eCommerce is always in the news in India, and why not? India’s etailing market is expected to touch $30 Bn by 2015 as the internet penetration increases. Many eCommerce companies have perished in the price wars (can a bit of game theory help?) and the sector is seeing consolidation at this moment. Flipkart recently raised $200 million which is the highest an Indian eCommerce company has raised and we also saw Snapdeal raise $50 million and went on to acquire Shopo. Consolidation will be the way ahead but we’re still seeing a lot of eCommerce stores pop up (here are the top 12 we picked in 2012). Here are the latest ones and we’ll add more as they come up:
Assamkart: An only ebook store from the North-East India; it is the one stop destination for Assamese and English ebooks of the writers of Assam. Navanita Hazarika and Bikash Kalita are the people behind AssamKart.
Letsbuydrink: It is an online beverage club that brings the World of International Beverages at the customer’s doorstep. With more than 2000 products on sale at the moment, Letsbuydrink is operational in Delhi and Mumbai.
Yapaa: A Surat based eCommerce store into Online Merchandising of Baby products, Apparels for Women, Men, Kids and Fashion accessories.