Online shopping has become insanely popular in the present day. It is cheaper compared to buying items from retail stores in malls. Who doesn’t like things getting delivered to their place at the touch of a button? Not anyone I know and eCommerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart know that too and have created a big market for online shopping by providing excellent services and quality to capitalise on the growing needs of consumers.
There are a lot of online shopping alternatives on the internet today. Most of these online marketplaces have connected buyers and sellers in a very efficient manner. Businesses can add their products online to these marketplaces, and they take care of all the logistics so its excellent for both customers and sellers.
While Amazon arguably remains the biggest player in the online marketplace industry, in this article, we will be talking about eCommerce websites like Amazon in India so that you can have a better variety of products before you choose to buy something online.
Flipkart
Flipkart has come a long way since it started. It reported sales worth $6.1 billion in 2019. This goes to show that Flipkart is doing a lot of things right. The company has come up with premium offerings like Flipkart plus, which provides free and fast delivery, early access to sales and priority customer support. It has also come up with a concept of super coins — in-market virtual currency rewards system — which provides two coins for every Rs 100 spent on Flipkart. These coins can be used to buy premium versions of YouTube, Hotstar and Gaana. One can also use these coins to order food online from dominos or get a Flipkart premium membership, among several other deals.
Click here to visit Flipkart.
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eBay
eBay has about 25 million active buyers so whatever you want to buy you will probably find on eBay. Although an American marketplace but they ship their products to India as well.
Click here to visit eBay.
Shoppers stop
Shoppers Stop launched an app for online shopping in 2016, which gained a lot of popularity due to its excellent user interface and a great variety of products. It also has products from Crosswords on offer, which is one of the best places to buy books with great discounts.
Click here to visit Shoppers Stop.
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Snapdeal
Click here to visit Snapdeal.
Paytm mall
Click here to visit Paytm mall.
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Aliexpress
Click here to visit Aliexpress.
Tatacliq
Click here to visit Tatacliq.
Here’s hoping this list of the best Amazon shopping alternatives in India was useful for you. If you’re using any other site like Amazon that isn’t mentioned above and you feel can be considered as a better alternative, please let us know in the comments below.
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