GeM Seller Registration

Registration is the easy half

GeM registration itself costs nothing and can be completed online. That is why so many businesses register and then never sell anything through it — the assumption is that being listed is the achievement.

It is not. Buyers on GeM search a catalogue. If your products are not listed against the right categories with proper specifications, you are registered and invisible. The businesses that win orders are the ones that treated the catalogue as the real work and the registration as the paperwork.

The second thing worth knowing before you start: GeM sales are business with the government, and the compliance expectations that come with that are real. Your GST returns, your PAN status and your bank details all have to be current and consistent with each other.

What you need

• PAN and the entity registration matching how you will sell — proprietorship, partnership, LLP or company
• GST registration, active and with returns filed
• Bank account in the entity name, with details matching everything else exactly
• Aadhaar or PAN of the authorised person for verification
• MSME or Udyam registration if you have it — not mandatory, but it matters for the preferences government buyers give small suppliers
• A DSC for certain actions on the portal

Written 5 September 2026. Government requirements and portal behaviour change — message us to confirm before you rely on any date or figure here.

Where registrations stall

Almost always on a mismatch. The name on the bank account differs from the name on the PAN, or the GST registration carries a slightly different form of the business name, or the address on one document does not match another. GeM checks these against each other and stops.

Fixing a mismatch after registration is more work than getting it consistent first. If your GST certificate and your bank account do not read the same, sort that out before you begin.

Common questions