Shopping is probably one of the most discussed and popular activity from the historic ages of human civilization. Like the human civilization which has emerged over the years in different forms and shapes, shopping too has changed lot in its form and structure.
The internet has opened up a wider market to its customers and in a way, over the years the trend of online shopping has taken over the traditional way of shopping. If you are looking for great shopping experience online, you might want to consider the below top 5 online sites which have evolved with the advent of the internet ages.
Amazon
Amazon is the largest internet-based retailer both in sales and market capitalization globally. This company has been operating in the ecommerce section since 20 years. Although a late entrant to the Indian market, with competitors like Flipkart and Snapdeal holding the major Indian ecommerce market share, it has shown an impressive growth over last few years. They have brought in many innovative promotional offers and also different kinds of services which aided in their growth. Some of these promotional offers and services are –
- Great Indian Sale
- Amazon Prime
- Amazon Kindle
Snapdeal
A young dynamic India based e-commerce Company which stands second on market share in India market presence. This company has an edge for quite many products over its competitor based on pricing. One can get a large discount on this ecommerce site on various product segments. Bringing in buyers and sellers and setting up a good relationship between them is what differentiate them in the red ocean market. Snapdeal too comes up to with quite a lot of creative offers mostly playing with the pricing strategy. Few such offers from Snapdeal like –
- Deals of the Day
- Electronic Sale
- Diwali Discounts
- Category Offers
FirstCry
An Indian based ecommerce company is basically a child company of BrainBees Solutions Pvt. Ltd. It mostly operates in online retail apparel, baby products, diapers and toiletries. It is the Asia’s Largest Online baby and kid’s store. The main USP of it is variety with reasonable rates. The various FirstCry offers are given in the form of-
- Daily Deals
- Guaranteed Best Discounts
- Cash Coupons and Super Saver Offers
Flipkart
Flipkart is another leading e-commerce company which started as a small book e-retailer and began expanding and offering variety of products. Raising funds through venture capital funding during the initial days, this company grew in stature. Flipkart introduced the system of cash on delivery and payment by card on delivery in addition to the other existing payment methods which later every other online shopping websites have adopted. It provides various offers/ services like-
- Big Billion Sale
- Flipkart Advantage
Paytm
It is an Indian e-commerce giant that offers mobile recharges, bill payments, and online shopping. In 2014, the company launched a new option – “Paytm Wallet†which has become India’s largest service platform. They have gained a competitive advantage due to the demonetization of the 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes. Paytm also offers huge cashback for its customers.
