Now, home-based businesses can also sell on Amazon India. Here’s the deal
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A city-specific platform for small business to go online has been started by The entire programme is similar to Etsy and Handmade at
"We have opened up the programme for individual sellers as well as home entrepreneurs in the fashion accessories and ethnicapparel categories. We have seen 600 sellers and home entrepreneurs registered with us over the period of one-and-half months," Mahendra Nerurkar, director of new initiatives at Amazon India, told ET.
The selection will go on to include home décor and other categories.
Fulfilment of orders is done using Amazon India's logistics network, which picks and packages the product.
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"These are mostly small sellers and we are looking at inter-city sales to meet the Amazon shopping experience. The products are delivered within three to five days and all payments are released to the sellers as they are small entrepreneurs and need working capital. The methods of payment are similar to what is offered on the Amazon India website, including cash on delivery and Amazon Pay," Nerurkar told ET.
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