Amazon The Top e-tailor In 2014 Followed By Flipkart In India


BANGALORE: The e-commerce platform in India is at a ripe stage with possible growth in all areas. There is a place for everyone in the Indian online retailer space but Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon were battling to occupy the number one position.

And according to a survey conducted by People’s Choice,   cashback and coupons sits CashKaro.com.Amazon won the title followed by Flipkart and Snapdeal on 2nd and 3rd position respectively. Both the companies have big plans for growth and expansion, while at the same time looking to make profits in the near future.

Myntra, Jabong and Shopclues were voted in the top list in a survey conducted over 20, 000 online shoppers. According to Swati Bhargava, co-founder of CashKaro.com, “This year, the industry was abuzz with fresh funding of close to $3.9 billion among top-e-retailers, the Flipkart-Myntra merger and mega sale days like GOSF, Flipkart’s Big Billion Day and more,” reports Business Standard.

Amazon was the favorite choice of the buyers to purchase laptops this year while Flipkart made big sales in smartphone sales “Amazon.in wore the crown of the most popular website. Cashback and deals were the favored factor to shop online among consumers,” added Swati.

This year Amazon whooped in an exclusive deal to be the sole online seller of Microsoft’s entertainment book, the Xbox one and many other discounted products in the festive season. They has also made deals with Samsung to seller their Smartphone product, the Galaxy K Zoom phone, back in June and also made similar agreements with Karbonn as well.

Flipkart, on the other hand has also made pretty exclusive deals that gave them the rights of being the sole Sellers of the product such as Xiaomi phones that got Flipkart sale of million units instantly.

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