4 lakh merchants to sell on Amazon

Hyderabad: With festive season accounts for 30-40 per cent of consumer spending, Amazon India said it has partnered with hundreds of leading brands, enabled over 4 lakh sellers to sell on its marketplace to offer an unparalleled experience to customers.

The world’s largest marketplace would launch its Great Indian Festival from October 10 to 15.  The festival will begin early for Prime members from 12 noon on October 9 as part of Prime Early Access.

Amazon India claims that customers will get never-seen-before deals on the widest selection of smartphones, large appliances and TVs, home & kitchen products, fashion, consumables such as grocery & beauty, consumer electronics and more throughout the celebration.

For the festival season, it has on sale 170 million products across hundreds of categories and has expanded its fulfilment footprint with more than 50 fulfilment centres in 13 states offering a storage capacity of over 20 million cubic feet.

The company is also offering easy finance options in partnership several financial institutions.  The customers can also opt for one-day, two-day, same day, scheduled, Sunday and morning deliveries.

According to Amazon India, customers opting to go cashless for their festive shopping can avail exciting offers and save more with an instant discount of 10 per cent when they pay with SBI Debit and Credit Cards.

Apart from this, customers can top up their Amazon Pay balance and get Rs 300 back.