Beans: The Rage Coffee Journey From Upstart To Viral Brand

Bharat Sethi

Founder & CEO, Rage Coffee

Rannvijay Singha

Actor & Investor

Panel

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Indian D2Cs’ Next Battleground: Managing Instant Gratifications & Redressals

Mohit Belani

Founder & Director, Born Good

Jovita Mascarenhas

Founder, Bartisans

Manmeet Singh

Sr Director, Cashfree Payments

Damandeep Singh Soni

Chief Business Officer, GlobalBees

Masterclass

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Navigating The Festive Rush: D2C Brands' Guide To Ensuring Quality Delivery Experiences

Sandeep Dinodiya

CTO, Pickrr

Masterclass

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

How To Prepare Your D2C Business For Sales Events

Shobhit Mohan

VP, Brand & Marketing, PayU

Panel

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Reaching The Next Billion: Regional Creators Join The D2C Bandwagon

Neel Salekar

Digital Content Creator & Filmmaker

Steffy Sunny

Digital Content Creator & Actor

Naveen Singh

Digital Content Creator

Meethika Dwivedi

Digital Content Creator

Viraj Sheth

Cofounder & CEO, Monk Entertainment

Masterclass

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

D2C Brands' Ultimate Guide To Cut Down CAC

Umair Mohammed

Founder & CEO, Wigzo

Fireside

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

TMRW Playbook For Building The House Of Brands

Prashanth Aluru

Cofounder & CEO, TMRW

Nikhil Subramaniam

Senior Editor, Inc42

Masterclass

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

D2C Brands' Guide To Organic Growth In The Era Of Downturn

Suumit Shah

CEO & Founder, Dukaan®

Masterclass

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

D2C Brands' Guide To Mastering A+ Content On Amazon

Damandeep Singh Soni

Chief Business Officer, GlobalBees

Panel

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Creators Turned Brands: Influencers, Online Celebs Ride The D2C Gravy Train

Madan Gowri

Digital Content Creator & Entrepreneur

Parul Gulati

Founder, Nish Hair

Masoom Minawala

Global Influencer, Investor & Entrepreneur

Raj Shamani

Founder, House Of X

Masterclass

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

D2C Brands' Guide To Leverage AP Automation For Rapid Scale-up

Ankur Bhageria

Founder and CEO, CashFlo

Masterclass

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM

How Melorra Cracked The Omnichannel Puzzle

Saroja Yeramilli

Founder & CEO, Melorra

Panel

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM

Riding The D2C Boom: Coping With The Ever-Evolving Funding Landscape

Prasun Agarwal

Partner, A91 Partners

Abhishek Goenka

Head & CIO, RPSG Capital Ventures

Sanil Sachar

Founding Partner, Huddle

Kannan Sitaram

Partner, Fireside Ventures

Vishesh Khurana

Cofounder, Shiprocket

Testimonials

Umair Mohammed

@umair_oz

It was a pleasure @Inc42 and @poojasareen90 @vardhanvaibhav to be a part of #d2c day. Thanks for the welcome.

Harshal Patel

@kaushikmkj

Most awaited session #TheD2CSummit Great work @Inc42 team for putting together these amazing talks over the last 2 days. Very very insightful & tons of learnings, especially coming from experienced founders

Taher Dhanerwala

@taherdhanera

Thank you so much @Inc42 for conducting an amazing session today :) Eagerly waiting for tomorrow's session. #TheD2CSummit

IQ wala Anand Lunia

@anandlunia

No clickbaits. Just the real stuff at #TheD2CSummit by @Inc42 this weekend. https://4-2.co/3hghAPc

Nirmal Dayaramani

@nirmalnd

Have been hooked to #D2Csummit by @inc42 , such a brilliant event put together with the budding community. One commonness listening to all the speakers, all are humans with the same problems as we face, most are frugal dont believe in funding much. Such a perfect space to follow!

FAQs

General

The D2C Summit is India’s largest D2C & ecommerce conference, featuring over 5000+ attendees and a star-studded lineup of 75+ expert speakers from India’s booming D2C & ecommerce ecosystem. Learn how to build and scale your D2C and Ecommerce business from India’s top brands and experts.

The D2C Summit is a live virtual event and you can attend the event from anywhere with a laptop or mobile.

The platform is designed to only allow one user per ticket, there will not be the ability to share login credentials.

Once you have registered for The D2C Summit, you will receive the log-in details to our live event platform 3 days prior to the event.

The D2C Summit will be live in September 2023. Although the platform will be open throughout the event, the live sessions will be conducted between 10 am to 8 pm IST. The on-demand session recordings can be accessed after the event has concluded with an All-Access Pass or an Annual Inc42 Plus membership.

We’re constantly updating the website to showcase more details to attendees, this is the best place to keep up to date on information ready to be made public. Alternatively, we will also be sending regular updates in your mail inbox too.

With an All-Access Pass or an annual Inc42 Plus membership, you can watch all the session recordings anytime on-demand, even after the event ends.

The D2C Summit has 3 parallel stages that will be hosting sessions simultaneously. However, you can watch the session recordings on-demand anytime post the event with an All-Access Pass or an Annual Inc42 Plus membership.

There will be a live chat option during each session wherein you can ask questions to the speakers directly.

No. You get access to all the sessions once you have registered for the event. Individual session registration is not required.

You can write to us anytime at [email protected] and we shall get back to you at the earliest.

Tickets

The ticket can be purchased from our tickets section here

There are two types of tickets available - Individual and Team which are further split into annual and monthly passes. The annual pass gives you access to all of Inc42 Plus’ premium content along with a bouquet of other services

Yes, you can easily upgrade your pass by contacting us at [email protected].

No. The tickets to the event are non-transferable

The membership pass, which includes the ticket to the event is non-refundable

Hi, you will be receiving the details to claim your free goodies within 1 week after the event in September 2023.

No, the free goodies are only available for an All-Access Pass & Team All-Access Pass respectively.

No, the free goodies are only available for a limited time period and passes purchased during this timeframe are only eligible for them.

Sponsorships

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You can choose to either become a Presenting Partner, a Co-presenting Partner, Powered By or an Associate Partner.

India's Largest D2C & Ecommerce Conference

About The Summit

Introducing The 4th Edition Of India's Most Loved D2C Event

Past Speakers

Aman Gupta

Supam Maheshwari

Saroja Yeramilli

Deepak Shahdadpuri

Manish Chowdhary

Masoom Minawala

Manish Taneja

Avnish Anand

Vivek Gupta

Peyush Bansal

Shankar Prasad

Bharat Sethi

Carlos Cashman

Viraj Bahl

Chaitanya Ramalingegowda

Ash Lilani

Neeraj Kakkar

Rahul Anand

Sanil Sachar

Sreekanth Perepu

Nitin Passi

Gaurav Khatri

Nikhil Vora

Prashanth Aluru

Rajiv Srivatsa

Shantanu Deshpande

Swati Bhargava

Nitin Saluja

Amuleek Singh Bijral

Neha Kant

Chakradhar Gade

Shivani Malik

Ayushi Gudwani

Kanwaljit Singh

Sandeep Murthy

Angad Bhatia

Vineeta Singh

Malika Datt Sadani

Priyanka Salot

Bala Sarda

Arjun Vaidya

Yuvraj Singh

Suhasini Sampath

Rannvijay Singha

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Influencers

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