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Updated: Flipkart Raises Additional USD 160 Mln, Totaling USD 360 In Latest Round
Updated By Arun Prabhudesai: Oct 9th 12:00 noon
Sachin Bansal, Co-Founder and CEO of Flipkart made a tweet that puts to rest the rumours that have been making rounds for past few weeks. He has tweeted that Flipkart has raised USD 360…
What Indian Online Shoppers Want? [Survey Results]
Indian eCommerce industry is currently going through a very interesting phase. Lots of startups are opening, getting VC funded and then closing down. On the other hand, data reveals that more and more Indians are shopping online and the…
Mr. Thomas, An Online Hardware Store Offering Machines & Tools!
Ecommerce is growing in India – we are increasingly seeing new niche stores coming up rather than generic multi-category ones. Recently, yet another online store was launched in a niche that does not have too many players in India
Called…
Can Growing E-Commerce Be A Threat To Traditional Retail Business In India?
We all know E-Commerce is on the rise in India - just look at the number of new online stores getting launched and the traffic that sites like Myntra, Flipkart and Amazon command!
In India, the total internet subscribers are around 165…
IRCTC E-Commerce Store Goes Live… Yebhi.com Replica With IRCTC Header!
Much talked about IRCTC’s ecommerce foray has gone live. If you visit IRCTC website, you will see a banner asking you to visit IRCTC online shopping mall at shop.irctc.co.in.
If you were expecting something really good in store for you…
Updated: Flipkart’s New Voice Search For Product Works Really Well [Video]
Update: Interestingly, we found (thanks to comments here & on twitter/FB) that this is available for Chrome browser only. And Flipkart does not have deep integration with their database as was our impression. They have simply added a…
Moserbaer Launches Boxofficeboss.in To Sell Movie DVDs & CDs. Is There A Market For It Anymore?
I am going to be honest with you – In last 2 years, I have not bought a single Music / Movie CD or DVD. I either watch it in the theatre or stream it online. In recent times, Increasingly, I see myself shifting to streaming / renting it…
Myntra Experiments With 1 Hour Product Deliveries!
Myntra, India’s leading fashion portal has started experimenting with ultra-short product shipping times. According to the release sent to us, Myntra has successfully tested delivering products within one to two hours in select locations in…
Flipkart Retains Upgraded Affiliate Commissions, Infact Increased Further!
As was expected, Flipkart have retained their increased affiliate commissions that were earlier announced to be valid only till July 31st.
Flipkart has sent out a mail to all their affiliates that the prevailing commission rates for July…
Affiliate Programs of Indian E-Commerce Sites [Comparison]
Affiliate programs are big sales generating channel for E-Commerce sites across the world. These Affiliate programs by E-commerce sites have also led to hundreds and thousands of affiliate commission based businesses.
Even in India,…
Myntra Visitor Traffic Surpasses Flipkart & Jabong [Comscore]
Myntra now leads all Indian E-Commerce sites in terms of unique visitors as per the latest Comscore report for June 2013.
The report shows that Myntra.com received 13.17 million unique visitors in the month of June, which was more than…
PayUPaisa Now Offering Free Payment Gateway Services To Merchants!
Flipkart’s launch of it’s own payment gateway PayZippy seems to have affected other providers quite a bit. Infact, PayUPaisa, the new online payment solution brand from PayU India, has now made its payment gateway services absolutely free.…
PayZippy.com, Flipkart’s New Payment Gateway Launched
The impeding launch of Flipkart’s payment gateway has been talked about for sometime now and it has finally been unveiled.
Christened as PayZippy, Flipkart’s new payment gateway is now available for Indian merchants for transactions. …
Flipkart Feeling The Heat, Increases Affiliate Commissions
Seems like Flipkart is feeling the heat from new entrant Amazon. According to the mail sent to all affiliates, they have significantly jacked up the affiliate commissions, in some cases upto 10 times the existing rate.
Affiliate programs…
Amazon India To Launch Fashion Vertical?
Amazon’s India launch has been much talked about over past few weeks. The Indian marketplace started off with 2 verticals – Books and Movies. In couple of weeks since launch, they expanded their offering to Mobiles, Photography and…
Flipit Launches in India [Interview With Founder]
Flipit, a global money saving voucher / coupon platform, recently launched in India. We were slightly surprised with this launch, given the fact that this space is already quite saturated with truckloads of coupon/deal sites already present…
Kindle Devices & eBooks Now Available On Amazon.in, But…
Wow! that was quick.
In less than 10 days of launch of their Indian dedicated site, Amazon has gone ahead and listed Kindle devices as well as much needed ebooks on their India site.
If you visit Amazon.in site right now, you will be…
Snapdeal.com Starts Offering HERO Electric Bikes Online!
In January this year, Snapeal.com became the first Indian e-commerce site to start selling vehicles online in partnership with Auto manufacturers. Mahindra & Mahindra was the first company to come on-board.
While the idea of buying…
Flipkart Stops Delivering Items over INR 10000 in UP: What’s the Real Reason?
I recently bought Nexus 4 via Flipkart. When I selected my address it told me that the item can’t be shipped to the desired address. I thought initially that this might be because of some issue with the phone or something of that order.…
Shycart.com – A Personal Shopping Platform for Products You are Shy to Buy offline!
India is seeing influx of new e-commerce sites for past 3-4 years. In fact, the surge of such sites has been so phenomenal and the market has been saturated to an extent, we are already seeing many online shops either shut down or getting…