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Empowering Rural Women Entrepreneurs With 3x Increase in Online Sales & 117% Increase in ROAS In 6 Months.

About the Brand

  • UmedMart is a Government-backed e-commerce platform that empowers rural women entrepreneurs by providing them with a marketplace to sell handcrafted and organic products. 
  • Focused on sustainability, authenticity, and quality, UmedMart supports over 6 lakh self-help groups (SHGs) across 30,000 villages in 34 districts of Maharashtra. 
  • By enabling rural artisans and women to create sustainable livelihoods through eco-friendly products, the platform drives both economic growth and social impact.

Challenge

  • UmedMart was struggling to scale website purchases profitably in a landscape dominated by digitally native and mainstream brands with stronger brand perception and packaging appeal.
  • The platform’s biggest differentiator- its social impact and women-empowerment mission, was not being clearly or consistently translated into the ad campaigns.
  • Existing creatives focused primarily on products rather than purpose, limiting emotional connection with ethically conscious and value-driven consumers.
  • Product discovery was not aligned with audience intent, highlighting the need for sharper audience segmentation and category-level communication to drive efficiency.

Strategy & Delivery Overview

  • Building Awareness Through Purpose-Led Storytelling
    Positioned UmedMart not just as an e-commerce platform, but as a mission-driven marketplace empowering rural women entrepreneurs across Maharashtra.
    Campaign messaging highlighted the human stories behind each product, connecting purchases to real social impact and reinforcing UmedMart’s purpose beyond transactions.

  • Establishing Trust Through Authentic UGC-Led Creatives
    To address trust and quality concerns, we leaned heavily into user-generated and creator-led content. UGC creatives showcased:
    1. Real product usage and reviews
    2. Sourcing process rooted in rural origins
    3. Benefits of organic, chemical-free, and handcrafted products
  • This helped humanize the brand, validate product quality, and build credibility among first-time buyers.

  • Purpose + Product Messaging Across the Funnel
    We aligned messaging across funnel stages:
    • Upper funnel: Mission-led and impact-focused storytelling to drive awareness and emotional connection.
    • Mid funnel: Product benefits, quality cues, and sourcing transparency
    • Lower funnel: Clear CTAs, category-led creatives, and ease-of-purchase messaging
  • Catalogue Segmentation for Performance Efficiency
    We moved away from broad targeting and adopted intent-driven audience segmentation.
    Different product categories like organic foods, home decor, gifting, were mapped to audiences most likely to purchase them, improving relevance, CTRs, and conversion rates.
  • Catalogue Segmentation for Performance Efficiency
    To enable scalable growth, we segmented product catalogues based on performance signals like Highest revenue-generating products, Best-selling SKUs, High-demand categories, etc.
    This allowed us to prioritize budgets on proven winners while continuously testing and scaling new products efficiently.

 

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Impact

In a period of 6 months,

Total Orders generated- 1075

Total Revenue Generated- ₹ 6,33,290

ROAS growth- 117%

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