🧾 Topic 3 of 7
Applying
The mechanics of putting money into an issue — the rails, the categories, the limits, and the mistakes that quietly cost people their allotment.
5 guides20 minPart of The IPO Guide →
10How to Apply for an IPO in India — The Complete WalkthroughWhat you need before you start, the three routes for submitting a bid, what happens to your money, and the timeline from application to shares appearing in your demat account.11ASBA and the UPI Mandate — How IPO Payment Actually WorksYour money is blocked, not paid. Here is how ASBA works, how the UPI mandate route sits on top of it, and how to fix the mandate failures that cost people their allotment.12IPO Investor Categories — RII, NII, QIB and the Limits on EachWhich bucket you bid in changes your reservation, your allotment method and whether you can withdraw. A practical guide to retail, HNI, institutional and reserved categories.13Lot Size, Price Band and Cut-Off Price — What to Actually EnterHow much one lot costs, why money is blocked at the cap price, and why almost every retail investor should tick cut-off rather than name a number.14Why IPO Applications Get Rejected — And How to Avoid ItA rejected application is not in the draw at all. Here are the errors that cause technical rejection, in the order they actually occur, and the checks that eliminate each one.
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