What is CartWhizz? The platform explained in 5 minutes

CartWhizz is an online store platform built for Indian sellers: your own branded store, payments, shipping, GST and an AI assistant, for one monthly plan. What it does and who it suits.

By Shailesh Kumar Agrahari4 min read
What is CartWhizz? The platform explained in 5 minutes

CartWhizz is a hosted online store platform. You sign up, pick a theme, add your products and start selling from your own branded website, and the payments, shipping, taxes and hosting are handled for you. You pay one monthly plan fee, plus a small commission only on sales above your plan's monthly limit.

What CartWhizz does

An online store has a lot of moving parts: a website, a checkout, payment gateways, courier bookings, GST, stock and customer messages. CartWhizz puts them all in one admin panel, so you aren't stitching separate tools together.

  • Your own store, on your own domain, or on a free cartwhizz.com address while you get started.
  • Ready-made themes for your type of business, and a layout editor to arrange the blocks on your pages yourself.
  • Payments through the gateway you prefer, including Razorpay, PayU, PhonePe, Paytm and CCAvenue, plus cash on delivery.
  • Shipping rates and areas you set yourself, and courier partners such as Shiprocket.
  • GST handling: HSN codes on products, CGST and SGST or IGST worked out from the delivery address, and invoices that show your GSTIN.
  • CartWhizz AI, an assistant included free on every plan. It answers shoppers on your store and helps you write product content in your admin.
  • A point-of-sale (POS) system for a physical shop and a multi-vendor marketplace mode for when you grow, on the plans that include them or as add-ons.

Who CartWhizz is for

CartWhizz is built around how people buy and sell in India: UPI and cards through Indian gateways, cash on delivery, GST invoices and prices in rupees. It suits:

  • First-time sellers who want a proper store without hiring a developer.
  • Shops and brands selling on marketplaces or Instagram who want their own website and customer list.
  • Physical retailers who want the counter and the website on one stock count.
  • Marketplace founders who want independent sellers listing on one site.

If most of your customers are outside India, or your business depends on an app that only exists on another platform, read our Shopify vs CartWhizz comparison first.

How pricing works

Every plan has a monthly fee and a monthly sales limit. Sales up to the limit carry no commission, and above it you pay a small percentage on the extra sales only.

PlanMonthly feeCommission-free sales each monthCommission above that
Starter₹249₹25,0002%
Growth₹799₹1,00,0001.5%
Pro₹3,499₹5,00,0001%
Enterprise₹29,999₹50,00,0000.5%

Prices are before 18% GST. Every plan includes hosting, all themes, your own domain and CartWhizz AI, and the 7-day free trial needs no card. CartWhizz pricing explained walks through it with examples, and the pricing page has a calculator.

What you get on every plan

  • Hosting and a secure (HTTPS) store address.
  • Every theme, and your own domain with a free SSL certificate.
  • All payment methods and all delivery partners, with no plan limit on either.
  • Coupons, SEO settings for every product and page, and marketing pixels.
  • CartWhizz AI for your shoppers and your admin.
  • Help by email and WhatsApp.

Higher plans add more staff accounts, warehouses and products, along with tools such as abandoned-cart recovery, reviews, back-in-stock alerts, returns, gift cards, bundles and advanced analytics. The features tour goes through them one by one.

How long it takes to get started

Creating a store takes a few minutes. Enter your email, type the code we send you, choose a store name, password and theme, and the store is built while you wait. You can load sample products from the theme's demo store to see how everything fits, then swap them for your own. Most of your setup time goes into product photos, descriptions and policies rather than the platform. Our step-by-step guide, How CartWhizz works, follows the whole path from signup to your first order.

Who is behind CartWhizz

CartWhizz is built and run by Ecarter, a software company founded by four developers in India. The same team builds the platform, answers support and writes these guides.

Frequently asked questions

Is CartWhizz free?

You get a 7-day free trial with no card needed. After that, plans start at ₹249 a month before GST, plus commission only on sales above the plan's monthly limit.

Do I need technical skills to use CartWhizz?

No. You set up your store, products, payments and shipping from the admin panel, and we take care of hosting, security certificates and updates.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes, on every plan. You add a few DNS records at your domain provider, and CartWhizz issues and renews a free SSL certificate for it.

Which payment methods can I offer?

You can connect Indian gateways such as Razorpay, PayU, PhonePe, Paytm and CCAvenue for UPI, cards and net banking, and offer cash on delivery. International gateways such as Stripe and PayPal are available too.

Can I sell in a physical shop too?

Yes. CartWhizz POS uses the same products and stock as your website. It comes with the Pro and Enterprise plans and is an add-on on Starter and Growth.

Want to see it for yourself? Start your free 7-day trial or compare the plans.

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