Snapdeal's Shopo Shuts Down; Roposo, Kraftly See Surge In Sellers
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Shopo was acquired by Snapdeal in 2013 and the pre-acquisition handicraft company said in its blog post that it will be shutting down on 10th February 2017, citing reasons such as the C2C market not being robust enough for Shopo to be economically viable, although the Indian e-commerce industry is growing and P2P sales are working for platforms such as
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Another fashion startup called ‘Roposo’ sees the shutdown as unfortunate as they feel that the same sellers sell on different platforms and more players are great for the market and also for teaching sellers how to sell online.
Mayank Bhangadia, Co-founder, Roposo told Business Insider that they have also seen an increase in their seller activity, “The number of sellers has doubled from 4000 to 8000.
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There’s a 60% increase in the no of products added per day on the platformThe time spent by users on Roposo's shop section, called
Whether peer-to-peer selling is a nascent market to get into or not, the other start-ups have surely gained from Snapdeal’s loss.
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