Flipkart showcases services at WBF

Flipkart Online Services Pvt. Ltd., a new online book selling portal, showcased its portal and its unique selling prepositions to the book lovers at the World Book Fair.

Flipkart.com with more than 6 million titles available on its portal not only makes a wide variety of books accessible but also provides fast and efficient services to its customers. In order to become the largest e-commerce website in India in coming years, the company gives a world class online buying experience to its customers, which reflects in the experiences shared by customers on different platforms and the increasing popularity.

Commenting on the occasion, Binny Bansal, Co-founder of Flipkart.com said, "This platform attracts book lovers from all over India which gives us a great opportunity to showcase our portal and talk about our most admired services. In the age of internet, where people prefer to shop online, book lovers are also shifting to the online platforms to buy books which not only make them accessible to the wide variety of books at a click but also make the purchase less cumbersome. The online book buying space is growing at about 20-30% per month in India and we are the leading website in the online book buying space with more than 6 million visitors every month. With more focused and planned approach Flipkart.com has already captured two-third market share in India. The company plans to penetrate the market further over the next fiscal and plans to launch its "Cash on Delivery" service by March 2010 and expand the titles available at the portal to over 10 million by the year end."

He added, "With a mission to become the largest e-commerce website in India and a vision to provide Indians the best online shopping experience, Flipkart.com today with a workforce strength of about 200 employees has been able to capture a major share in the online selling world just with its books that many other players with various product offerings have not yet been able to capture. The company registered a total sale of Rs. 40 million in 2008-09 and projects a sale of Rs. 250-300 million by this fiscal end with a growth rate of about 25% per month."

Flipkart.com boasts of a leisurely browsing experience which is simple, convenient and customer friendly yet offers quality services like safe and fast payment facilities and the quickest delivery service in the country by any web portal.