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Learn to sell online, the Sri Lankan way.

Free, practical guides for new sellers: products, WhatsApp and TikTok, cash on delivery, pricing and growing your business.

🚀Getting started

What is MyKade? Start an online business with no stock

MyKade lets you sell online in Sri Lanka without buying stock, packing or delivering. Here is how it works, in plain words.

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🚀Getting started

Dropshipping in Sri Lanka, explained simply

What dropshipping means, how the parcel and the money move, and what to really expect when you sell this way in Sri Lanka.

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🚀Getting started

Your first day on MyKade, step by step

A simple plan for day one: set up the app, pass the identity check, choose three products and send your first share.

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🚀Getting started

Why you don't need money for stock to start selling

The old way of starting a small business needs cash for stock. Here is why MyKade doesn't, and the smaller risks that still remain.

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🚀Getting started

Side income with MyKade: who is it for?

An honest look at who MyKade suits, who it doesn't, and a few questions to ask yourself before you start.

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🚀Getting started

Why MyKade checks your identity, and how to pass first time

Why we ask for your NIC, a selfie and bank details before your first order, and simple tips to get the check right first time.

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🚀Getting started

How your profit reaches your bank account

From the customer's cash to your wallet to your bank: how money moves on MyKade, and why you never hold a customer's money.

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🚀Getting started

10 mistakes new online sellers make in Sri Lanka

The ten most common beginner mistakes in Sri Lankan online selling, and the simple fix for each one.

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🚀Getting started

Selling with one hour a day: a realistic routine

A simple daily and weekly routine for selling on MyKade in about an hour a day, built around when Sri Lankans actually shop.

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🛍️Choosing products

How to pick products that sell

Seven simple tests, based on real Sri Lankan online orders, to help you choose products people will actually buy and keep.

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🛍️Choosing products

The Rs 1,000–3,000 sweet spot: what real orders show

Real Sri Lankan orders cluster between Rs 1,000 and 3,000. Here is why that range works, and how to use it when you choose products.

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🛍️Choosing products

Why one hero product beats fifty

Sharing fifty products at once confuses people. Here is how to choose one hero product, learn it well, and sell it with confidence.

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🛍️Choosing products

A seasonal selling calendar for Sri Lanka

Avurudu, Vesak, Ramadan, Deepavali, Christmas and the school season: what people look for at each time of year, and when to start sharing.

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🛍️Choosing products

Products people buy again and again

Everyday items that get used up bring repeat orders, and repeat customers rarely return parcels. How to find these products and keep customers coming back.

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🛍️Choosing products

How to read a MyKade product page

Your price, the suggested selling price and your profit, explained simply, plus what to check before you share any product.

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🛍️Choosing products

Products a beginner should avoid

Some products bring more questions, more returns and more stress. Here is what to skip in your first weeks, and what to choose instead.

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📱Social selling

Selling with WhatsApp Status

Your WhatsApp Status is a free shop window seen by people who already know you. A simple daily plan, what to post, when to post and what to reply.

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📱Social selling

Selling in WhatsApp groups without annoying anyone

WhatsApp groups can bring good customers, or get you removed fast. Simple manners for selling in groups, with ready-to-send messages.

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📱Social selling

Facebook Marketplace and groups for beginners

How to list MyKade products on Facebook Marketplace and share in buy-and-sell groups, with free steps to try before you ever pay for ads.

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📱Social selling

Short videos that sell on TikTok

You don't need to dance or show your face. Five simple video ideas, a 20-second recipe and honest tips for selling MyKade products on TikTok.

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📱Social selling

Instagram for small sellers: a simple way to start

How to sell MyKade products on Instagram: a clear profile, posts, Reels and Stories, a weekly routine, and answering messages without stress.

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📱Social selling

Great product photos with just your phone

Simple, free ways to take clear, honest product photos and short videos with an ordinary phone: light, background, angles and editing.

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📱Social selling

Writing captions in Sinhala, Tamil and English

A simple five-part caption formula, real examples in all three languages, and how to edit MyKade's ready-made and AI captions so they sound like you.

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📱Social selling

The best time to post: what real orders show

Real data from about 5,000 Sri Lankan orders shows when buyers message: 7 to 11 pm, peaking at 9 pm, and Sundays. Here is how to plan around it.

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📱Social selling

Your MyKade shop link and how to use it

Every MyKade seller gets a shop link: a page with your name and your prices. Where to put it, when to send it, and messages to share it.

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📱Social selling

Messages that get replies: ready-to-send scripts

Copy-and-change messages in English, Sinhala and Tamil for the moments that decide a sale: the price question, "too expensive", order details and a follow-up.

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📦Customers and orders

Your first 10 customers: where to find them and how to keep them

A practical plan for your first 10 customers: start with people who know you, pick the right product, make each delivery go well and earn the next order.

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📦Customers and orders

Reply within an hour: why speed sells

Most buyers decide within a day of asking. How to reply fast even with a job or a family: notifications, a holding message, one inbox and a nightly check.

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📦Customers and orders

Confirm every order: the call that stops returns

A two-minute confirmation call before you place an order catches wrong numbers, surprise totals and unsure buyers. A checklist and call script in three languages.

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📦Customers and orders

Why parcels come back, and how to stop it

Real return reasons from about 5,000 Sri Lankan orders: no answer, refused, changed mind and more. What each one means and what you can do about it.

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📦Customers and orders

Cash on delivery in Sri Lanka: a seller's guide

How cash on delivery works on MyKade, who collects the money, when your profit arrives, and how to make sure the parcel is accepted.

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📦Customers and orders

Online payment links: pay in full or pay an advance

What a MyKade payment link is, when to offer full payment or an advance, how to explain it to a customer, and why you never take the money yourself.

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📦Customers and orders

Handling a customer complaint calmly

A simple five-step way to handle an unhappy customer, with ready-to-send replies for late parcels, wrong items and public comments.

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📦Customers and orders

The message after delivery that brings the next order

What to send after a parcel is delivered, when to send it, and how to stay in touch with happy customers without spamming them.

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💰Money and pricing

How to set your selling price

A simple way to choose a selling price on MyKade that is fair to the customer, leaves you a real profit, and still sells.

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💰Money and pricing

Delivery charges explained

Who pays for delivery on MyKade, what it usually costs, how to mention it without losing the sale, and what to say when a customer asks why.

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💰Money and pricing

Turning a monthly goal into a daily plan

How to break a monthly profit goal into delivered orders, orders placed, enquiries and a simple daily routine, with a worked example.

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💰Money and pricing

When (and when not) to pay for Facebook ads

What Facebook ads really cost per order in Sri Lanka, how to check if an ad can pay for itself, and when free selling is the smarter choice.

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💰Money and pricing

Five numbers every seller should watch

The five simple numbers that tell you whether your selling is really working, how to work them out each week, and what real Sri Lankan shops saw.

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💰Money and pricing

Green, Amber, Red: how seller levels work

What the MyKade seller levels mean, how returns and the Rs 150 return fee work, and the habits that keep you in Green.

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📈Growing your business

Invite and earn: building your own team on MyKade

How MyKade's invite code works, what you earn from the people you bring in, and how to grow a small team that actually sells.

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📈Growing your business

MyKade Premier League: selling as a team sport

Join your district's team, score runs with delivered orders and play other districts every week. How the MyKade Premier League works and how to help your side.

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📈Growing your business

Your own website and domain: when your shop needs a real address

The difference between your MyKade shop link and your own website or domain like yourshop.lk, when it is worth having one, and how to choose a good name.

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📈Growing your business

Taking your shop to Daraz

How selling in your own Daraz store differs from selling on WhatsApp and Facebook, which products suit it, and how to list honestly so buyers trust you.

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📈Growing your business

Learn faster with MyKade Academy and the AI coach

What is inside MyKade Academy: 9 short lessons, the first 10 customers mission, an earnings planner and an AI selling coach that answers in your language.

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📈Growing your business

From side income to a real business

The signs that your MyKade selling is ready to grow, the habits that turn a side income into a business, and the tools to add one step at a time.

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🛡️Sellers, suppliers and safety

Already make or stock products? Get your own online shop

A MyKade monthly plan for people who make or stock their own products: online shop, orders, couriers and payment links in one place. Join the waitlist.

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🛡️Sellers, suppliers and safety

Becoming a MyKade verified supplier

Wholesalers, importers and makers can apply to supply products to MyKade's sellers. Why it's invite-only, what the team checks, and how to prepare.

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🛡️Sellers, suppliers and safety

Staying safe: scams every online seller should know

The common tricks aimed at online sellers in Sri Lanka, the simple rules that protect you on MyKade, and where to get real help if something feels wrong.

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🛡️Sellers, suppliers and safety

Honest selling builds a business that lasts

Why honesty is the best business strategy for small online sellers in Sri Lanka, with the everyday habits that build trust and what real orders show.

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