High-velocity SKU programs

5 lakh kiranas. One platform. Zero spreadsheets.

FMCG channels move on volume, frequency and visibility. Unotag automates SKU-level retailer slabs, secondary sales tracking and merchandising audits across India's 13 million kirana stores.

5L+
Kiranas activated
42M
Invoices processed
18 Indic
Languages live
SOAP BISCUIT SHAMPOO ATTA TEA OIL SAUCE INVOICE UPLOADED ยท OCR Sharma General Store INV-2026-04127 ยท โ‚น4,820 14 SKUs verified ยท 3 schemes hit + โ‚น482 to UPI ยท โœ“ sent
What we solve

The problems Unotag solves for FMCG brands

Each problem below is something fmcg brands tell us they handle by hand today, and what changes when the channel runs on Unotag.

A FMCG channel partner working out incentives by hand with paper circulars and registers
Before: calculated by hand
A happy FMCG channel partner seeing incentive progress on his phone with Unotag
With Unotag: progress on the phone, every day
Live: progress, next target, payout
  1. Problem

    Retailer schemes stop at the distributor

    With UnotagSchemes published to every eligible retailer directlyThe kirana sees the scheme and his progress
  2. Problem

    Distributor claims settled weeks late

    With UnotagClaims calculated from secondary invoicesFaster, documented claim settlement
  3. Problem

    Feet-on-street incentives feel opaque

    With UnotagDaily statement for every salespersonField team knows what each call is worth
  4. Problem

    No reliable secondary sales data

    With UnotagSecondary invoices captured in the DMSSchemes run on real sell-in to retail
Channel by channel

Insights and problems we solve across the fmcg channel

Distributors and super-stockists

ProblemScheme money is passed down unevenly and claims arrive as spreadsheets.

Channel insights
  • Trade schemes often fund the distributor margin more than retailer behaviour
  • Claim reconciliation competes with daily operations for the distributor's time
  • Brands rarely see which retailers a scheme actually reached
How Unotag solves itSecondary invoices and claims in one workspace, calculated on rules the brand sets, settled with the working attached.

Kirana and general-trade retailers

ProblemThe retailer never hears about the scheme that was meant for him.

Channel insights
  • WhatsApp reaches a kirana owner faster than any printed circular
  • Small, frequent rewards beat large quarterly ones
  • Range and visibility schemes need photo proof, not trust
How Unotag solves itRetailer schemes on WhatsApp in his language, bill-photo proof, display verification and UPI rewards.

Feet on street and salesmen

ProblemIncentives are announced at the start of the month and explained at the end.

Channel insights
  • Beat adherence and lines per call matter as much as value
  • Salesmen trust a number they can check call by call
  • Short contests lift energy in the last week of the month
How Unotag solves itLive incentive statements, beat-linked gates, leaderboards and short sprints for field teams.
Guides

Playbooks for this industry

Sub-categories

Templates for every fmcg sub-category.

Each sub-category ships with battle-tested scheme structures, KPI dashboards and India-specific compliance.

Playbook

How a top biscuits brand activated 1.8L kiranas in 4 months.

FMCG's problem isn't schemes โ€” it's reach. Unotag's WhatsApp-first kirana onboarding gets you to โ‚น500-revenue stores in Tier 4 towns where field reps don't go.

01

Kirana onboards via WhatsApp in 60 seconds

Retailer scans your printed sticker on WhatsApp, KYCs with PAN + GST, joins program. No app, no field rep visit.

02

Invoice-based reward, not stock-board hassle

Retailer photographs distributor invoice โ†’ OCR extracts SKUs โ†’ scheme engine maps โ†’ UPI payout. 14-second cycle.

03

SKU-mix slab logic for assortment push

Reward only when retailer buys 3+ categories together. Push slow-movers via cross-SKU bonus tiers.

04

Visibility audits with photo-AI

Retailer uploads shelf photo, vision AI counts your SKUs vs competition, pays for compliance. No FSO needed.

05

Beat-route nudges via WhatsApp

Distributor SR's beat sheet, daily target, route map and end-of-day reconciliation โ€” all in WhatsApp.

06

Anti-counterfeit at SKU-level

Per-pack QR, scan-locked. If a kirana scans a clone, you're alerted instantly with location + SKU.

Outcomes

What fmcg brands see in 6 months.

+52%
Kirana repeat rate
1.8L
Onboarded in 4 mo
14s
Invoice โ†’ payout
+24%
SKU-mix uplift

Ready to build your fmcg channel program?

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Some Happy Users

The channel comes first. Always.

We are channel-first, and our team is entirely channel-driven โ€” these are the counters and hands our platform is built for.

A kirana owner sees his reward land in UPI
A kirana owner sees his reward land in UPI
Restocking the shelf that earns points
Restocking the shelf that earns points
Cooler compliance, rewarded weekly
Cooler compliance, rewarded weekly