E-tailers launch new solutions for sellers impacted by COVID-led disruptions

E-tailers are introducing new solutions for sellers suffering from pandemic-led effects.

Startup Dealshare is doubling its pace of transforming business in small towns to online platforms.

This helps the company enable local businesses to a part of the e-tailing landscape, says Sankar Bora, Founder and CEO. The company plans to onboard 1,000 franchises across 50 cities by December 2021.

Social commerce platform Meesho plans to bring 100 million small businesses and entrepreneurs online. It is also designing strategies to drive higher conversions from offline sellers.

Reliance-owned JioMart’s online grocery delivery has witnessed three times growth in kirana partnerships and added 10 new cities to its existing 23 cities.

The platform has onbaorded 650 new brands and added 2,265 cities. Besides fee waivers and refunds for its sellers,

Amazon India is taking several steps to mitigate the negative impact on sellers’ performance metrics due to defaults caused by the pandemic and the resulting restrictions on seller accounts, says Manish Tiwary, Vice President.