Every guide below is written for the Indian market specifically: real prices in rupees, actual retailer behaviour, honest about what works and what doesn't. No affiliate links, no paid placements.
A step-by-step playbook for landing a pair when SNKRS, Superkicks and Crepdog are all dropping the same model within 30 minutes of each other. Covers timing, account prep, payment failures, and when to give up.
The honest answer isn't "yes" or "no" — it's "legal in the criminal sense, almost always a civil TOS breach, and bad for the market you depend on." What we actually found when we read the IT Act, the Consumer Protection Rules, and the four main Indian retailer TOS documents.
Indian retailers list UK sizes. Nike's SNKRS lists US. Nobody stocks half a size in kids'. How to convert without guessing, what Jordan, New Balance and Onitsuka each do differently, and when the 1.0-size-down Dunk meme actually applies.
We've bought from each of them. Here's how they actually compare on price, stock depth, returns, customer service and the dead-giveaway "exchange only" clause you don't want in your order confirmation.
AJ1 Highs, Lows, Mids and the "OG '85" reissues — who actually gets them in India, who you'll have to import through, how much margin the Indian resale market is taking, and why Mumbai-Delhi shipping is the sneaky tiebreaker.