pasal.biz blog

Selling, buying, and running a pasal in Nepal

Practical guides for Nepali shopkeepers, home sellers, and shoppers — written by people who use the app daily.

Market rates

Track vegetable, fuel, gold and forex prices in Nepal — from one free app

Kalimati vegetables, NOC fuel, gold & silver per tola, and NRB foreign exchange — checked daily, all on one screen. Stop chasing four websites every morning.

7 min read

Trust & safety

Why pasal.biz makes cash payment loud — and prepayments wear a warning

Pay-on-Pickup and Cash-on-Delivery are the pre-selected default at checkout. Digital prepayments show a warning because pasal.biz never holds the money. Here's why that's safer than escrow.

6 min read

Trust & safety

How pasal.biz protects customers — reporting, signals, and a security-first marketplace

A flag (🚩) button on every product, shop, and order. Automatic abuse rules that act before a human has to. A karma score that earns its weight. The only e-commerce platform in Nepal designed protection-first.

8 min read

For shopkeepers

How to sell online in Nepal without a website (2026 guide)

You don't need to build a website to sell online in Nepal. Here's the simplest path from zero to your first online order — using only your phone.

7 min read

Compare

Marketplace or your own ecommerce site — which one fits a Nepali shopkeeper?

The honest math — time to first sale, customer acquisition cost, SEO authority. The two models, who each one fits, and the hybrid pattern.

9 min read

Compare

pasal.biz vs Zalient.shop: marketplace or your own storefront?

Two ways to sell online in Nepal — shared marketplace or standalone site on your own domain. Which one fits depends on whether you already have an audience.

8 min read

Compare

Daraz vs Hamrobazar vs pasal.biz: which fits your shop?

Each platform is built for a different kind of seller. A side-by-side look at fees, control, and what each is actually good for.

8 min read

Disambiguation

pasal.to vs pasal.co vs pasal.com vs pasalnepal.com vs pasal.biz — which is which?

Five separate Nepali businesses share the word pasal. Here's what each one actually does and who it's for, with a side-by-side comparison.

7 min read

For home sellers

Sell used or recycled items from home — toys, clothes, a one-time lengha

Got your daughter's outgrown school uniform? A lengha worn once at a wedding? Selling second-hand from home on pasal.biz, the simple way.

6 min read

For existing sellers

Already have an e-commerce site? Get free traffic via catalog ingestion

WooCommerce, Shopify, or just a CSV — bring your existing catalog to pasal.biz. We forward shoppers back to your site, free.

7 min read

For shoppers

Search Nepali products in one place. Tap a result — you're at the shop.

pasal.biz is a product search engine for Nepal. We index shops across the country and forward you to the seller's website to buy. We are the index, not the seller.

7 min read

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