Awadh Karigiri is a Lucknow-based Chikankari manufacturer offering a dropshipping supply program for resellers, boutiques, Shopify and WooCommerce stores, Meesho sellers and Instagram pages. You list our hand-embroidered Chikankari, your customer orders, and we ship the piece directly to them under your brand — no minimum order quantity, no inventory, no warehouse.
Most ethnic wear dropshipping catalogues are filled with machine-made imitations sourced through layers of middlemen. Awadh Karigiri is different — we are the manufacturer. Every Chikankari kurti, kurta set, saree and dupatta is hand-embroidered in Lucknow by artisans who have refined this craft for generations. When you dropship with us, you are sourcing directly from where the craft actually lives.
For resellers, that means a genuinely differentiated product. Authentic hand-embroidered Lucknowi Chikankari carries a higher perceived value than commodity printed kurtis, which lets you hold healthier margins instead of competing only on price. You focus on marketing, content and customer experience; we handle production, quality control, packing and dispatch.
Our dropshipping model is designed for single-piece orders. Unlike our bulk wholesale supply, there is no minimum order quantity for dropshipping — you only pay us when your customer has already paid you. This keeps your startup risk close to zero while you test designs, run ads and build your Chikankari brand.
Pick the Chikankari pieces you want to sell and add them to your Shopify, WooCommerce, Meesho or Instagram store using our ready-to-list images, size charts and descriptions. Set your own retail price and margin.
Your customer places and pays for the order on your store at your price. You keep the difference between your retail price and our dropship price as your margin.
Send us the order details — product, size, colour and the customer’s shipping address — over WhatsApp or your connected catalogue. We confirm stock and dispatch timeline.
We pack the piece with your branding (blind dispatch — no Awadh Karigiri invoice inside) and ship it directly to your customer with tracking. You handle the customer; we handle fulfilment.
Dropshipping in 2026 is no longer easy money — the resellers who win treat it like a real business and partner with a supplier who protects their reputation. As the manufacturer, we give you control over the three things that actually decide whether a fashion dropshipping store survives: product quality, shipping reliability and return rate.
Whether you sell on your own website or directly through social media, our dropshipping program plugs into how you already work:
Yes. Our dropshipping program is designed for single-piece orders with no MOQ. You order one piece at a time, only after your customer has paid you. Minimum order quantities apply to our bulk wholesale supply, not to dropshipping.
Yours. We support white-label, blind dispatch — we do not include any Awadh Karigiri invoice or promotional material inside the parcel, and we can pack with your label and inserts so your customer only sees your brand.
Yes. We support both cash-on-delivery and prepaid dropship orders within India. We generally recommend encouraging prepaid orders with small incentives to reduce return-to-origin losses, while keeping COD available to build trust with new customers.
You can dropship Chikankari kurtis, kurta and suit sets, sarees, dupattas, sharara sets, lehengas and seasonal festive pieces, subject to live availability. Hand-embroidered pieces carry small natural variations, which we recommend mentioning on your product pages.
Yes. We provide ready-to-list, high-resolution images sized for Shopify, Instagram and WhatsApp, along with size charts and base product descriptions that you can edit to match your brand voice.
Margins depend on your retail pricing, branding and marketing, but because Chikankari is a premium, low-competition handmade niche, resellers typically have more room than with commodity kurtis. We share dropship pricing on request so you can plan your retail margin before you start.
Message us on WhatsApp with your store or platform (Shopify, WooCommerce, Meesho, Instagram), the product categories you want to sell and your target market. Our team will share the catalogue, dropship pricing and onboarding steps.
Tell us your selling platform, the product categories you want to offer and your target market. We’ll share the catalogue, dropship pricing and onboarding steps so you can launch your Chikankari store without holding any stock.