E Commerce Platforms

TikTok takes on Amazon, plans to launch live shopping in the US with Amazon-like fulfilment centres

TikTok is planning to start a new e-commerce platform following Amazon’s footsteps, quite literally. They too are planning to start with books, just like Amazon did in the mid 1990s. ByteDance has already started hiring people in the US to start their operations.

Got potatoes or soap from an e-commerce website instead of your phone? Here’s how to deal with them

After the Flipkart fiasco, where a man received soaps in a package despite ordering a laptop, a businessman in Bihar, got some potatoes when he ordered a drone from Meesho. Here's how you should deal with the situation if you ever face such a scenario.

Flipkart awaits advisories from states for resuming full services; Centre allows delivery of non-essential items by e-commerce platforms

Sales of non-essential items on e-commerce platforms in the first week of May, after sales of such items were allowed in green and orange zones, were lower than last year on account of the lockdown.

Lockdown 3.0: From laptops to apparels, people place orders online for non-essential items; staff crunch may delay deliveries

From laptops to apparels, people logged on to e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Paytm Mall and Snapdeal on Monday to place orders for non-essential items

E-commerce policy shouldn’t blow hot and cold about exclusive deals; online marketplace can't be blamed for sellers' misdeeds

One of the clarifications was that marketplace model of e-commerce and exclusive dealings were contradiction in terms.

Paytm Mall sales seen $4 bn by year-end, half-a-billion during festival season, says COO Amit Sinha

Approach taken by e-commerce platforms has not tapped into millions of shopkeepers and retailers across the breadth and length of the country, feels Paytm Mall COO

Snapdeal-Flipkart deal: Online vendors body seeks govt intervention for settlement of dues before merger

A Snapdeal spokesperson said payments to sellers are made as per pre-defined payment cycles and these continue to be made as per normal practice