Sell online from Bandarban

The products from Bandarban with real demand elsewhere in Bangladesh are hill-grown spices and fruit. Dried turmeric, ginger, chilli and sesame from jhum fields keep well and post easily, and handwoven Indigenous textiles, from shawls and bags to wrap skirts, sell to buyers in Dhaka who want authentic pieces. Pineapple, papaya and bananas sell well locally but need fast courier routes, so they suit sellers in the town who can reach Chattogram the same day.

Midmart is free to list on, which suits small weavers' groups and farm households trying online selling for the first time. Midmart does not take payment or deliver orders, so each seller collects payment their own way and books their own courier, usually through Bandarban town or Chattogram. Describe who made a textile and in which community style, photograph fabric in daylight, and list spices by weight with the harvest month, since jhum crops come in once a year after the monsoon.

What Bandarban is known for

Buyers already search for these by name. If you make, grow or source them in Bandarban, list them.

• Indigenous handloom textiles
• Jhum-grown turmeric and ginger
• Hill bananas
• Hill pineapple
• Bamboo and cane crafts

Read the Bandarban guide — history, places and markets

Bandarban is in the Suburban and rural zone. Many couriers serve it at a higher rate — set a charge that covers your courier, and say clearly how long delivery takes.

Delivery is charged per shop. A buyer ordering from you and another shop pays two delivery charges, so make yours clear on your listings.

No shop from Bandarban is on Midmart yet. Open the first one and be the local seller buyers find.

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