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Snapdeal And Tata Value Homes Partner To Bring Online Home Bookings For Rs. 30,000
Online search for real estate properties has gone mainstream in India – Sites like housing.com offer you as close an experience to the real thing with virtual tours and maps. However, after search if you decide to buy a property, you…
RBI’s 2 Factor Authentication A Big Negative For International Online Purchases.
RBI’s new circular in regards to online credit and debit card payments has put a spanner on how many ecommerce sites and online vendors accept payments. The RBI circular has stated that many online companies are still not enforcing 2 factor…
WOW! Amazon.in To Deliver Goods Using Drone This Diwali; But Is It Legal In India Yet?
Recent reports are coming in according to which, instead of US, Amazon plans to develop India as a Launchpad for their ambitious plan of using drones for delivery of goods ordered via their ecommerce portal.
As per insiders from Amazon,…
State of Indian Ecommerce: 53.4M Total Online Shoppers, Females Constitute 40%
In the latest study on the ‘State of Ecommerce’ in India conducted by ASSOCHAM and Comcast has unearthed several interesting aspects of Internet usage in the country, and the penetration of retail shopping using digital medium.
Key…
Business Pivots: Tradus Becomes Online Grocery Store, Yahoo SmallBusiness Becomes Yahoo Store
Pivot has varied meanings, but when it comes to businesses and startups, it generally means change in the direction where the company or product is headed. A scientific definition of Pivot is, “structured course correction designed to test…
Flipkart Guilty Of FEMA Violations, Evidence Found, 1000 Cr Showcause Notice Issued
Finally, Enforcement Directorate seems to have hit upon hard evidence showing that India’s poster boy E-commerce company, Flipkart, being guilty of violating FEMA (Foreign Exchange Management Act).
According to ET, who have quoted…
Newegg Now Starts Delivering Products To India!
Geeks and gaming enthusiasts are going to be very happy to hear this news – NewEgg.com, the much loved e-commerce site, especially for PC hardware and components is now available for Indian shoppers. Along with India, Newegg has also opened…
Ratan Tata May Invest Personally Into Snapdeal
The buzz around Indian e-commerce just does not seem to die down - the sector is witnessing lot of activity, especially from the funding side. Most recently, Flipkart's big $1 billion round of funding made waves, which was followed by an…
Delhi Biggest Online Shoppers, 1 in 4 Indian Buys Through Mobile
Do you know which industry is the biggest benefactor of bad roads and increasing traffic in India? It’s the ecommerce Industry. Nearly 76 percent of the respondents from ASSOCHAM survey said that they find it much easier to do shopping from…
MSMEShopping.com, Govt’s Unique Ecommerce Portal For SMEs
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), a Government of India agency to promote and develop SMEs has started their own ecommerce portal: MSMEShopping.com. The website was launched today by Union Minister Kalraj Mishra.
The…
Amazon Steps The Pedal, To Invest $2B In India To Counter Flipkart
If there were any doubts about Indian E-Commerce space being just a bubble and could burst any time, you should put them to rest. Amazon have gone one-up on Flipkart’s recent $1 Billion funding raise. They have officially announced today…
Flipkart Starts Offering Sexual Wellness Products Too!
Flipkart is getting bigger, not only in terms of the amount of funding they are raising, but also in terms of number of new categories they are adding to their popular platform. If you visit Flipkart site, you will find a big banner…
Flipkart Launches E-learning Category, Starts Selling Certification Courses & More
To capitalize on the huge traffic that it receives, Flipkart seems to be now foraging into off-beat categories that you generally may not associate with a multi-brand online store. Flipkart has now launched a new category called…
What? Flipkart Raises a Eye-Popping $1 Billion In New Funding Round
The Flipkart Funding juggernaut keeps on rolling and it is setting benchmarks, not only in India, but probably across the world. According to an ET report that cites 2 people, Flipkart may have raised over $ 1 Billion in funding from…
9 Common Mistakes To Avoid When Starting An eCommerce Store
Running a Digital Marketing Agency, I see number of businesses trying to get on the E-Commerce bandwagon, and that number is increasing day by day. With availability of SAAS ecommerce platforms in abundance, it’s pretty easy for anyone…
#AmazonCart Feature Arrives on Amazon India Site. Add Via Twitter, Buy It Later
Are you aware of #AmazonCart ? It’s fine if your did not know as it was not available for Indian Amazon site till now. But now looks like the #AmazonCart feature has been enabled for Amazon.in as well.
#AmazonCart is is targeted for…
Can Railway Logistics Support To eCommerce Companies Be A Game Changer?
In the recently announced Rail Budget by BJP Government, there were several technological and operational initiatives announced. But one announcement among them was closely followed by eCommerce companies; a decision which can have far…
Walmart Launches BestPriceWholesale.co.in, A B2B Ecommerce Site
Walmart has finally made their ecommerce debut in India. They have launched a B2B wholesale eCommerce site - http://www.bestpricewholesale.co.in/. The products sold on the site are currently available for cities of Lucknow and Hyderabad.…
TOP 10 SAAS eCommerce Platforms in India
In 2012, online businesses grew 21.1% to top $1 trillion for the first time in the history of ecommerce development. This year sales are estimated to grow by 18.3% to $1.298 trillion worldwide. It’s also projected that there will be 175…
Narayan Murthy Joins Forces With Amazon To Launch Ecommerce Portal In India
Infosys co-founder Narayan Murthy is partnering with Amazon to launch an ecommerce project in India, reports Reuters .
Considering that Narayan Murthy is an experienced campaigner in launching companies and making them not just big, but…