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Aporv, in Sanskrit, means Unique. We are as unique as every handcrafted product we sell.
Every craft holds secrets, myths and faiths that have transferred through generations either by the craftspeople or through people related to this field. We at Aporv are making an humble effort to bring these stories to our appreciators. These stories will help the appreciator know the craft, its history and how it is made, thus facilitating them to make an educated buy. Through this effort we are trying to bring our appreciators close to the craft form. Aporv.com is the platform to facilitate the artisans reach their appreciators directly and sell products not as just artifacts but as stories that will be cherished by our appreciators. Team Aporv shares a passion for art and craft, and the fundamental belief that owning this unique (Aporv) art or craft will enrich your life and bring you happiness for many years to come! Aporv.com is an online marketplace that gives handcrafted product lovers all over the world easy access to our unique collection of ancient, modern as well as contemporary Indian art. Your support offers us the opportunity to provide a platform for both well-established as well as up-and-coming craftsmen from all over India, and to give their work the global recognition it deserves.
Correct choices are made. The artisan's choice to sell the product at a fair value and the appreciators choice to make an educated buy.
The following help us create value for our values appreciators. We believe these along with our exceptional exceptional service and variety of artifacts provide you an pleasurable experience on Aporv.com.
- HANDMADE products
If you love handcrafted products we are sure you will love the wide variety we offer.
- AUTHENTICATED products
We know how painful it is to choose a right product either for self or as a gift. We attempt at making sure that we make your life easy by authenticating each product that we sell. Each product comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from Aporv, we want to make sure that you buy AUTHENTIC products and promote the art through your responsible buy.
- Effort to PRESERVE THE ART/ CRAFT
We make the effort to find traditional art forms which are on the verge of being forgotten, so as to take one pain point out of your search. We partner with artisans and crafts people who have been working on these are forms, some of these are NATIONAL AWARDEES. We also partner with designers to combine the ancient art form with new designs.
- SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS - RESPONSIBLE buy
We SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS and partner with organizations/ NGO's/ Self Help Groups/ Individual artisans and help them reach out to the global audience and create market linkages. Please visit our Social Responsibility page.
- REAL STORY
When you buy from Aporv.com, you are guaranteed to have an amazing product experience with the complete STORY of the product and the artist/ organization who created it. We believe if you know what you are buying you can make an educated buy and have a pleasureable experience.
- EVALUATE
Though we may not be the authority in evaluating the artifacts, but we got someone who does - YOU. It is a little different from rating a product, because in this case we have a complex algorithm to get to the 'Evaluation Value' of the product. Our educated appreciators rate the products on 4 parameters, history; Skills; Visual appeal; uniqueness and then our algorithm create the scale which helps other appriciators to make a 'social' educated buy.
- We provide product CUSTOMIZATION
We help you experience unique CUSTOMIZATION to individual tastes derived from a traditional art form. Please visit our CUSTOMIZATION page for more details.
- PREMIUM PACKAGING
Our ultimate aim is to make sure you get what you want; that you make an educated purchase, along with the service that you expect. We give you the product as you like it, PERSONALIZED, CUSTOMIZED and with PREMIUM PACKAGING. We want you to enjoy the product and be surprised! The product is wrapped in specially designed boxes/bags. Aporv intends to not only preserve this art/ craft, but also to conserve nature through its product packaging.
- PLEASURABLE experience & Reliable SERVICE
We want to make buying craft as pleasurable as possible for you. We have ensured that navigating through Aporv.com, from your first click to your final order is an enjoyable experience - smooth, transparent and easy. Even though our business is online, we know that very few things replace that personal touch. We take deep pride in our personal involvement in our business and it is our aim to always be available and accessible to you. We are very prompt with our emails. If you don't hear from us within 48 hours (working days), the mail directly gets escalated to the CEO. Yes we are that serious about our service!
We created aporv.com in response to our own search for authentic handmade products. Like you, we too want to buy products that are better for our families and the society. However we discovered that, finding authentic handmade products and understanding what - if anything - makes them great can be challenging and time consuming.
We believe that there is a better way to buy handmade products. At aporv.com, we want to provide the best possible buying experience by offering a wide range of products, the necessary information you need to understand why handmade, and superior customer service. Our goal is for Aporv.com to be your primary destination for handmade products, services, and handmade information.
We are an enthusiastic bunch of individuals working to bring about a social change, at the same time working to make sure that the products we sell are as unique as you are. Our varied experience ranges from the Indian craft sector to Information Technology, from Hospitality to Luxury Management and Management Consulting. Our team members also have prior associations with corporations like Bain & Company, Infosys, Trident-Hilton and Oberoi Hotels. We have a wide educational background that covers premier design institution, BITS-Pilani, Stanford, Wharton Business School, INSEAD.
Please feel free to contact us at any step of the way and it would be our pleasure to assist you. You can reach us at info@aporv.com. Do join our mailing list and give us the opportunity to keep in touch with you.
Have a pleasurable and aesthetically rich experience.
~ Team Aporv