PayTM, a consumer shopping Android app has launched an e-commerce mall modeled on TMall, China’s dominant e-commerce platform. With Alibaba’s and SAIF Partners‘ infusion of $200 million into Paytm, an Indian payment and commerce company based out of Delhi NCR, the company is now valued at $1 billion.
Paytm e-commerce aims to offer 1 billion products from all across the globe to its shopping cart by the festive season in India that starts in August. It plans to bring sellers from Southeast Asia, especially from Alibaba’s other investments such as e-commerce major Lazada in Indonesia. Market sources cite Amazon as having about 500 million products on its platform, while Flipkart and Snapdeal have about 50 million products each.
Paytm has already set up 17 fulfillment centers and 40 courier partners for speedy service as the company aims to dominate the Indian online shopping market, reports Business Standard.
