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#GOSF Vs #OMGSale: Case Of Quantity Versus Quality?
It’s raining sale in the cyber world. Literally. In the space of last week or so we have witnessed two Cyber Sales in India. First out of the garage was the OMG Sale conducted by CitiBank India and soon followed GOSF or Google’s Great…
GOSF 2013 Dissected: Offers, Discounts, What To Buy & More!
The Great Online Shopping Festival is back for its second year and just about everyone is excited. While most ecommerce companies spent the wee hours of 11th December crafting the right deals and discounts, even consumers have spent burning…
GOSF 2013 Analysis: Some Good, Some Bad, Some Crappy
The 2nd installment of Google’s Great Online Shopping Festival is here – Rather than a single day like last year, this year has been converted into 3 day shopping event. We will bring you all the highlights of the event, along with all the…
Flipkart Responds To Amazon, Launches In-A-Day Guaranteed Delivery In 7 Cities!
It’s been only 5 days since Amazon India launched its guaranteed 1-day, 2-day delivery option, and Flipkart has immediately come out with “In-A-Day” Guaranteed delivery option.
In-a-day Guarantee is our Flipkart’s new delivery service,…
Amazon Brings Guaranteed 1 Day, 2 Day Shipping For Orders In India
While we are still few years away from 30 minutes drone shipping, currently being tested by American counterparts, Amazon India has rolled out guaranteed duration shipping service just like in the US.
This is big deal for Indians who…
Amazon Pilots Cash On Delivery Model With India Post
There is no doubt that Amazon India will come up with their own logistics service sooner rather than later, given the growth they are experiencing in India since their launch in June this year.
However, even with their own logistics in…
Airtel Starts Offering Shopify Storefronts To SOHO & SME Users
Airtel has joined hands with Shopify to offer latter’s DIY (Do It Yourself) hosted ecommerce solution to SOHO and SME users in India.
Shopify is one of the largest hosted ecommerce solutions company in the world. Started in 2006, they…
[Updated] GOSF Site Goes Live; Promises 3 Days Of Incredible Shopping Deals From Over 250 Retailers
Google’s Great Online Shopping festival site is now up and running at Gosf.in – And like we mentioned previously, unlike last time, it will not be 1 day, but a 3 day shopping extravaganza (hopefully). In addition to this, the site has…
CraftsVilla.com Becomes One Of The First Indian Ecommerce Companies To Turn Profitable!
Ecommerce sector in India has been buzzing over past couple of years, especially due to sizeable VC money flowing into this sector. Companies like Flipkart are boasting of valuations upwards USD 1 Billion based on their recent funding…
Snapdeal Launches Affiliate Program; Offers 10% Flat Commission With Rs. 400 Limit!
Snapdeal has now joined Flipkart and Amazon to have its own affiliate program. Though Snapdeal had a affiliate program previously, they offered it through third party affiliate network like Tyroo and OMG.
Snapdeal’s own affiliate program…
IRCTC Launches E-Wallet Feature To Ease Ticket Booking
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website has added a new feature that aims at easing the issues faced by ticket buyers on the site.
IRCTC e-wallet is similar to other wallet services available with other websites –…
PayUPaisa Launches ‘Release on Delivery’ Option, an Alternative To COD transactions
PayUPaisa, one of the leading online payment gateway in India has started offering a unique payment model for ecommerce merchants in India and it is called “Release on Delivery”.
The model is quite similar to how escrow payments work –…
A Chrome Extension Every Online Shopper Should Have To Avail Best Product Prices
Online shopping is fiercely growing in India – Infact, it is now getting to a level where offline retailers have started to get worried. But as a consumer, it is time to rejoice, as online shopping offers them many benefits, the biggest of…
Pitfalls Of Online Purchases: NetGear Flatly Refuses To Offer Warranty On Products Purchased Online
The fight between online and offline retailers is getting murkier.
Given that online retailers are offering products at rock-bottom rates, it is getting very difficult for their offline counterparts to compete. Consumers are increasingly…
Offline Retailers Launch ‘We Will Act’ Protest For Price Undercutting By Ecommerce Sites
I have heard this from number of my friends who run physical stores – This year they have experienced much lower footfalls from consumers, especially in the electronic and apparel segment. And many of them believe it is due to rise in…
Snapdeal Starts Offering ‘Product Price Search On Sms’
Imagine a scenario where you are in a mall browsing through a few shops. Suddenly you see something that catches your eye and you think of purchasing it. It is not the old times anymore and it is possible that you might get a cheaper deal…
M-Commerce Growing In India; 30% Snapdeal Sales Coming Via Mobiles!
For the first time in the history of Indian eCommerce, a major player has come out and openly admitted that they are fully experiencing the next wave of mobile ecommerce. In a statement released by Snapdeal, it has been revealed that out of…
Lot More Indians Will Shop Online This Diwali!
The festival of Diwali holds special significance in India; it’s the festival of lights and sweets and crackers and lots & lots of fun; And shopping.
The period which starts from Dussera and ends with Diwali is one of the most…
Online Diwali Shopping: What You Need To Keep In Mind!
As Diwali comes close another shopping spree looks on the horizon. The sales are coming all around with brick and mortar stores offering deals side by side with the online stores. Be it Flipkart, Amazon or Jumbo Electronics, they all have…
Snapdeal Partners With ReGlobe To Buy Used Mobile Handsets!
In the clutter of ecommerce where every other site on the web is trying to sell something, it needs innovation to do something new to catch the consumer’s eyeballs. Snapdeal has now partnered with a re-commerce platform ReGlobe. It allows…