JAMMU: In a bid to encourage small and medium businesses (SMBs) to enable technology, the world’s largest eCommerce platform Amazon introduced a Tatkal van, a top executive said.
“Amazon Tatkal enables SMBs to get online and sell on Amazon.in, in less than 60 minutes. It is a free service,” Rohit Kulkarni, Senior Manager – New Initiatives, Amazon India told reporters.
Amazon Tatkal is a specially designed studio-on-wheels offering a suite of launch services including registration, imaging and cataloguing services, as well as basic seller training mechanisms. It will enable thousands of interested sellers to start selling on Amazon.in real time, and experience the benefits of launching an online business.
The van will traverse the entire country, engaging with thousands of entrepreneurs, artisans, manufacturers and sellers, and help them sell online on the spot.
Trained representatives will educate sellers on the benefits of selling online.
“Amazon launched its Global Selling Program for sellers in India in May last year and today over 6000 sellers from India are selling their ‘Make in India’ products on Amazon’s nine global marketplaces to over 304 million active worldwide customers,” he said.
He added that Amazon.in also recently launched a lending program for sellers through an independent, third party partner to offer secured and unsecured loans to sellers from Rs 5 lakh to INR 2 crores at very competitive interest rates.