Flipkart revamps seller onboarding process to strengthen seller network

By

Maverick Martins

Published
Jul 23, 2019

Walmart-owned e-commerce firm Flipkart in an attempt to strengthen its seller network has simplified the seller onboarding process to make it easier for medium and small businesses (MSMEs).
 

To help the sellers register on the platform, Flipkart has created 13 regional teams across the country which will help the sellers personally to onboard as sellers on the platform.
 
The new move by Flipkart is expected to help small sellers join the platform to sell their goods through the e-commerce platform to over 150 million customers.

"By revamping our onboarding process and simplifying the number of steps, we are making it easier for any seller, no matter the size, to list on our platform and get started from day one," in a statement said Nishant Gupta, head of Flipkart's marketplace business.
 
"As a home-grown company, we know that the future of e-commerce lies in bringing more MSMEs and smaller businesses online which, in turn, will generate employment and investment, and will meaningfully contribute toward the country's socio-economic development," added Gupta.
 
Flipkart has set a target to bring about 50,000 medium and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) within itself in one year.
 
Flipkart currently claims to have one lakh MSMEs within its platform. The company has been expanding its operations at a fast pace as it competes with rival Amazon Inc in India’s online sales market.