9 groups · 8 states · 9 villages
9 groups, 9 villages, one price list they set themselves.
Every group on this page is made up of women who were already making something worth buying — pickles, cloth, clay, honey, soap. What they did not have was a way to sell it without a middleman setting the price. Saahvi is the shelf; they are the business.
- Self Help Groups trading
- 9
- Each one visited, licensed and priced before its first listing.
- Women earning through Saahvi
- 266
- Settled fortnightly into the group’s own bank account.
- States across India
- 8
- One group at a time, with the licence checked in person.
- Products listed
- 63
- Food, textiles, handicrafts and personal care.
Getting listed
How a group gets onto Saahvi
Nothing here is drop-shipped or resold. A group joins after someone from our team has stood in its workroom, met the members, read the licence and agreed a price that covers their cost plus a margin they choose.
The largest group here has 45 members and the smallest has 19. Both get the same terms — which is the only version of this that is worth building.
Register your groupA group is visited, not just onboarded
Before a single product goes up, we visit the unit, meet the members, check the licence and agree a price that covers their cost plus a margin they set.
The price is agreed with the maker
Groups quote us. We add logistics and our commission on top and show the split, so every seller can see exactly what they earn on each item.
Orders are packed where the product is made
Nothing sits in our warehouse. Goods are packed at the unit and handed to the courier there, which keeps the money and the work in the same village.
Payment reaches the group account
Settlements run fortnightly, straight into the group’s bank account, with a statement that names every order.
The directory
Every group on the marketplace
Ordered by how many women each group carries. Open any one of them to read the story, see the licence and shop what they make.
women
Sahyadri Women’s Collective
Millets grown on rain-fed hill land
Jawhar, PalgharMaharashtrasince 2013
Millets, flours and millet snacks
women
Van Durga Samuh
Forest honey and bamboo from the buffer zone
Darbha, BastarChhattisgarhsince 2015
Wild honey, bamboo craft
women
Sakhi Swasthya Samuh
A hygiene enterprise that supplies schools first
Annur, CoimbatoreTamil Nadusince 2019
Sanitary napkins and menstrual health outreach
women
Jeevika Mahila Sangathan
Thirty-one women, one terrace full of pickle jars
Harnaut, NalandaBiharsince 2016
Pickles, chutneys and papads
women
Nari Shakti SHG
Jute stitched by women who had never used a machine
Manachanallur, TiruchirappalliTamil Nadusince 2017
Jute bags and household textiles
women
Prerna Women’s Group
Embroidery that pays for itself
Bhujodi, KutchGujaratsince 2012
Embroidery, quilts and wall art
women
Maati Mahila Samuh
Potters who stopped selling to middlemen
Gudamalani, BarmerRajasthansince 2014
Terracotta and wheel-thrown pottery
women
Annapurna Mahila Samiti
Stone-ground masalas, dated on the pack
Depalpur, IndoreMadhya Pradeshsince 2018
Spices, masalas and herbal soaps
women
Ganga Mahila Mandal
Pit-loom weavers on the river bank
Ramnagar, VaranasiUttar Pradeshsince 2011
Handloom cotton and block printing
Browse by craft
Came here for the pottery?
Groups are one way to look at this catalogue and crafts are the other. If you already know what you are after, start on the shelf instead.
Food & Agro
Pickles, papads, masalas and millets, made in home kitchens
25 productsShopTextiles
Handloom, jute and quilted cotton from weaving clusters
14 productsShopHandicrafts & Home Decor
Bamboo, cane, terracotta and hand-painted wall art
13 productsShopPersonal Care & Wellness
Cold-process soaps, herbal hair care and menstrual hygiene
11 productsShop
Every group is also reachable from the impact page, where the earnings and settlement figures live.