What are the delivery charges charged from customer if otherwise mentioned?
Delivery charge if notified varies with product ordered and Pin code mentioned.
Some orders attract relatively higher shipping costs on low value items. Do to offset the high logistics cost and serve the buyer with good delivery experience a nominal delivery cost is charged from the buyer. Delivery charges are mentioned if any in the order summary for refrence for each individual product.
For Products ordered where the order value is less than INR 500 an Rs 40 charge for delivery per item may be applied. While, orders of Rs 500 or above are delivered free.
Due to holidays between the days you’re placed your order and the date of delivery the courier partner might not be operating on the holiday, but the holiday is included in the timelines shown on the product page. In this case, we add a day to the estimated date. Some courier partners also do not work on Sundays and this is factored in to the delivery dates.
Business days exclude public holidays and Sundays and are the days on which all commercial activities take place
Estimated delivery time depends on the below factors:
If any hidden costs (GST, octroi etc) on items sold by Arikalife?
There are NO hidden charges when you order from Arikalife. List prices are final and all-inclusive. The price you see on the product page is exactly what you pay at the time of check out.
Delivery charges are also not hidden charges and are charged (if at all) extra depending on the shipping policy.
You have probably noticed varying estimated delivery times for different pincodes for the locations nearby you have placed. Delivery times are influenced by geographic location of the origin shipment to the delivery centre of the logistics partner, your shipping destination and the courier partner's time-to-deliver in your location.
Please enter your default pin code on the product page (you don't have to enter it every single time) to know more accurate delivery times on the product page itself.
Please enter your pin code on the product page (you don't have to enter it every single time) to know whether the product can be delivered to your location.
If you haven't provided your pin code until the checkout stage, the pin code in your shipping address will be used to check for serviceability.
Whether your location can be serviced or not depends on
This is entirely at their discretion of Arika life to ship the product to your location or not.
Availability of Cod depends on the ability of our courier partner servicing your location to accept cash as payment at the time of delivery.
Since courier partners have limits on the cash amount payable on delivery depending on the destination and your order value might have exceeded this limit.
You are required to enter the pin code on the product page to check if COD is available in your location.
Returns are easy and seamless. Contact us to initiate a return. You will receive a call explaining the process, once you have initiated a return.
Wherever possible Arika life courier partner will facilitate the pick-up of the item. In case, the pick-up cannot be arranged through its courier partner by the platform, you can return the item through a third-party courier service as prescribed by Arikalife.
What do the different tags like "In Stock", "Available" mean?
Items listed as "In Stock", Sellers will mention the delivery time based on your location pin code (usually 2-3 business days, 4-5 business days or 4-6 business days in areas where standard courier service is available). For other areas, orders will be sent by Registered Post through the Indian Postal Service which may take 1-2 weeks depending on the location.
The Seller might not have the item in stock but is in transit or under supply chain when an order is placed for the item. The delivery time will depend on the estimated procurement time and the estimated shipping time to your location.
Such items can be pre booked by you as they are expected to be released soon. The item will be shipped to you on the day of promised/tentative launch date and will reach you in 2 to 6 business
Days. The Preorder duration varies from item to item and location. Once known, release time and date is mentioned.
Currently, the item is not available for sale. Use the 'Notify Me' feature to know once it is available for purchase.
The item is often sold out due to high popularity and in demand. You can however 'book' an order for the product and it will be shipped according to the timelines mentioned by the product page.
The product will be back soon for purchase as is currently out of stock and is not available for purchase. The product could to be in stock soon. Use the 'Notify Me' as we will inform you when the product is back in stock.
This product it is obsolete and/or its production has been discontinued.
Does Arikalife deliver internationally?
As of now, platform doesn't deliver items internationally.
You will be able to make your purchases on our platform from anywhere in the world with credit/debit cards issued in India and transactions in INR as per the Indian law, rules and regulations,
The delivery pin code has to be within the political geographical boundaries of the India. And servicble by our courier partners