“How to reduce shopping cart abandonment”, is another common question we are asked by Browntape users. Shopping cart abandonment is a common issue faced by all e-commerce websites. It involves online shoppers adding items to a website’s shopping cart, but leaving before completing the transaction. It is the real-world equivalent to walking into the supermarket, […]

1. Right Choice of Product Range If you want to be an e-entrepreneur and set up an ecommerce site, the first challenge is the right choice of products. The range of services or products you provide can usually make or break a deal. Before setting up your store, make sure that you do your research […]

When it comes to payments from marketplaces to Third-Party Sellers there are a few terms that can help understand the seller payment system with most marketplaces such as Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Paytm. To reduce confusion in minor differences this is with respect to Amazon’s seller payments system. What are payment ‘Settlements’ First up this […]

In our last edition we spoke about the top three online marketplaces in India, namely Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal. These three are bleeding themselves dry competing in various categories trying to one-up each other all the time. In fact, many experts believe that the battle of the online marketplaces comes down to who can take […]

If you’re looking to get into online retail, subscribing to an online marketplace is arguably the quickest way to do so. The market for online retail in India has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years. In fact, this Nasscom report says that the Indian e-commerce industry will touch the $100 billion […]

Once you decide that you want to sell online, the first question that you have to answer is where. There are a lot of options. You can either go for one or more of the innumerable sales channels that make up the online retail horizon, or fly solo and open up your own online store. […]

India’s online retail market can be subdivided into two parts in terms of the geography – the so called tier 1 cities, which include the metropolises and the highly developed industrial and cultural hubs and the tier 2 and 3 cities which include the so called developing regions around the country. The disparity between these […]

Online retail profits have been leapfrogging for the past few years in India. Especially with the advent of cheap smartphone technology and the enthusiasm online retail platforms have provided in terms of m-commerce, online sales have truly skyrocketed. The first question every prospective online retailer has in mind is – ‘What do I sell?’ There […]

India has one of the fastest growing e-commerce industries in the world, in terms of both supply and demand. With the total turnover of the Indian e-commerce market slated to cross $16 billion in 2015, its growth can only be described as meteoric. But it is no wonder that an entrepreneur would look at the […]

Price comparison sites are the lifeblood of online retail. A good online customer spends as much time on a price comparison site as they spend on the actual online sales platform. It is no wonder that today there are quite a few price comparison sites available for the Indian online market. Price comparison sites are […]

It can be a daunting process to set up a new website, especially if that website is crucial for your business. If you are an online retailer looking to branch out and host your own online store, this article is for you. Designing a website is just a fraction of this process. Various intrinsic systems […]

India has an incredible history and culture of arts and handicrafts. Every region in India has a particular craft as its specialty – from Rajasthan miniatures to Kalighat in Bengal. Apart from these traditional arts, there are many talented individuals adept at making some of the most interesting and beautiful works of art and craft […]