Best Online Shopping Websites in India

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Best Online Shopping Websites in India

E-commerce websites is your trademark shop window where visitors see your products comfortably sitting at home. E-commerce websites are not so easy to run as the channel has to be eye catching, effective and has many elements to be followed to get to number one. such elements would be:

• A product: Many online shoppers read reviews and search for the products before committing to buy the desired products. Due to lack of possibility to touch or see the products with own eyes, website should feature images as suggestive as possible and also explain the product more accurate. It should be clear and easy to understand. For example, clothes require more images and electronics need more description. so websites should feature according to the products displayed. Also display a high resolution pictures if possible.
  
• Know how to bring people to your website by having product reviews and product images and videos on your own website would be helpful to the visitors and increase the customers spending time as well.  

• How to accept orders and money: There are numerous ways for customers to build their product orders but the most common is shopping cart. A shopping cart gives shoppers what they are planning to purchase and they should be able to make changes before completing the sale. While coming to accepting payments, make as easy as possible for your customers to make payments. Some customers are willing to pay using credit cards but some customers don't own one. Give the customers benefits of using different options like credit card, debit card, cash on delivery, bank transfers etc.

• Provide customer service:  Some customers may be new to online shopping. If they are confused on what to buy or how to buy, you could loose them. Instead, speak with with them and provide telephone service explaining the process or taking reviews after shopping.
• Clear shipping and accepting returns: Customers should find this part easy in the website. be clear and open on what kind of charges you make on shipping, packaging, tax etc. Providing money back guarantee or accepting returns is a great way to get trusted customers.

Online shopping is the latest trend that is catching up in the city with several stores opening up in the past few months. Although it started slowly, e-commerce is now the largest retail environment growth area in the World. Customers opt online shopping of gadgets, books, music, entertainment, gifts and flowers, toys, tickets, grocery shopping, clothing, accessories and so on.
Many websites prove to be a blessing for working women and students as they don't have much free time to visit stores. Online stores that also offers confectioneries are becoming popular these days. Cashing in on the demand of online shopping websites, many new sites are launched and some are planning to launch very soon.

Online shopping has become a trend and people are enjoying  having their products shipped directly at their doorstep. But people often get confused on selecting the websites as there are plenty of them and everyone claims to be reliable. But only few are up to mark according to customers or visitors. To appease you, here is my pick of best shopping sites in India.

Amazon.in

Being World's largest online retailer, an e-commerce giant Amazon has launched its website for India making an entry into the expanding e-commerce Indian market. The site is designed as a market place that makes easy transactions between buyers and sellers. Amazon.in went live on June 5th and featuring over 7 million print books widespread over 200 categories, over 12000 English and Hindi movies and TV shows but planning to expand its products to cameras, mobiles and other electronic devices.
Amazon also confirms that it will charge a referral fee, monthly subscription charges and stores fee from retailers that choose its services.It has signed up with 100 vendors across the country so far and many retailers in India can hope to sign up with Amazon to sell their products online. As a launch offer, Amazon will not charge any monthly subscription for first year of operation and also offering free home delivery for a limited time and cash on delivery. After the offer expires, home delivery charges would be free for orders only above Rs 500.
"we have long term view on this.. We have long term vision for both Amazon.in and Junglee.com. We will invest on both" as said by the Country manager for Amazon India, Amit Agarwal, explains how excited the company is to get started in India and let us hope Amazon.in also grows as a giant online retailer in India.

eBay.in

eBay is one of India's leading online marketplace which enables trade on local, national and international basis. eBay is an online marketplace where anyone can trade anything and millions of products are traded everyday. It is a one stop for the sale of goods and services by various community of individuals and businesses. eBay users trade more than 50000 categories including antiques, computers, stamps, magazines, comics, music, glass, electronics, photography, jewellery and so on.

Flipkart.com

It;s no surprise that flipkart is one favorite shopping destination for most of the people as its present across various categories including, movies, music, computers, mobiles, games, cameras, healthcare, personal products, electronics, home appliances, perfumes, toys, apparels, shoes, stationary and much more on discounted prices. Flipkart offers services like cash on delivery, 30 day replacement policy, EMI options, free shipping, and very discounted prices and the orders are delivered within 3 to 4 working days.

Homeshop18.com

Honeshop18 provides quality, value, convenience right with the product and is known to be a virtual leader in multimedia environment. It deals with movies, music, flowers, gifts, books, mobiles, accessories, cameras, electronics, toys, games and many more. After the advertisement of "Best Shopping Site" by World magazine, the popularity has been rising to peaks and also becoming one of the strongest contender for best online shopping sites in India.

Tradus.in

Tradus is one among India's fastest growing marketplace, where buyers and sellers come together to engineer transactions. It offers whole sale prices on all branded products with no retailers in the middle and products ranges from latest gadgets to hand made jewellery- all in one cart.  Tradus.in is owned by ibibo and sells everything from books to apparels. It has become popular after buying buytheprice.com.

Fashionandyou .com

Fashionandyou.com is India's no 1 leader in online fashion, luxury and lifestyle space. It started in 2010 and is a venture of Smile Group which is responsible for other e-commerce initiatives too and is a part of an International organization named Brand Alliance. The variety of products keeps you glued to the website which offers various brands with multiple options for men, women and children including apparel, accessories, footwear, home and lifestyle products, fragrances, cosmetics, watches etc.

FutureBazaar.com

Future bazaar, being one of the India's largest online retailers which is a part of Future group and owner of brands like Big Bazaar, Pantaloons and central is a destination for shopping wide range of home decor, lifestyle, electronics, cameras, gifts, mobiles etc. On this site, you can shop online or on phone or by using card or use payback points or credit cards EMI's. 

yebhi.com

yebhi.com is known to be India's largest shopping destination for your wardrobe which comprises of apparels, shoes, jewellery, bags and more. This site offers discount coupons which makes the deals more fruitful while shopping.

Snapdeal.com

Snapdeal.com is India's largest e-commerce shopping website based on the number of transactions in a single day. This website offers 50 to 90 percent off daily discount deals in major cities in India. snapdeal offers discounts coupons for restaurants, gym, spas, travel or holiday packages, watches, laptops and many more.

pepperfry.com

One of the leading Indian lifestyle e-commerce marketplace which is only one and half year old is now India's no 1 online furniture, Home and living destination which offers products like furniture, furnishing, home decor, kitchen and dining appliances, fitness, pet supplies and many more.

Jabong.com

Jabong.com which started in 2011 has been gaining popularity day by day because of efficient work process. It rolled out many categories like Shoes, sport equipments, clothing for men and women, jewellery, beauty products, home decor, toys etc. It is now in the race among the best online shopping sites in India.

Mydala.com

Mydala.com is the leading online deal factory in e-commerce industry which gives unbelievable deals and discounts on the things to do, eat and buy in your city. It offers up to 95 percent discounts on the restaurants, shopping, spa and saloons in your city