Online Marketplace

Govt eyeing Rs 50,000-cr of public procurement through commerce ministry's online marketplace in current fiscal

Public procurement worth Rs 50,000 crore is expected to take place through the commerce ministry's online marketplace GeM during 2019-20, an official said

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.

Binny Bansal reveals his ambitious plans to help other startups after quitting Flipkart

Bansal is now focused on xto10x Technologies, a startup he has co-founded with former colleague Saikiran Krishnamurthy

Govt's online marketplace crosses Rs 10,800 cr transaction mark; platform to give competition to Flipkart, Amazon in future

As many as 135,000 sellers are offering 4,43,800 products on commerce ministry's online platform Government e-marketplace (GeM)

Patanjali plans massive online push, to tie up with Flipkart, Amazon and Paytm among others

Patanjali is expected to enter into agreements with major online retailers — Amazon, Flipkart, Paytm Mall, 1MG, bigbasket, grofers, shopclues and snapdeal — to push online sales of its FMCG products

Amazon Seller Services gets Rs 2,900 crore fresh funding from parent for India business expansion

Jeff Bezos-headed Amazon has injected $1 billion into its India arm in 2017-18 fiscal year only

Social media payments creating buzz: How Facebook, Twitter, WhatsAPP will make your payments super easy

Social media has a massive database of users, even bigger than a bank, so it makes perfect sense to blend online payments with social media platforms

E-commerce battle: Amazon may be surging ahead, but Flipkart shows why it's king of sales

In the past few quarters, both Amazon and Flipkart are almost selling same number of items, but the US e-commerce major continues to lag behind Flipkart on value terms

Amazon India closing in on Flipkart as gross sales volume in Jan-Mar zooms 85% on year

US-based etailer's gross sales in terms of value jumped around 65-70 percent during the quarter, even as the overall online market sales expanded 15-20 percent

Snapdeal weighs sale to Flipkart, but company board not convinced on terms of deal

SoftBank has been looking to push other investors such as Kalaari Capital and Nexus Venture Partners to get their approvals, but wasn't successful in convincing them