Setting up a small business in chennai

Hi all, I'm planning to start a reselling / ecommerce business this year from my shop in chennai. Since its a small business, my requirements are less. I'm able to find manufacturers for my product only on alibaba. But even though the product cost is less, shipping and customs add on to it. For example. One of my products costs 20 rupees per piece. My minimum requirement are 100 pieces. Though my order quantity is only for 2000 rupees, they charge a shipping fee of 8000 rupees. I'm sure customs duty will add up to it. Have anyone from Chennai imported from alibaba ? Are these how the costs are ? Or am I doing something wrong? Please help. PS: I checked with local vendors too, but their minimum order quantity is atleast 1000 pieces and above. I won't be able to afford that much as my investment itself is less than 1 lakh (mostly from my savings)