The Vinoraam Blog
Guides, stories, and updates for stores built in South Asia.
Practical playbooks for Nepali and Indian merchants, real numbers from founding-member stores, and the changelog of everything we ship.
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Product UpdatesIntroducing AI Photo Studio — turn raw phone snaps into studio shots
We trained an AI photo model on thousands of Nepali product photos. Upload a phone snap; get a magazine-quality version back in 8 seconds.
Case StudiesSarita Sarees: 0 to 84 orders a month in 6 weeks
Priya Shrestha launched her boutique on a Tuesday. By the second Friday, she was paying her assistant from store revenue. Here's what she did differently.
What's new: abandoned cart recovery + custom domains for Basic
Two changes shipping this week — one that recovers lost orders for you automatically, one that lets every paying store run on its own domain.
Setting up Khalti, eSewa, and FonePay on your Vinoraam store
A 10-minute walkthrough that wires every major Nepali payment method into your storefront — including the gotchas the official docs skip.
Case StudiesThakali Momo House: turning WhatsApp messages into repeat orders
Arjun Tamang's restaurant was already getting orders on WhatsApp. The problem was tracking them. Here's the small system that changed everything.
5 things to do before launching your first online store in Nepal
A checklist we wish we'd had when we launched ours. Skip these and your first week will be full of avoidable customer-support fires.
Case StudiesHimalayan Pashmina Co: shipping Nepal craft worldwide
Sita Maharjan exports pashmina from Thamel to 14 countries. The hardest part was never the product — it was getting paid in three currencies without losing her mind.
GuidesTake product photos on your phone that don't look like phone photos
You don't need a DSLR or a studio. You need a window, a piece of paper, and the right 30 seconds of editing. Here's the recipe.