Distacart is founded by Indians living in the USA for more than 10 years. We buy a lot of Indian items every year, some of them from within local markets of USA,  and some of them by asking our parents and relatives in India, to ship the items to them. We have realized that we either spend too much money buying Indian items from stores within USA or other websites which ask you to spend exorbitant amounts purchasing these items. The other option is to ask our parents and relatives to take time, effort and ultra high shipping prices to send the items to us.