With the growth of online-commerce in India, there are many businesses that have been built to cater to that explosive growth. With growing demand, there have been more startups emerging in the space of Customer Support, Last Mile Delivery/Logistics, Automation [e.g. Grey Orange Robotics]. This article in Economic Times points out that e-commerce firms are the new drivers for the BPO industry & with more startups emerging in that space, this number would surely see an upward-trend !!!
The following presentation from Accel Partners gives the complete outlook on “online commerce in India”
In the past, we have reviewed multiple “Coupon Websites” but very few provide “Human Touch” to the overall “online shopping experience”. PriceBurp, an online coupon & deals website offers consumers with great deals across different categories [e.g. clothing, stationery etc.] on e-commerce sites like Flipkart, Amazon etc. & site that we recommend for another reason as well.
It has tied up with Akshay Patra Foundation & every time consumer shops with PriceBurp, the startup would contribute to “Akshaya Patra” [Read more about it here]. Definitely bring social angle to the overall shopping experience J
If you are looking for some great deals for your valentine, do give PriceBurp a shot !!!
With the increase of online frauds in India, it becomes necessary that “Shopper becomes Smart” & along with discounts also checks the authenticity of the e-commerce website. Some of the smart shopping tips are:
- Shop from “known” websites e.g. Flipkart, Jabong, Shopclues, High5Store etc.
- Ensure that “Digital Payment” happens over secure [SSL] channel
- Ensure “not to save” the Credit Card is not saved. Since, no matter how renowned, the website is; better to keep CC information to yourself !!!
- Compare prices of “existing products” on price-comparison engines
- Get additional discounts on products by grabbing coupons from coupon/deal websites
- Untrusted app stores will continue to be a major source of mobile malware. Traffic to these stores will be driven by “malvertising,” which has grown quickly on mobile platforms [Source – McAfee]
We hope that these tips help not only make your online shopping more “secure”, “delightful” but also brings-in good “karma” 🙂
If you want to share any tips, please leave them in the comments section !!!