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Flipkart provides pick-up services for product transfers and enables freebie offers
Flipkart is getting in form for the festive season and it looks like the etailer has a few more facilities for sellers t...
Flipkart Bansals to reclaim their company reins from Krishnamurthy?
One may say Flipkart always operated as per the whims and fancies of its founders Sachin and Binny Bansal. But...
Ecommerce companies losing interest in cashback firms, working towards profitability through customer loyalty
In what can only appear to be tough luck for third party services in ecommerce, leading players are gradually bringing d...
Paytm revising its seller commission percentage!
A birdie just told us that Paytm has been moving some numbers around, which could have caused the percentage of its comm...
Paytm to pick stake in BigBasket with $200 million investment; would Amazon lose acquisition deal?
Reports are rife that online marketplace Paytm Mall is looking to pick a majority stake in e-grocer Big Basket by invest...
Walmart plans direct entry into India’s online food & grocery industry
Early this year, there were talks about Walmart collaborating with Flipkart, Snapdeal, BigBasket and others to enter the...
Amazon sends ‘policy warning’ to sellers; vendors say marketplace’s monitoring procedure is flawed
Amazon India has over 2 lakh sellers on its platform. And needless to say, the marketplace has to keep a const...
Snapdeal is getting a makeover; just what the doctor ordered to fight competition?
With Flipkart and Amazon dominating the Indian ecommerce industry as of now, Snapdeal is looking to give its brand a fac...
Has Voonik joined payment delay club? Seller group says yes, Etailer says no!
Delayed payments don’t seem to be unusual on online marketplaces lately. But waiting for payments worth lakhs of rupees,...
Union Budget 2015: E-commerce transactions on ‘aggregator’ platforms turn costly
E-commerce transactions through websites and mobile apps based on ‘aggregator model’, including for cab services and onl...
Flipkart devalued a 3rd time by Morgan Stanley; How significant is it this time?
It’s been six months since Morgan Stanley devalued Flipkart for the first time this year. In February, Morgan Stanley br...
Can private brands help Amazon win online fashion battle against Flipkart?
Last week, IOS reported how Amazon is assembling a technical A-team for its fashion business to compete with Flipkart-My...
New improved payment file from Paytm; What has the etailer changed?
Payments are a big deal in online retail. All ecommerce earnings are transferred over the internet. This means an adequa...
Glitter of jewellery sparkles the online selling space
Everything that glitters may not be gold. But everything that glitters appeals to jewellery loving Indians. Be it heavy...
Amazon collaborates with Indian Railways!
After the collaboration with Yebhi.com failed, IRCTC has been looking to collaborate with another ecommerce giant. It’s...
Could Restock Inventory by Amazon prevent restocking complications?
Amazon is always trying to outdo itself in different ways and its efforts seem to be paying off. The etailer appears to...
Government to modify IT Act to support ecommerce growth
There is no doubt that the ecommerce industry is one of the most potential sectors in business and it’s no secret that e...
Discount limitation affecting Amazon the most, out of all ecommerce leaders?
Indian Online Seller shared a report yesterday about how ecommerce biggies Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal are wary of ann...
Raising pick-up disputes is now much simpler for Snapdeal sellers
Timely pick-ups are essential for flawless service in the ecommerce industry. Snapdeal knows that quite well as it maint...
Alibaba’s Alipay to bid for Freecharge acquisition; Amazon infuses Rs 130 crore in payments arm
Many companies are interested in buying digital payments company Freecharge. And the buyers are not restricted to the ec...
6 tips for Online Sellers to make the most from the festive season
The festive season is nearly upon us – with the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations and Dussera and Diwali just round the co...
Govt plans single policy for retail, FMCG and ecommerce
To provide a level-playing field to stakeholders, there is a move in government to harmonise policies of retail, FMCG an...
Junglee- the latest marketplace on the block!
What does Junglee offer to sellers?Powered by Pay with Amazon, seller websites listed on Junglee can take advantage of t...
Snapdeal reveals 4 ecommerce predictions for 2016
In a Business Insider article, Anand Chandrasekaran, Chief Product Officer at Snapdeal shared 4 predictions for ecommerc...
Women delivery executives help etailers, delivery start-ups to check attrition
We often witness a rise in token initiatives by various organizations around celebratory days like Women’s Day, and Moth...
eBay sellers wait over 60 minutes to resolve grievances!
Harrowing customer service stories from an online buyer’s viewpoint is known to many. But what a seller goes through to...
Marketplaces insist on discounts, not sellers
One would think sellers are offering unimaginable discounts on marketplaces to compete amongst one another to get maximu...
How to choose the right products to sell online
When choosing products to sell online, one could either opt to sell those that are in demand (like apparel, mobile...
The ABC’s of Drop Shipping
So there’s this entire ongoing buzz about ecommerce and online selling and online shopping and all that. Everyone says i...
Haryana formulates scheme for ecommerce linkages of MSMEs
Haryana Government has formulated a scheme for ecommerce linkages of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for onl...
Snapdeal talks merger with Infibeam; Deal with Flipkart no longer on the table?
Snapdeal’s list of problems is long and troubling. Besides being stuck in the number three position on the mar...
Give your eCommerce Website a Professional Look with Snapdeal’s Image Guidelines Manual
Snapdeal has come up with Image Guidelines Manual which looks pretty interesting and helpful. This is something every in...
Amazon dives deeper into India’s potential trillion dollar market, sticks to customer-focused strategy
In October, during the festive sales Amazon predicted that India would become its 2nd largest market after the USA and a...
Snapdeal’s Vulcan Express guilty of charging vendor Rs.9 lakh for fake audits?
The distaste for Snapdeal logistics partner Vulcan Express is pretty evident on social media and oth...
Astro can’t leave before clearing AskMe dues, says judicial body NCLT
To say that AskMe’s situation from ‘We are here to stay’ to ‘We are closed’ escalated quickly, would be an understatemen...
Jabong’s Design Hackathon to improve customer experience
Amongst other factors, Jabong understands and recognises the need to constantly innovate and re-invent to stay ahead in...
Flipkart introduces changes to seller panel
Indian ecommerce leader Flipkart has been in the news a lot these days. Last week we saw more than a mere chink in the e...
FDI amendment encourages ecommerce companies to consider selling their own brand with foreign investment
Leading ecommerce companies are planning to sell their own brands to take advantage of the FDI modification. In a Novemb...
eBay exhibits irresponsible, lethargic attitude by withholding remittances for GST registration: Sellers
July 2017 has been a month of transition – from pre to post GST era – for Indian online sellers. For the most part, the...
Amazon’s Easy ship- Packaging slip no longer required!
Amazon seems to be making a lot of seller friendly changes to make sellers comfortable with selling on Amazon. Last week...
Snapdeal sellers allowed to upload signatures for ecommerce documents
Sending documents across borders is a real hassle. There are chances of delays, loss of important documents and so on. T...
Grofers stops last-mile delivery operations in 9 cities
On-demand delivery service Grofers has reduced its operations in India, by pulling out of 9 cities as they were not prod...
Snapdeal’s new way to regulate sellers: Mystery Audit!
Everyone has been talking about Snapdeal’s delivery blunders in the recent past. We were just beginning to wonder if the...
Global brands find easier entry into Indian market through ecommerce
Quite similar to the Silk Route in the 2nd millennium BC, which traders from Europe used to enter China and other countr...
Amazon organises grooming camps to ready its sellers for festive season sales
With the biggest sales event just around the corner, online retailers, Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal and the rest are makin...
Snapdeal getting set to be Numero Uno, secures $100 million funding from Azim Premji & other investors
In the growing e-commerce market, Snapdeal has secured yet another round of funding of $100 million from a group of five...
Reliance Retail prepares to swoop in as online grocery king by 2020
Online grocery is expected to be bigger than ever this year as the industry aims high. Ecommerce biggies Amazo...
Amazon Sponsored Ads will no longer need advanced payments
Sponsored ads are a great way to get noticed on an online marketplace. They increase visibility and boost sales making t...
Shopclues sellers can now log into Store Manager with one time password (OTP)
With product returns, delayed logistics and payment recovery to deal with forgetting your seller account password is the...
