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Snapdeal to get 1 mn shops online in 12 months

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Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace has launched Shopo – a zero commission mobile based marketplace. Shopo, an open marketplace brings an interesting combination of chat and commerce to the consumer on their smartphones.
Shopo takes zero commission, zero fees and single step easy listing. Individuals can become sellers at the click of a button and can start selling their products ranging from cupcakes to pickles to handmade toys to collectibles, day to day fashion and utility products. The possibilities are endless. Shop owners can chat and sell to prospective customers, directly interact with prospective buyers on the platform and choose a mutually convenient mode of transaction as well as delivery.
Shopo helps in discovering amazing range of products from scores of sellers near and far. Through chat, the idea is to enable buyers get more information, negotiate for a better price, arrange for pick up and close transactions – just like in real life.
Introducing Shopo, Kunal Bahl, co-founder and CEO, Snapdeal said, “Mobile is one of the key drivers fuelling the growth of e-commerce in the country. In line with this, we have launched Shopo – a mobile based open marketplace that will allow businesses as well as individuals to harness the power of the internet instantly and at zero cost. We are very excited about this launch and are confident that Shopo will add a new dimension to India’s digital commerce ecosystem.”
“Our aim is to bring 1 million shops online in the next 1 year,” he added.
Speaking about the launch, Sandeep Komaravelly, Senior Vice President, Shopo said, “The ecommerce space is evolving at a fast pace in India and the industry is moving towards open and free models of ecommerce. Shopo aims to build a platform to help millions of small businesses, home entrepreneurs, artisans, individual sellers set up their online shop in the most convenient way and grow their business.”

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