A seller app on ONDC is a seller network participant: the platform that onboards you, hosts your catalogue and makes it visible to buyer apps on the network. ONDC's transaction fee of ₹1.5 on successful orders above ₹250, effective 1 January 2025, is paid by these participants, including integrated and managed sellers, as well as logistics providers and financial services entities.
What is the difference between a seller app and a buyer app?
A buyer app is where shoppers search and order. A seller app is where you manage listings, orders and stock. Because ONDC is an open network, buyers can find sellers across multiple apps, whichever platform the seller joined first. That is the basic ONDC idea.
What should you ask a seller app before joining?
- What do you charge me: subscription, commission, per-order fee? We could not confirm any app's rates.
- Is the ONDC network fee (₹1.5 per successful order above ₹250, as above) passed on to me?
- Which logistics partners are integrated, and do you support COD?
- What documents do you need? Typically PAN, GST details and bank account; each app sets its own list.
Our step-by-step is in how to sell on ONDC, and the fee detail in ONDC seller fees explained.
How many sellers are on the network?
A written Lok Sabha reply reported in December 2025 said over 1.16 lakh retail sellers were onboarded across 630+ cities. That article does not name any seller apps.
Why the choice of app matters
Because ONDC fixes the protocol but not the business terms, two seller apps can differ a lot in fees, support, reporting, catalogue tools and logistics tie-ups. The network fee is the same for participants, but your cost is whatever your app charges you. We could not confirm any app's pricing, so we do not name or rank apps. Check the official ONDC site, opened for this page, which gave only the network's name and no seller guide.
What should the app give you? At minimum: a way to bulk-upload and edit your catalogue with GST rate and HSN code, order and returns management, settlement reports you can reconcile, and a clear process for disputes. These are general expectations, not ONDC rules. Ask for a trial listing before you commit.
What the sources do not say
None of the sources we read name specific seller apps, set a seller app's fees or confirm whether one seller can use several apps. Treat claims from any app about volumes or "zero commission" as that app's own statement until you see the terms in writing. Our zero commission explainer covers how to read such claims.
Blooprint, a Bengaluru e-commerce agency, manages sellers on the large marketplaces through Amazon account management.