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About Setu · Made in Surat

Premium marketing. Finally affordable. For Indian SMBs.

For the salon, the clinic, the shop, the studio — the same craft a Bangalore startup gets, at a price that doesn't break the month.

01 · The Decision Why this exists

Ten years on the inside showed me the gap.

A real agency proposal · 2026

Premium clients pay this without thinking. Most local businesses can't — so they walk into shops that promise the same work for ₹5,000 and walk out with garbage. This is the gap that's been there for a decade.

Sent
Premium Agency Co. · Surat
Proposal — Social Media Management
ToSalon owner · Adajan, Surat
Date14 · 03 · 2026
Term12-month retainer · Annual contract
Strategy & content₹25,000/mo
Ad management₹10,000/mo
Production & shoots₹15,000/mo
Monthly total ₹50,000
After ten years of watching this play out

Three things became obvious.

01 ✓ Not the problem

The desire was always there.

Every shop owner I met for ten years wanted to be online — wanted reels, wanted leads, wanted what the big brands had. They came in asking for it.

02 ✓ Not the problem

The budget was there too.

₹5,000 to ₹15,000 a month isn't pocket change, but most businesses find it when growth depends on it. The gap was never the money.

03 ✗ The real problem

What the money bought was garbage.

Local "agencies" charging ₹5,000 for content that looks like it took ten minutes. Premium agencies charging ₹50,000+ for craft I knew could be done leaner. Nothing in between.

The build

So I built Setu.

Ten years of design and marketing experience, shipping premium work at a fraction of premium prices — the same craft a Bangalore startup gets, for a salon in Surat. That's the bridge.

Sasta
Affordable enough that ambition isn't priced out.
Sundar
Crafted enough to look like premium work.
Tikao
Reliable enough to show up, every month.
02 · The bundle What's inside every plan

Three things every business needs to grow on social. One plan that covers all three.

Most agencies sell these as three separate products and bill you separately for each one. Setu bundles them. Flat monthly price. Ad budget included. No add-ons, no extras.

Stage 01

Presence

Look like a real business — not a side hustle posting from a phone gallery.

12–30 posts a month · every format
Stage 02

Consistency

Show up every week, reliably — a steady feed that compounds, instead of going quiet for a month.

A planned calendar · posted for you
Stage 03

Growth

Real ad budget included in your plan — never a separate invoice, never on top.

₹1,000–₹6,000 ad spend · included
All three. One flat monthly price. Ad budget included.
Plans from ₹4,999No setup feesCancel anytime
03 · The system

The Setu Method does the lift.

Behind every post is a tested system — calibrated per category, refined by humans, guarded against off-brand mistakes. It's what makes premium-quality work possible at accessible prices. Our quiet advantage.

Read the full Method →
01

Foundation

10+ years of what works for Indian SMBs, compressed into the system.

02

Calibration

Tuned to your category — each industry gets its own rules.

03

Refinement

Human review, always. Every piece passes a creative reviewer.

04

Guardrails

Built-in category safety — off-brand suggestions never ship.

04 · The team

Small on purpose. Backed by a roster.

Setu is small on purpose. A focused team in Surat, backed by a roster of AI agents named after the Mahabharata. Each agent owns a slice of the work. We supervise. The Method holds it together.

Behind the curtain · The Setu Agents

Five AI specialists. Mahabharata-named.

Each agent owns one part of the workflow — research, drafting, ad management, analytics, guardrails. Together, they handle the lift. The humans handle the craft.

Ved
Brand Calibrator
Research · Setup · Day 1

Studies your category in 4 hours. Speaks your industry's language by Day 2.

Chitra
Visual Director
Statics · Carousels · Reels

Drafts every poster, reel, and carousel. Refined by humans before delivery.

Bhima
Campaign Operator
Meta Ads · Targeting · Optimisation

Runs Meta ad campaigns. Optimises every rupee of your bundled spend.

Arjun
Performance Watcher
Analytics · Reporting · Honesty

Tracks what works. Flags what doesn't. Reports honestly, even when it stings.

The Method
Constitution
Rules · Guardrails · Quality

Holds the rules. What ships, what doesn't, what each category needs.

— Abhishek Gandhi
Founder · Surat
In their own words

What clients say. Unedited.

Setu in numbers · so far

Real, small, growing.

Ten years of creative and marketing work inside Indian agencies — now channelled into Setu. We're onboarding our first Setu clients now and building real case studies as the work ships. Real results, real business names — as soon as each client is ready to be shared.

No inflated numbers. No vanity claims. Just where we are right now.
Made in Surat, for India.
Operating since late 2024

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