May 22, 2013

eBay India appoints new MD, replacing Muralikrishnan

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eBay India has announced today a transition in leadership. As per the announcement, Latif Nathani will now lead the company by taking over the position of former eBay country manager Muralikrishnan B. “After eight years at eBay India leading Product, Category & Marketing as well as the last two years as Country Manager, I am stepping down to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities and a new career adventure.” announced Murali. Latif Nathani, the new ebay Managing Director will serve the … [Read more...]

Exclusive: eBay sees significant rise of women shoppers, Mobile assistance commerce set to rewrite Indian online journey

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In an Exclusive interaction with iamwire, Muralikrishnan B, Country Manager, eBay India pointed at three strong online shopping trends that eBay India has been witnessing over last few months. According to Muralikrishnan, “More women shoppers are shopping with increasing shop value at eBay across categories like Jewellery, Kitchen & Home appliances, Home, Décor & Furnishing”.  Currently some of the industry experts estimate that around 35 to 40 percent women shop over internet. … [Read more...]

eBay India & Nokia associate to introduce a shopping app for Nokia Handsets

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Ebay India seems that it has been evangelizing the mobile space aggressively, after successfully launch of ebay application for iphone and android, today eBay India announced eBay India Nokia App to let shoppers access the website on the go. Shoppers can now browse for exciting deals, compare prices and shop for their favourite products directly through their mobile phones. This app showcases products in popular categories like cameras, mobile phones, computers, electronics, apparels, watches … [Read more...]

eBay India reveals the eBay Battle of Gadgets 2011

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After announcing top eCommerce hubs by eBay census this year, today eBay India has announced the result of eBay India - Battle of Gadgets 2011, Gadgets2011which ranks India’s most popular gadget purchases online over a 12 month period based on an analysis of all eBay transactions in the electronics category. The research report showcases (shown in the table below) interesting trends of India’s Top Gadget Cities, Models & Brands across 7 popular gadget categories of Laptops, Cameras, … [Read more...]

RBI increases transaction limit for PayPal merchants from $ 500 to $ 3000

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In a pathbreaking development for merchants exporting their products through  PayPal has been notified by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase in transaction limit with immediate effect . After this decision of RBI, PayPal merchants in India can receive export-related payments for goods and services into their PayPal account up to USD 3000 per transaction (raised from USD 500 per transaction). This is a huge step forward for PayPal and for Indian SMEs who can grow their export business … [Read more...]

eBay India launches shopping app for Android Handsets

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After launching iPhone application, eBay India has launched an interactive shopping app for Android based smart phones which will enable customers to access the website on the move. The eBay Android application offers users rich and interactive features to browse through the website - shop and compare prices. Through this application shoppers can look for the products they wish to buy through the ‘Search’& ‘Browse categories’. By clicking on the desired product, users can also read … [Read more...]

“Certain amount of shake-up is expected if and when Amazon would enter the Indian market” – Muralikrishnan B, Country Manager eBay India

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Indian ecommerce industry has certainly crossed the inflection point, from where growth is inevitably exponential. Increasing faith of investors, rampant consumerism, increasing disposable income, great internal consumption story and increasing comfort of people with online medium would drive the ecommerce to prosperity. Sharing his opinion on various dimensions of ecommerce businesses in India including recent bubble and eBay’s position in the ecosystem, this time Iamwire caught with … [Read more...]

Delhi retains its position as India’s numero uno eCommerce Hub – eBay’s Census

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India’s leading eCommerce marketplace revealed that Delhi was the largest eCommerce hub in the country, according to the eBay India Census 2011. Muralikrishnan B, Country Manager, eBay India, today unveiled the 4th edition of the annual eBay Census Guide which documents the key trends in online buying, importing, selling & exporting across Indians in the Top 20 eCommerce Hubs, 28 states and 7 Union Territories. eBay Census also revealed export trends to 189 countries as well as import … [Read more...]

Now, eBay India on your iPhone.

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After the launch of eBay India Mobile Web, eBay India has again landed up with its maiden mobile based captivating feature for its users – the eBay iPhone application for India. The newly launched application can be downloaded for free at iTunes App Store. This new app allows iPhone & iPod Touch users to shop, search and evaluate prices without a glitch just at a go and also to log on to their eBay account. The function also allows the customers to surf over more than 2 million products … [Read more...]

eBay India unveils findings from the first eBay Asian Exporters Index

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India’s leading eCommerce Marketplace, unveiled the key findings on eBay’s Asian export business at an event today here in Delhi. This is the first finding report based on Global Trade or Retail Exports at eBay India provides Indian entrepreneurs an online platform to sell hand crafted products to buyers across the globe. Kashyap Vadapalli, Director – Categories, eBay India and Ajay Sahai, Director – General & CEO, Federation Of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) jointly presented … [Read more...]