GetitBazaar, India’s first marketplace where sellers across India can open their online store and display their products free, will be offering Shopify, the leading ecommerce solution in the world to its merchants. This will help merchants on www.getitBazaar.com start their online store directly on Shopify. Shopify is entering India in partnership with SingTel Asia’s leading telecommunications company and getitBazaar will be a partner for the India rollout.
getitBazaar is built upon the vision of e-Commerce for all Indians and incorporates the elements of an Indian Bazaar where sellers and buyers interact, bargain and complete transactions. The tie-up will enable merchants/SMEs on getitBazaar to build an online store packaged with a full service option for order management and fulfillment, in a user-friendly manner.
Shopify is amongst the largest e-commerce platforms in the world and has over 50,000 retailers across 100 countries since its launch in 2006. With Shopify’s web-based solution, storefronts can be set up and ready for business with a few mouse clicks. Merchants can customise their storefront, keep track of orders and manage customer data via a web browser. They can also enjoy the convenience of managing their business while on-the-move via Shopify’s smartphone app.
Mr. KiranMurthi, CEO, getitBazaar said, “We are delighted to offer Shopify to our customers. This move will help SMEs on getitBazaar to build and manage their e-commerce site using Shopify and take the hassle out ofrunning an online store. Shopify and getitBazaar share the same vision of powering small businesses and SMEs by offering cost effective solutions to help them sell their products online.
Mr Loo Cheng Chuan, SingTel Group Digital Life’s Head of LocalL!fe, said: “We are really excited about this partnership with getitBazaar as well as the growth opportunities in the e-commerce market in India. We look forward to working with getitBazaar to help small businesses and individual entrepreneurs in India build successful online stores.
