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Lenovo, Toshiba Will NOT Offer Warranty On Products Purchased Online!
In November last year, we had published a post on how product manufacturers like Netgear are refusing to offer warranty on products purchased from online ecommerce sites. It seems Netgear (and previously Nikon) are not the only ones who…
Myntra Too Adopting Marketplace Model From April
Starting April, India’s leading online fashion retailer Myntra will open up Marketplace for third party vendors to start selling their products on Myntra, according to a ET report.
A lot has been happening at Myntra since the start of…
SAAS E-Commerce Platform Bigcommerce Launches In India
Bigcommerce, one of the fastest growing software-as-a-service ecommerce platform have made their entry into India to capitalize on her fast growing ecommerce space.
With Bigcommerce, any individual or small businesses can open an online…
Amazon Flow: Making Life Even More Difficult For Brick-and-Mortar Retailers
Amazon has been known to be extremely aggressive when it comes to competing with brick-and-mortar retail. Recently it has added a new feature to its iOS app which will make the life even more difficult for these retailers. The new feature…
Updated: Confirmed, Myntra Raises $50 Mln From Premji Invest
Update: 6th Feb 2014:
Finally we have an official confirmation from Myntra on the investment. Press Release sent to us by Myntra has confirmed that they have raised $50 million Round Of Financing Led By Premji Invest. Funds will be used…
Twitter Commerce: Where Facebook Failed, Twitter Jumps In!
What do you do when you have a mind-boggling 232 million monthly active users coming to your site but not adding anything to your revenue? Obviously try to make sure they loosen their purse strings. Well, microblogging site Twitter seems to…
Has Myntra Got A Better Investment Offer Compared To Premji Deal?
Myntra, arguably the online leader in the apparel segment is again in the news for two competing investment offers. While the Premji deal was about to get finalized, Myntra got an offer which seems more attractive. This had put a temporary…
CCAvenue Revamps; Launches Multi Currency Processing, 1 Click Checkouts, Free Storefront Builder…
CCAvenue is one of the oldest and probably the most widely used payment gateway in India. General impression has always been that CCAvenue has not been too SME friendly and catered mostly to larger online store-fronts.
Looks like they…
Within 7 Months, Amazon Opens Its 2nd Fulfillment Center in India
We have been telling you how Amazon has been innovating and using the first mover advantage to spearhead the Indian ecommerce space. All set to improve its logistics and back-end infrastructure, the crux of any ecommerce chain, Amazon has…
Now, eBay Launches 9 Hour Deliveries For Mumbai
The ecommerce war just became hotter. After Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal launched same day product deliveries in select metros, now online shopping marketplace eBay just started a 9 hour delivery service. And that too without any extra…
Flipkart Launches Apparel Brand Flippd, Eyes Private Label Acquisitions Like Zovi & YepMe!
In July of 2012, Flipkart launched its own first private label DigiFlip for digital accessories and introduced camera bags and laptop backpacks under that brand name. Fast forward to December 2013 and now they have launched their second…
Now, Snapdeal Introduces Same Day Delivery In Delhi & Gurgaon
It looks like express deliveries are the now the flavour of season for ecommerce sites in India. Amazon started it, Flipkart quickly followed and now Snapdeal has gone the similar way.
However, unlike Amazon and Flipkart, Snapdeal is not…
[Updated] Is KlickPay Snapdeal’s New Payment Gateway?
We have spoken to Klickpay folks and it is confirmed that Klickpay is NOT Snapdeal's own payment gateway as some have been saying.
Earlier...
Couple of days back I happened to place an order for a Tablet case from Snapdeal.…
6 Trends Indian Ecommerce Sector May Witness In 2014
Indian eCommerce sector is on a high right now. ASSOCHAM has recently released a report which states that ecommerce in India has grown 88% in the year 2013, compared to 2012.
Total of $16 billion or Rs 96,000 crore worth of goods were…
Govt E-Transactions Cross 2 Bln In 2013, 100 Times More Than 2012
Indians are now comfortable transacting online – Growth of e-commerce in India over past 2-3 years is a testament to that fact. But there is another vertical that is witnessing a big boom in online transactions – The National and State…
Flipkart’s PayZippy Wallet Payment Option Now Available On 10 Online Stores
Flipkart's PayZippy Wallet option, which allows the user to store their credit card and use it on multiple stores with ease is not available on 10 leading Indian stores for online payments.
Snapdeal’s Own Payment Gateway Coming Soon!
How quickly things change – Just a couple of years back, everyone was talking about India not having good online payment gateways. While handful of gateway’s were present, either their charges were too high, or they did not offer the…
GOSF 2013 Was a Bumper Hit, The Numbers Prove it!
Last year, Google initiated an online shopping bonanza called GOSF: Great Online Shopping Festival which was held on December 12, 2012 and around 90 ecommerce retailers participated in that event. The concept was new, and people loved it.…
Myntra Sets Record, Sells 1 Lakh Fashion Products In 24hrs, Thanks To GOSF!
So for all the brickbats GOSF is receiving, one has to agree that this Google backed event has a huge scale. Even though they have had countless issues since start of their shopping festival, the buzz around GOSF has been unprecedented.…
BuildaBazaar.com Garners 20,000 Retailers, Becomes Largest SAAS Ecommerce Platform In India
Infibeam's B2B ecommerce platform BuildaBazaar.com has announced that they have achieved sign-ups of over 20,000 small and medium sized retailers in India. According to the press release sent to us, in terms of number of retailers on board,…