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HiWiPay for D2C Export Stores (Shopify/Shopline): Payout Comparison

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You built a brand that travels faster than shipping containers. Your product leaves India in hours. Your marketing reaches five continents in seconds. But your money? It still takes the scenic route home.

Every D2C founder knows the drill—Shopify dashboard glowing green, sales flooding in, orders shipping out. But when it’s time to get paid, your earnings crawl through a maze of PSPs, intermediaries, and FX markups. By the time your dollars reach your INR account, they’ve been chewed, taxed, delayed, and diluted.

That’s the silent heartbreak of global success—your margins vanish somewhere between “Payment Captured” and “INR Settled.”

HiWiPay was built for that heartbreak. It doesn’t just move your money faster—it keeps it whole.

The Cost of Selling Globally, Paid Locally

Shopify and Shopline make it easy to sell worldwide—but not to settle worldwide. Their payout chains rely on partner PSPs (like Payoneer, Stripe, or WorldFirst) that run on old-school FX models and SWIFT corridors designed for banks, not brands.

For every $1,000 in sales, here’s what really happens:

  • 1.5–2% quietly disappears as FX spread.
  • Another $20–$30 goes to “processing.”
  • And your payout takes 4–7 business days to show up.

What’s left is not your revenue—it’s a discounted version of your success.

HiWiPay clears that bottleneck by doing what your storefront already does: working in real time.

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When Speed Becomes Strategy

Let’s talk numbers.
A Delhi-based D2C apparel label doing $25,000/month through Shopify was losing ₹28,000–₹32,000 each cycle purely to conversion gaps and delay-based liquidity loss.

After switching to HiWiPay, the same inflows settled at mid-market FX rates, hit their INR account within hours, and generated digital FIRCs instantly. Their margins jumped 1.8%. Their ad spend doubled. Their cash flow stopped dragging.

It wasn’t a new campaign that grew their profits—it was fixing how the money moved.

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The Real Battle: Control

Global D2C isn’t a game of product anymore—it’s a game of control. You already control your packaging, pricing, and brand voice. But when your settlement depends on a faceless PSP, you’ve handed over your financial tempo.

HiWiPay gives it back. It syncs payouts directly to Indian banks through compliant local corridors, locks FX rates in real time, and auto-issues FIRCs without a single email chain. You know your exact landed INR before you even fulfill the order.

That kind of control doesn’t just improve accounting—it changes how you scale.

Why D2C Brands Stick with HiWiPay

Because they stop feeling like exporters and start feeling like CEOs.
HiWiPay turns cross-border settlement into a dashboard experience—live rates, live settlements, live proof.

Every dollar that hits your account arrives faster, cleaner, and with its full story attached.

The Verdict: Growth Deserves a Shortcut

You built your brand to move fast. HiWiPay just makes sure your money does too.

The old way—PSPs, delayed SWIFT transfers, missing FIRCs—isn’t just outdated, it’s disrespectful to the pace at which modern D2C founders operate.

HiWiPay bridges that gap between selling global and settling local. Because if your product can go from Delhi to Denmark overnight, your payout should too.

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About HiWiPay EXIM

HiWiPay EXIM is the payment engine behind India’s new export brands—Shopify, Shopline, and global D2C sellers who’ve outgrown bank wires. It merges real-time FX, instant INR settlements, and automated FIRC documentation into one clean flow.

Your brand deserves a payout system built for the world it sells to—not the one it left behind

Looking to Simplify Your Global Payment Process?

Our team of international payment experts is ready to help you streamline your payment processes and expand your global reach.

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FAQs

About virtual bank accounts

How can I receive international payments in India?

You can open a free global multi-currency account with HiWiPay, And start receiving export payments from 25+ currencies and 150+ countries directly into your Indian bank account.

With HiWiPay, exporters typically receive payments within 24 hours.
Not at all. Setting up a HiWiPay global multi-currency account is completely free. Our support team assist you fully.
Platforms like HiWiPay let you open a free global multi-currency account, You can receive payments in USD, EUR, GBP, etc., and settle them directly into your local bank

FIRA (Foreign Inward Remittance Advice) is an official document issued by a bank confirming the receipt of foreign currency into your account. It serves as proof that an international payment has been received, as is often required for:

  • Regulatory compliance
  • Tax filings
  • Claiming export incentives
  • Accounting and audit purposes
How can I receive international payments in India?

You can open a free global multi-currency account with HiWiPay, And start receiving export payments from 25+ currencies and 150+ countries directly into your Indian bank account.

With HiWiPay, exporters typically receive payments within 24 hours.

Not at all. Setting up a HiWiPay global multi-currency account is completely free. Our support team assist you fully.
Platforms like HiWiPay let you open a free global multi-currency account, You can receive payments in USD, EUR, GBP, etc., and settle them directly into your local bank

Answer

Absolutely. HiWiPay uses bank-grade security and follow RBI compliance to ensure your international payments are safe, reliable, and fully compliant with Indian regulations.

A virtual account is a unique bank account number assigned to a business to collect and track payments efficiently. It is a reference for incoming funds linked to a master account.

Virtual accounts make receiving and managing payments easier by providing a unique bank account number for each transaction, customer, or business need. They are linked to a main bank account but act as separate identifiers, making tracking and reconciliation more efficient.

FIRA (Foreign Inward Remittance Advice) is an official document issued by a bank confirming the receipt of foreign currency into your account. It serves as proof that an international payment has been received, as is often required for:

  • Regulatory compliance
  • Tax filings
  • Claiming export incentives
  • Accounting and audit purposes

Yes, you can generate an e-BRC (electronic bank realization certificate) through HiWiPay portal. An e-BRC is an important document for exporters, as it serves as proof of foreign exchange realization and is required to claim export incentives under various government schemes.

To generate e-BRC, follow these steps.

Sign in to HiWiPay >> Click Start Shipment menu >> Click View or Edit button against invoice >> Check e-BRC tab >>

The Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999, governs foreign exchange transactions in India. It is designed to facilitate international trade while ensuring the stability of the foreign exchange market. For exporters, FEMA sets rules on receiving payment in foreign currency, repatriating funds, and maintaining proper documentation. It also requires that export earnings be realized within a specified timeframe and reported to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as per regulations. Following FEMA guidelines is essential for exporters to avoid penalties and ensure smooth international transactions.

The payment settlement time is less than 24 hours. Once the transaction is processed, the funds will be settled within a day.

Signing up for HiWiPay is quick and easy with our self-onboarding feature:

  1. Register with your email ID
  2. Complete the onboarding process
  3. Get notified once your account is successfully activated

Need help? Reach out to us exim@hiwipay.com for assistance

HiWiPay helps Indian exporters, importers, startups, service providers, consultants, agencies, and freelancers receive international payments effortlessly. We also assist with the end-to-end export pre & post shipment documentation process.
HiWiPay is a fintech company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Absolutely! We secure international transactions by partnering with RBI-compliant banks and payment service providers (PSP). All payments are processed with high-security standards for complete peace of mind.
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