How We Pick

Our Methodology

By Bikram Nath · Updated April 2026

PakkaPick exists because most Indian buying guides are copied from international sites or padded with products the writer never saw. Our approach is deliberately simpler — specification analysis against Indian conditions, combined with verified Amazon India review data. No paid placements. No fabricated lab tests. No "we've personally tried every product on this list" claims.

The 5 filters every product passes

1. Indian availability. The product is listed on Amazon India and currently in stock, not just available via import or grey market.
2. Indian-voltage & warranty. Rated for 220V Indian mains, with a service network that covers Tier-1 and Tier-2 Indian cities.
3. Review volume gate. Minimum 1,000 verified Amazon India reviews for established categories (kitchen, cooling, appliances) or 300+ for niche categories (garden, pets). New launches without a track record are excluded.
4. Rating floor. 4.0+ star average on Amazon India. Products below 4.0 rarely clear the real-world durability bar for Indian usage conditions.
5. Brand service reachability. The brand has an India service network or authorised repair partner — not just an import distributor.

How products are ranked within a guide

Within each budget bracket, products are ranked by a weighted combination of:

• Specification fit for Indian conditions (hard water, humidity, voltage fluctuations, monsoon)
• Amazon India rating × review-count weight (popular + high-rated beats popular alone)
• Brand service network breadth — a product you can get repaired in Indore matters more than one that only has service in Bangalore
• Value density — "how much product you get per ₹1,000" within the bracket

How often guides are updated

Every guide is reviewed monthly. If a listed product is discontinued, price-shifted out of its bracket, or replaced by a newer model that meets our filters, the guide is updated and the "Updated" date at the top of the page changes. We don't manually rewrite guides that don't need changes — an untouched guide means its picks are still valid.

How we make money

Every outbound product link on PakkaPick is an Amazon India affiliate link. When you click through and purchase, Amazon pays us a small commission — typically 1–6% of the product price — at no extra cost to you. This is our only revenue source. We have never accepted payment from a brand in exchange for a listing, a position, or favourable language. If we ever do, it will be disclosed inline on the guide itself.

What we don't do

• We don't claim to have physically tested every product we list. Most buying-guide sites that do are lying.
• We don't run paid placements, sponsored rankings, or "featured" slots disguised as editorial picks.
• We don't use AI to generate fake reviews or fabricated spec numbers — pricing and spec data comes from Amazon India product listings.
• We don't list products with fewer than 300 verified reviews (or 1,000 for mainstream categories).

Questions? Disagree with a pick?

Email 31nathbikram@gmail.com — we read everything, and we update guides when readers surface real issues. Our track record of updates is the best signal of whether this works.