5 apps for homepreneurs to set up a successful business

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With the increasing demand for online retail, a large number of small-scale homepreneurs are joining B2C or a C2C e-commerce platforms

Even though these sellers establish a customer base through these platforms, they often get overshadowed and fail to create an identity for themselves.

India is the fastest growing market for e-commerce in the world. With the increasing demand for online retail, a large no. of small-scale sellers and homepreneurs are joining B2C or a C2C e-commerce platforms to sell their unique creations. However, even though these sellers establish a customer base through these platforms, they often get overshadowed and fail to create an identity for themselves.

Here are 5 apps to set up a successful online business

Website Creation- Kraftly- A C2C e-commerce platform helps the small sellers, homepreneurs, etc. to set up a shop online. They also offer the seller with an option to do the social selling. The seller profile on Kraftly is provided with a tool to share their product detail on various social media platforms from which their buyers can buy the product

Wallet- To avoid hassle free payments, MobiKwik an Indian company founded in 2009 provides a mobile phone based payment system and digital wallet. Customers add money to an online wallet that can be used for payments. In 2013 the Reserve Bank of India authorized the company's use of the MobiKwik wallet, and in May 2016 the company began providing small loans to consumers as part of its service

Shipping- Incepted in 2013, ShipRocket is a first-of-its-kind seller logistics aggregation platform designed to cater to all kinds of shipping requirements for sellers/merchants in India. The complete solution brand is designed to create a shipping experience like no other. Whether the merchant is shipping a single product or shipping orders in bulk, be it within the country or globally, ShipRocket offers an end-to-end logistics management system to its customers.

Marketing- Google Ad, Facebook Ads are supporting the small sellers to push their marketing and reach out to potential sellers. In addition to these, various start ups such as Kraftly and Meesho helps the sellers on their platform with right kind of tools to push the sales on social media platforms.  

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