What do the dated listings show?
The IndiaMART source rows are city-specific. The Hyderabad page reports ₹1,200/sq ft for a metal wardrobe and cupboard category. The Pune page reports ₹9,800/piece for steel almirah. The Nashik page reports ₹9,550/piece for a metal wardrobe. The New Delhi page reports ₹16,000/piece for a metal wardrobe with locker. Each number stays in INR because the source reports INR and its unit.
Hyderabad listing, Pune listing, Nashik listing and New Delhi listing should be read as separate rows. The city header and date belong to the row, so a later reader can tell whether a number came from Hyderabad, Pune, Nashik or New Delhi. The product label also matters: a metal wardrobe category is a different label from a steel almirah product.
Why keep the rows separate?
The pages use different labels and units. IndiaMART exposes fields such as material, number of doors, shelves, dimensions, steel thickness, lock and finish on individual listings. Those fields are useful for a comparison sheet, but a city row is local context and supplies no national rate. Preserve its URL, city, seller, date, unit and named product alongside the amount. This keeps a /piece row from being silently compared with a /sq ft row. It also keeps a steel almirah label separate from a metal wardrobe label when those words are used differently.
The visible field names carry more meaning than a rounded headline. A row with a door count and thickness can be checked against a drawing; a row with only a category label remains a preliminary reference. Preserve the listing wording instead of translating every label into a stronger material claim. The source instruction is simple: Do not average the numbers into a national “rate”. A clean row makes the unit visible before any calculation, so a headline category number cannot quietly become a promise about a particular wardrobe.
| Field | Example visible in a listing | How to record it |
|---|---|---|
| Price basis | ₹/piece or ₹/sq ft | Keep the unit beside the amount |
| Product scope | Metal wardrobe, steel almirah or cupboard | Copy the named product label |
| Specification fields | Doors, shelves, dimensions, thickness | Leave blank when omitted |
| Seller wording | Locker, lock, finish or delivery text | Preserve the exact wording and date |
What does a branded retail row add?
The saved Flipkart page shows ₹46,790 against ₹59,729, a 10-day replacement policy and “Usually delivered and Installed in 6 days”; exact delivery charges depend on the pincode. The listing also shows the named seller, cash-on-delivery availability, the replacement policy and the delivery sentence. Those details belong to that product page. They give a retail buyer context for the row, while the IndiaMART figures remain supplier-directory entries with their own labels.
A separate saved retail row shows ₹47,514 (36% off); it remains a promotional reference for that named product. Treat ₹47,514 (36% off) as a promotional reference for that product, rather than a base rate for other rows. A listing leaves unspecified a tested performance claim; require the named test and scope.
Which Fadior material statement is in scope?
Fadior specifies 304 stainless steel cabinet bodies. The company reference separately says that doors, finishes, countertops, third-party hardware, appliances and installation materials follow their own specifications. Keep the Fadior material row separate from the market-price rows and limit the 304 statement to the cabinet body. A source row that says “stainless steel cupboard” still needs its own grade and component wording before it can be compared with a 304 cabinet-body specification.
The distinction matters when a market page uses “stainless steel” as one product label and a first-party specification names 304 cabinet bodies. The two rows can sit beside one another in research, but the first-party statement keeps its component boundary and the market row keeps its own seller wording. The same reference says standard door panels are 304 stainless steel too (0.6mm); glass, mirror and sintered-stone faces are specified as exceptions.
What warranty wording can be quoted?
The company reference uses the bounded wording “30-year cabinet-body structural warranty; terms per contract.” Keep that wording tied to the cabinet body and the final contract. The number describes the named structural component and its contract condition. That term applies to the cabinet body; doors, finishes, countertops, hardware, appliances and installation materials follow their own specifications. A contract-qualified term should travel with the component name whenever the figure is copied into a brief or quote request. That keeps a structural cabinet-body term from being silently broadened to the entire room or to unrelated supplied items. The same reference qualifies a 30-year surface warranty to the microparticle crystal resin finish; specific terms are subject to the contract.
What should the comparison sheet contain?
Use one row per source page. Keep the amount, INR unit, city or seller, named product, date and visible specification fields together. If a field is missing, mark it as unspecified and request the seller’s drawing or written scope. A useful row can carry the product label, door count, shelf count, dimensions, material, thickness, lock and finish when shown. The row can also carry a short note explaining whether the listing is a category headline or a named product.
That distinction makes later quote conversations easier to audit without turning a category price into a product promise. The same sheet can carry a “source wording” column and a “question for seller” column. The first preserves what was read; the second records what still needs confirmation. This simple separation is useful when pages change and when several sellers use similar category names.
How should you use the result?
Use one row per source page. Keep the amount, INR unit, city or seller, named product, date and visible specification fields together. If a field is missing, mark it as unspecified and request the seller’s drawing or written scope rather than inferring it. A careful sheet can group rows by city, then by unit, then by named product. It can also preserve the listing’s own spelling for metal, steel, mild steel or stainless steel. Further reading: compare metal cabinets for long-term storage durability, wardrobe supplier checklist, whole-life cabinet budget, and whole-home steel systems from kitchen to wardrobe.
What remains seller-specific?
The Flipkart row explicitly records delivery and installation wording for its named product. Fadior’s warranty wording remains tied to the cabinet body and final contract. A quote sheet can place those two kinds of wording in separate columns so a retail delivery promise is not mistaken for a cabinet-body warranty term. The result is a cleaner handoff: one column for a page’s own promise and another for the buyer’s requested scope. The source URL, read date and product label should remain attached to both columns.
