Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce company, headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, and incorporated in Singapore as a private limited company. The company initially focussed on online book sales before expanding into other product categories such as consumer electronics, fashion, home essentials, groceries, and lifestyle products. The service competes primarily with Amazon’s Indian subsidiary and domestic rival Snapdeal. As of March 2017, Flipkart held a 39.5% market share of India’s e-commerce Industry. Flipkart has a dominant position in the apparel segment, bolstered by its acquisition of Myntra, and was described as being “neck and neck” with Amazon in the sale of electronics and mobile phones.
STEPS TO SELL ON FLIPKART:
To sell your products on Flipkart, you have to first register yourself at seller.flipkart.com
You have to list your products under specific product categories,
Once you receive an order notification you have to pack the product and mark it as ‘ready to Dispatch’.
Then Flipkarr’s logistics partner will pick up the product and deliver it to the customer.
Once you successfully dispatch an order, based on your seller tier, Flipkart will settle your payment within 7-15 days. The payment will be made directly to your bank account through NEFT transactions.
Who can sell their products on Flipkart?
According to Flipkart’s policy, anyone who is selling new and genuine products is welcome. To start selling your products, you need to have the following things:
GSTIN
PAN Card (Personal PAN for business type proprietorship and personal + Business PAN for business type as Company)
GSTIN/TIN Number (not mandatory for few categories)
Bank account details and supporting KYC documents (Address Proof, and Cancelled cheque)
Minimum of 1 unique product to sell
Once you provide all the required documents and the documents have been verified, your seller profile will be completed. After completing your seller profile, you can be able to start listing your products and start selling.