Amazon Seller Services Private Limited, an Amazon.com company, today announced the launch of Amazon’s marketplace in India, www.amazon.in, and two new seller programs – ‘Selling on Amazon’ and ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’, providing customers a convenient and trustworthy online shopping experience and Indian retailers of all sizes a robust and scalable platform to sell their products online with no listing fees and a pay-as-you-go fulfillment services.
“Our vision, at Amazon, is to be Earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover virtually anything they want to buy online. With Amazon.in, we endeavor to build that same destination in India by giving customers more of what they want – vast selection, low prices, fast and reliable delivery, and a trusted and convenient experience,” said Greg Greeley, Vice President of International Expansion at Amazon.com. “We're excited to get started in India and we will relentlessly focus on raising the bar for customer experience in India.”
Customers can confidently shop from sellers of all sizes on Amazon.in and benefit from a safe and secure online ordering experience, convenient electronic payments, Cash on Delivery, easy returns, Amazon’s customer service with 24x7 support, and a globally recognized and comprehensive purchase protection provided by Amazon’s A-to-Z guarantee. Amazon.in is also accessible on mobile devices allowing customers to shop anywhere.
Starting with Books, Movies & TV shows video products, Amazon.in will introduce additional categories including Mobile Phones and Cameras in the coming weeks.
Amazon.in Book store features over 7 million print books across 200 plus categories including fiction, management, children’s books and academic publications. Customers can expect to find complete collections from several national and international authors like Amish Tripathi, Chetan Bhagat, Ashwin Sanghi, Dan Brown, Jeffrey Archer, J. K Rowling, Paulo Coelho, Salman Rushdie including the latest best-selling new releases like And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, Manuscript Found in Accra by Paulo Coelho and Inferno by Dan Brown.
Amazon.in customers can search and preview the text inside more than 1.3 million books through its Search inside! feature, offering customers an entirely new way to find and discover the books they want. This coupled with the author and customer reviews sourced from Amazon.com and personalized recommendations helps customers find the perfect book.
Commenting on the launch of Amazon.in, Amish Tripathi, celebrated author of the bestseller Shiva Trilogy, said “India is one of the fastest growing markets in the global publishing industry. But publishers and authors need to find new readers to sustain the growth momentum. Amazon has set benchmarks for innovation and efficiency in sales internationally and I look forward to seeing their work in India as well.”
Likewise, the Movies & TV shows store features a collection of over 12,000 titles in English and Hindi across DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and Video CD formats. Customers can order from a full range of documentaries, kids’ edutainment, music videos, TV serials, and films across several genres including action, romance, comedy, horror, drama, and musicals. The store has the latest movie releases including Life of Pi, The Hobbit, Kai Po Che; popular TV shows like Sherlock, Devon Ka Dev Mahadev, Sanjeev Kapoor’s Kitchen; and several best sellers and all-time favorite collections including Tom and Jerry, Chotta Bheem, Kishore Kumar, Alfred Hitchcock and Bond Movies.
To mark the launch, Amazon.in has a limited period promotion wherein all customers will enjoy Free delivery on orders fulfilled by Amazon.
Retailers of all sizes now have access to Amazon’s robust and scalable platform, world-class fulfillment and customer service offerings
In Feb 2012, Amazon made its foray into the Indian market with the launch of Junglee.com, enabling retailers in India to advertise their products for free to millions of Indian shoppers and drive targeted traffic to their stores. With the introduction of ‘Selling on Amazon’ and ‘Fulfillment by Amazon’ sellers now have access to unlimited and free ‘virtual shelf space’ and a scalable, pay-as-you-go fulfillment and customer service offerings. Both programs have successfully been used by more than two million sellers globally to sell to over 200 million customers worldwide and boost their sales.
“Our vision is to become a trusted and meaningful sales channel for retailers of all sizes across India, enabling them to succeed and efficiently grow their business online,” said Amit Agarwal, Vice President and Country Manager, Amazon India. “With Fulfillment by Amazon, we will do the heavy lifting for the sellers so that they can focus on core business functions like sourcing and pricing their products.”
Selling on Amazon
Selling on Amazon provides businesses of all sizes a compelling sales channel with a nationwide reach. Sellers can list an unlimited number of products and benefit from Amazon.com’s investment in technology and innovation, Amazon.in traffic, convenient shopping experience, and a secure payment infrastructure backed by Amazon’s comprehensive A-to-Z guarantee. Additionally, sellers will have access to Amazon’s proven seller coaching tools and a suite of integrated services that can help sellers easily grow their business online.
Listing on Amazon.in by sellers is free. In celebration of the launch of Amazon.in, sellers can enjoy a promotional referral fee and free monthly subscription for the first year.
“Ever since we began advertising our products on Junglee.com our business has consistently grown month to month,” says Gaurav Sabharwal, Founder, uread.com. “We are pleased with results on Junglee.com and are looking forward to selling on the Amazon.in marketplace. Integrating with Selling on Amazon has been smooth and easy as we listed millions of books for sale.”
Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA)
Amazon.com has created one of the most advanced fulfillment networks in the world and sellers in India can benefit from Amazon’s expertise in fulfillment, reliable nationwide delivery and customer service. When using FBA, sellers across India can send their products to Amazon’s fulfillment center located on the outskirts of Mumbai. Once an order is placed, Amazon packs and ships the order to the customer without the sellers having to do anything. Orders fulfilled by Amazon are eligible for Free Delivery promotions and Cash on Delivery, and Amazon provides customer service and returns management, enabling sellers to focus on their core business.
Sellers save money by replacing their upfront capital expense with low variable cost and pay only for the storage space they use and the orders Amazon fulfills. Sellers always have the flexibility to choose the number of products they want to have fulfilled by Amazon and scale according to their business requirements.
As part of the launch celebrations, FBA sellers will enjoy promotional storage and fulfillment fees.
“Selling on Amazon presents an exciting opportunity as it opens up a new sales channel with Pan India reach at virtually no investment,” said M.S. Jaya Prakash, Proprietor, Education Supplies. “Prior to this, I did not sell online and was apprehensive about how to fulfill online orders in a timely manner, handle customer service and manage returns. That’s exactly why FBA appealed to me. With FBA, Amazon takes care of the burden related to fulfillment and all I need to worry about is what I know best.
Getting started with Amazon Seller Services is easy. To learn more about how to register for these services, you can visit www.amazonservices.in.
