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Flipkart’s valuation slashed further, 2nd time in 2016 by Morgan Stanley
Leading global investor Morgan Stanley has done it again. The company has devalued Flipkart for the second time in 2016....
Flipkart stays on track with wearables during festive time
While mobile phones remain the runaway leader in terms of revenue for Flipkart, it is refreshing to see that other produ...
Online Sellers witness 10-fold increase in sales on Amazon India; Cloudtail its biggest seller
Around the Big Billion Days and Great Indian Festival Sale, IOS had asked online sellers on its Facebook forum about whi...
Flipkart clamping down on fraudulent online sellers
Flipkart recently launched an in-house mystery shopper service, where its employees volunteer to search for online selle...
Amazon’s online traffic catching up with Flipkart
After the first day of this year's Big Billion Days sale, Flipkart's ranking on Alexa's real-time web traffic data site...
Kraftly teams up with Ministry of Textiles to empower & promote Indian handloom community
Kraftly, the online to offline marketplace is a hit with new online sellers from tier 2 and 3 cities. It’s doing well as...
Final Value Fee Refund for Unpaid Orders is a Pain for eBay India Sellers
eBay marketplace has an issue that is turning out to be a constant source of irritation for most e-sellers and merchants...
Flipkart’s strategy to increase sales: interest-free EMIs for customers
In order to woo more buyers and increase their sales, Flipkart recently introduced a payments method, wherein buyers can...
Craftsvilla shifts focus to ethnic food business & won’t need new funds to do so
Driven by the promise of profitability, Craftsvilla is on working hard to obtain profits in another 6 months. The etaile...
Jabong, Shopclues do well; possibility of turning profitable high
Sanjeev Mohanty’s tryst as CEO seems to be working in Jabong’s favour. The company, which was reporting losses and multi...
Limeroad to team up with FlexiLoans for easy loan access to Online Sellers
The demand for online retail is extraordinary. Industry experts claim that online retail is only going to get bigger wit...
Flipkart investing in warehousing to become profitable, after building its largest warehouse in Telangana
It was announced last month and now the dream is finally a reality as Flipkart opened its largest warehouse in Telangana...
Mobiles worth over Rs 10 lakh stolen from Amazon godown
According to a police complaint lodged by Amazon company, on May 22, a total of 17 mobile handsets were stolen by five c...
Amazon pumps Rs 1,350 crore to retain strong foothold in Indian ecommerce
On one hand, Flipkart and Snapdeal are turning to brands due to financial crunch. On the other hand, Amazon India is ric...
Amazon voted most trusted online marketplace for Indian shoppers: Survey
Amazon has reason to cheer, as Indian shoppers have declared the website to be the most preferred. In a survey conducted...
Ecommerce marketplaces eagerly watch Flipkart’s online tax victory in Kerala
Ecommerce companies would have been carefully watching the proceedings unfold, as Flipkart won its Value Added Tax...
Flipkart Launches Seller Advantage Week, 13-18 July
Ecommerce portal Flipkart today launched the ‘Seller Advantage Week’ on July 13, an offer to help new sellers across the...
Flipkart includes more products under Office Supplies and Lab Equipments product categories
Source: Email from FlipkartIn an email to sellers, Flipkart informs sellers about the extension of the Office Supplies c...
Losses pile up for ecommerce companies; investors’ money down the drain?
Money is slipping away from online marketplaces, digital start-ups and ecommerce-focused companies’ pockets as fast as s...
Flipkart opens new warehouse in UP for faster delivery
Ecommerce giant Flipkart today opened a new warehouse at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, taking its total warehouse strength acr...
Flipkart changes fee structure & policies; sellers consider closing account
Indian ecommerce leader Flipkart recently announced changes it has made to fee structure, shipping and returns policy.In...
Does Amazon’s New Shipping Label Format Affect Online Sellers?
Online sellers have a lot to deal with when selling on marketplaces. With the online medium of selling, the online selli...
eBay announces changes in Shipping Price option
Currently, listings on eBay mention the item price and shipping price separately, which creates differences in the listi...
Why is Flipkart selling minority stake to Times Group?
There are reports that the ecommerce leader Flipkart is looking to sell its stake to Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL)...
Changes in requirements for Amazon Brand Registry
Amazon has made it mandatory for sellers to upload images of the product as well as the packaging for registering a bran...
Amazon ropes in ecommerce startup Storeking to capture rural buyers
US based ecommerce giant Amazon is trying to strengthen its foothold in India. The company is looking at collaborations...
#SellersQuitFlipkart – Flipkart sellers’ movement against policy changes
It’s just days after Flipkart announced its new policy changes. The marketplace claims to have changed its fees structur...
Court orders criminal investigation of Askme.com & its business operations
Trouble keeps brewing for Askme.com and Askmebazaar.com. The ecommerce company shutdown in August and blamed Astro Holdi...
Amazon invests additional $3 billion; increases pressure on rivals Flipkart, Snapdeal
Jeff Bezos has proved yet again how serious the American etailer is about its Indian arm. The founder and CEO of Amazon...
Craftsvilla partners with Co-optex to support Tamil Nadu Handlooms & boost its product range
The last time IOS checked up on Craftsvilla, we found out that the online retail portal was dabbling into the ethnic sna...
India’s ecommerce market to be world’s 2nd-largest by 2034; Amazon launches program for start-ups
As of now, India hasn’t found a place in the top 10 ecommerce markets in the world list. But in less than two decades, t...
Flipkart alters its commission, shipping and collection fees all over again
Flipkart is no stranger when it comes to changing policies and fee. The etailer like many revises these on a regular bas...
Flipkart sales increase by 150%; Snapdeal GMV has 222% growth
No doubt, Flipkart and Snapdeal are two of the biggest ecommerce players in the country today. To increase the...
eBay sellers get exclusive counter at Meerut Head Post Office
eBay is getting back on track and things are looking up for its sellers. Recently three of the marketplaces sellers were...
Amazon to splurge $3 Billion on Logistics & Supply Chain?
Amazon’s $3 billion investment in India unit has increased pressure on rivals Flipkart, and Snapdeal. But we wonder as t...
Flipkart – Seller commission Out, Paid Ads In
Sellers on Flipkart might soon be able to sell on the online marketplace without commissions burning a hole in their poc...
Will the Indian ecommerce face-off soon be Amazon vs Alibaba?
Two international ecommerce leaders – Amazon and Alibaba. The American marketplace just completed 3 years in India. And...
2 held for duping ecommerce company of Rs 1.05 cr, 152 phones
An engineering graduate and a student pursuing the same course allegedly duped an ecommerce company of Rs 1.05 crore and...
Amazon is the most preferred marketplace for sellers, study says
Amazon followed by Flipkart and Snapdeal were the most preferred ecommerce websites among sellers, with highest top of t...
Amazon to roll out AmazonBusiness, its B2B platform to more Indian cities
Good news for business people. Amazon is expanding its B2B website, AmazonBusiness. The service, which was initially ava...
Flipkart to be more mobile–centric in 2 years; records 4x revenue growth in fiscal 2015
Even though ecommerce giant Flipkart is tight-lipped about its plans to go app-only, the management has often...
Amazon building seamless online/offline presence with Udaan
Ecommerce global giant, Amazon recently launched an offline bookstore in Seattle,...
Tata CLiQ looks to earn more through niche consumers with the launch of its online luxury division
Tata CLiQ may be the new marketplace on the block but it certainly has its goals in place. The ecommerce portal announce...
Amazon slashes commissions; Timed to attract miffed Flipkart sellers?
It certainly is true; when one door closes another one opens! 20 June 2016 (when Flipkart implements its new higher comm...
Limeroad takes initiative to promote Madhya Pradesh handicraft & handloom goods online
It appears that Limeroad is looking to power up its ethnic category with the help of the local handloom products from Ma...
Alibaba first India office coming soon; Is the etailer finally ready for Indian ecommerce?
Alibaba no longer has cold feet about entering Indian ecommerce directly. Word is out that the Chinese online retail mar...
Online sellers continue protest over Flipkart’s new return policy; Here’s what’s going to happen!
It’s been a week since the #SellersQuitFlipkart movement was started on Twitter. Online sellers at Flipkart are upset be...
Flipkart to delist unclaimed brands; urge sellers to opt-in for upcoming Fashion Sale
Sellers are already on the edge over Flipkart’s recent policy changes. Many are planning to quit and stage Online Dharna...
Amazon challenges Gujarat’s Entry Tax too, down to its very definition!
If product returns, high commissions, wrongful charges are what make online sellers upset, what keeps online marketplace...
