E-commerce major Amazon India today said it has doubled the number of merchants on its e- commerce platform to two lakh in less than a year.
Amazon.in has crossed the two million seller base mark in just four years of the companys operations in India, Amazon.in said in a statement.
It added that the company has doubled the number in less than a year of crossing the one lakh seller count last July.
“This fast pace of adoption has come on the back of various unique, India-first innovations like feet on street teams, self-service registration, Chai Cart and Tatkal,” the statement said.
It added that partnerships with several national and state government bodies also helped in reaching the milestone.
Google rolls out Website with Google My Business
Google today launched a new programme to help small and medium businesses build their websites in a simple and fast manner, free of charge.
“With over 400 million Indians online, and 300 million of them on smartphones, the Internet has emerged as the go-to destination to research and buy. So, it is important for businesses to be where customers are,” Google Director Marketing Solutions Shalini Girish said.
She added that small business owners, however, often find that building a website can be complex, expensive, and time- consuming.
“In order to solve these problems for them, we introduced a new simple, free, and fast way to build a mobile optimised website through Website With Google My Business,” she said.