What you are paying for
Where the money goes on a saree, and why the price does not move.
Most saree pricing is a negotiation dressed as a number. A price goes up so a discount can bring it down, and the figure you pay depends on the week you happened to shop.
We hold one price all year. No seasonal markdown, no first-order code, no festival sale. That decision is easier to explain than to live with, so here is what sits behind the number.
Roughly thirty-eight paise in the rupee goes to the weaver, thirty-four to yarn and dye, nine to finishing — the pico, the fall, the pressing — and the remainder to the house, which covers photography, returns, packaging and the people who answer the phone.
You will find that split on every product page, under the price. If a saree has no split published yet, it says so rather than showing a number we have not checked.
The honest version of a discount is a lower price. We would rather start there.