Online Business Models for India
The stakes are getting high in the eCommerce space in India. As more and more online retailers enter the market, they are driving up the cost of customer acquisition. Although this level of entry in t more...Commercewiki | 21 Jun 2008
Post Correction
I am not a big fan of Office 2007 interface, but I love its blogging capabilities. I can just write a normal word document and then directly post it to my Wordpress account - with one click of a butto more...Commercewiki | 03 Jun 2008
It’s getting
Most online retailers use some sort of web analytics system to understand the customer activity on the site. When you initially start using it, it is a great feeling = you are immediately connected to more...Commercewiki | 03 Jun 2008
E-Commerce in India – Is it really Profitable??
In one of my previous posts, I had extended the invitation to Commercewiki readers to contribute to this blog. This post is by one of the readers - Sachin Singhal who has done a great job in articulat more...Commercewiki | 02 May 2008
Personalization & Product Recommendations
The unorganized retail business in India thrives on personalization. You walk into a local kirana (grocery) store and the store owner greets you with your name, asks about the family and then gives yo more...Commercewiki | 27 Apr 2008
Competitive advantage in the digital world
Recently I got an invitation from an old colleague to join Plaxo. I thought to myself – I don’t need another social network to maintain professional contacts, I already have LinkedIn! Within the n more...Commercewiki | 13 Mar 2008
New Venture Series - Comparison Shopping Platforms
The online shopping space in India is getting more and more crowded . Even though, the overall pie remains small, today’s customers have more options than ever when it comes to online shopping. T more...Commercewiki | 02 Mar 2008
An invitation to contribute
During the past several months, I have connected with several intelligent and knowledgeable individuals through this blog - individuals who are passionate about doing something big in the interent/onl more...Commercewiki | 21 Feb 2008
New Venture Series - Community Based Social Shopping
It is human tendency to resist change. The most natural instinct is to continue doing things the old way. And when changes are implemented, we try to fit them back into the mold because of our comfort more...Commercewiki | 12 Feb 2008
Business Ideas for the digital India
As the internet penetration reaches the average household in India, the digital eco system would need to evolve, opening up several gaps in the value chain. If you are an entrepreneur or dream of b more...Commercewiki | 04 Feb 2008
Is Web 2.0 Overrated?
At least that’s what I felt after attending the Web innovation conference held in Bangalore this week. I don’t understand why folks spend so much time slicing and dicing what web 2.0 means. I cou more...Commercewiki | 20 Dec 2007
Turning Web Analytics Upside Down
When I first heard about Woot.com a few years ago, I couldn’t quite understand what’s all the fuss about. Since then I have been following this phenomenon closely, and have learnt quite a few thin more...Commercewiki | 13 Dec 2007
Where is the differentiation ?
My daughter will be turning 5 in a few days and unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to celebrate the birthday with her because she is currently in Chicago with her Mom. So I was talking to her on the p more...Commercewiki | 16 Oct 2007
5 things to consider when starting an eCommerce venture
The other day, I met someone at a conference who mentioned to me that he was planning on starting an online retail venture in India. He said he has already begun the software development for the platf more...Commercewiki | 18 Sep 2007
The Perfect Storm
The online retail environment in India is eerily quiet. The overall online pie is still very small. Broadly speaking, Indian consumers aren’t shopping online. The distributors or local vendors still more...Commercewiki | 20 Aug 2007
Will they come back?
US based online shoes retailer Zappos.com was mentioned in this story that it has reached 6 million paying customers. Although this is a major accomplishment, what is even more amazing is the fact more...Commercewiki | 02 Aug 2007
How transparent is your retail business ?
While we were wrapping up the last minute shopping for our trip back to India last week, my daughter insisted that we go to Toys’R’us store –she wanted to buy that new Barbie she had seen with h more...Commercewiki | 23 Jul 2007
Top 10 Blunders in eCommerce Design
So you have built a decent looking eCommerce website, pumped up the marketing spend and you are getting good amount of visitors on the site. However, you are facing a problem that most of the newer on more...Commercewiki | 09 Jul 2007
The Online Customer in India
Last week I flew back to Chicago from Delhi and although I cant really say that I enjoyed any part of that 14 hours + flight, I did get a lot of time to think about the cultural differences between Am more...Commercewiki | 30 Jun 2007
Do you really know your customers?
I finally experienced it - the unevitable reality of staying in Delhi - a power cut! Sitting in the darkness, waiting for the generator to pickup, I thought - imagine you are asked to play a game of d more...Commercewiki | 18 Jun 2007
