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Re: Amazon India is now live

#11

Post by akbaralis » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 8:50 PM UTC

What about http://www.junglee.com/. Thought that was Amazon's India store.

Re: Amazon India is now live

#12

Post by suyash » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 8:51 PM UTC

Wasn't Amazon already in India under a different name?

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#13

Post by ihsw » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 8:58 PM UTC

akbaralis wrote: post #11

What about http://www.junglee.com/ . Thought that was Amazon's India store.

Junglee didn't sell anything but instead offered referrals to third-party seller sites[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junglee.com

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#14

Post by ravinder » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 9:03 PM UTC

ihsw wrote: post #13

akbaralis wrote: post #11

What about http://www.junglee.com/ . Thought that was Amazon's India store.

Junglee didn't sell anything but instead offered referrals to third-party seller sites[1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junglee.com

Yup it is similar to google shopping www.google.com/shopping

Re: Amazon India is now live

#15

Post by mey » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 9:05 PM UTC

Finding it odd that they are using an image instead of unicode for INR, ₹. Is the browser support simply not there?

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#16

Post by mey » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 9:06 PM UTC

mey wrote: post #15

Finding it odd that they are using an image instead of unicode for INR, ₹. Is the browser support simply not there?

Also find it odd that Google's calculator doesn't pick up that symbol in unicode for currency conversion.

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#17

Post by anirudhgarg » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 9:12 PM UTC

ravinder wrote: post #14

ihsw wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Junglee didn't sell anything but instead offered referrals to third-party seller sites[1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junglee.com

Yup it is similar to google shopping www.google.com/shopping

I think they are still doing the same thing. Doesn't look like any products are actually sold by Amazon.

Re: Amazon India is now live

#18

Post by anirudhgarg » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 9:13 PM UTC

suyash wrote: post #12

Wasn't Amazon already in India under a different name?

Yes Junglee.com

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#19

Post by mayanksinghal » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 9:13 PM UTC

gnok wrote: post #10

valgaze wrote: post #8

Interesting- there's free delivery and also COD "cash on delivery" Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/Og9xMtn.png Policy: http://www.amazon.in/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=mk_ss...

The COD part is somewhat cultural. Very few people in India will trust a credit card based system that requires you to hand over your credit card number online and accept delivery at some point in the future. Cash usage in general is disproportionately higher than other forms. I think direct payments from bank accounts is next. Cards rank a distant third.

It is also the case that Debit Cards are insanely popular in India, a lot more than Credit Cards. Secondly, Online Banking (banks exposing merchant APIs) is also very popular for internet purchases as it removes the middleman.

Re: Amazon India is now live

#20

Post by sameerp1 » Tue, Jun 04, 2013, 9:16 PM UTC

suyash wrote: post #12

Wasn't Amazon already in India under a different name?

Junglee is a product discovery site. It was basically created to give them an in with sellers within India and make feelers in Indian e-commerce until they could work out their own logistics and other issues.