E-commerce

Google Adwords Launches Netbanking; Ties Up With DirecPay - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 30 Jun 2008 01:03 PM PST

Just when you thought you knew all the usual suspects. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Adwords has launched its netbanking service and tied up with DirecPay, a subsidary of BCCL’s Timesofmoney. The…

Kijiji Re-Brands Itself To Quikr.com - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 30 Jun 2008 12:52 PM PST

Matrix Partners and eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) backed free online classifieds website Kijiji.in has re-branded itself as Quikr.com. The site as of this night was still undergoing migration and had a…

Sulekha Ties Up With CareerBuilderIndia, CricInfo With Myntra - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 26 Jun 2008 08:32 AM PST

--- Sulekha has tied up exclusively for content with CareerBuildersIndia.com for its ‘Premium Jobs’ section. The section will be co-branded although on checking it wasn’t live as yet. --- Cricinfo…

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RBI Drafts Norms On Mobile Payment For Banks - 4 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Sun 15 Jun 2008 03:43 AM PST

The Reserve Bank of India has issued draft guidelines on mobile payments, a few highlights from the 12 page document below: Mobile Payment has been defined as ‘information exchange between…

Times/BCCL Takes Stake in Travel Portal TravelChaCha - 5 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 13 Jun 2008 07:12 AM PST

BCCL, the parent company of Times of India, has taken an undisclosed stake in Culture Holiday, the parent company of online travel portal TravelChaCha.com, adding to more crush in the…

Paymate Raises Rs 38.57 Crores In Series B Funding - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 10 Jun 2008 11:16 AM PST

Paymate has raised $9 million (Approx Rs 38.5 Crore) in series B funding from Mayfield Fund and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Buyers and Sherpalo Ventures. Nikhil Khatau, MD…

Tanla Acquires $15.8 Million Stake In Finnish-based Openbit - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 05 Jun 2008 12:43 PM PST

Tanla, an Indian provider of mobile services, said it acquired an 85 percent stake in Openbit, a Finland-based mobile payment software company for $15.8 million in cash (Euro 12 Million)reports…

MouthShut Launches City Guide - 3 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 29 May 2008 08:10 PM PST

User review portal MouthShut has gone in for a re-design, adding local listings and reviews to the mix. Currently it lists entries from 20 cities and small towns covering restaurants,…

Cleartrip Launches Videos - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Thu 29 May 2008 02:16 PM PST

Cleartrip has launched Cleartrip Videos gleaned from the Short Flicks Festival which had been sponsored by the DAG, KPCB and Sherpalo funded online travel portal. The one to three minutes…

Industry Moves: Infomedia-CEO; MakeMyTrip-CMO; Microsoft-Director, Marketing - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 27 May 2008 02:38 AM PST

-- Lakshmi Narasimhan, Head of Business Development for Network18, has been appointed CEO of Infomedia India. Readers will remember that Network18 acquired Infomedia last fiscal. Narasimhan will expand the portfolio…

Ezeego1.com Ties Up With redBus For Bus Tickets; Corrigendum - 4 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 26 May 2008 04:07 AM PST

Corrigendum: It had appeared to me (Nikhil Pahwa, Editor, contentSutra) that Ezeego1 had repositioned itself as a travel meta aggregator. The company informs us, and on checking we’ve verified that,…

Cleartrip Ties Up With PLUS! - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 26 May 2008 12:27 AM PST

Cleartrip has tied up with Star India’s mobile application PLUS, to deliver travel related information to users. The service allows users to access travel information and make reservations via the…

Makaan Launches SMS based Real Estate Mobile Application - 4 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 20 May 2008 11:05 AM PST

People Group’s real estate property, Makaan.com, has launched an SMS based mobile application, developed by sister concern, Mauj Mobile. The difference being that while those like Magicbricks have apps that…

IndiaMart Revenues At Rs. 38 Crores; TradeIndia Has 700,000 Registered Users - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 19 May 2008 05:06 AM PST

Some data on online B2B marketplaces from the current issue of Outlook Business. The story estimates that B2B marketplaces account for $15-20 billion of transactions of a total $100 Billion…

First Look At Web18s Horizontal Portal In.com - 11 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 15 May 2008 07:58 AM PST

While some have been saying that the horizontal portal is waning in influence, Web18, the internet company from the Network18 group is set to open its so-called-horizontal portal In.com for…

Alibaba.com And Infomedia Form Strategic Partnership in India; Why Am I On Indiamart? - 10 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 29 Apr 2008 06:07 AM PST

I’ve noticed Alibaba.com advertisements on the Economic Times website over the past week, and sensed that something was up. This explains it: the China-based b2b classifieds portal has announced a…

Travel Roundup: Indiatimes-Cruise; Ixigo-Hotels; Cleartrip-Intl - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 10 Apr 2008 05:42 AM PST

-- Indiatimes Travel has inked a deal with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Italy’s largest privately owned line, and has launched a cruise booking service for customers in India. Given…

MakeMyTrip 2007 Sales At Rs. 1000 Crore; Break Even By Dec 2008 - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 09 Apr 2008 02:48 AM PST

Online Travel co MakeMyTrip has recorded sales of Rs. 1000 crore for the financial year ending March 2008, as per a release. The company, which claims a 45 percent marketshare…

MobileStore Launches Online Store - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 07 Apr 2008 04:21 AM PST

The MobileStore, the mobile retail JV between Virgin and the Essar Group has launched its online sales operations, reports ET. While the company plans to extend services across India, the…

Tata Indicom, Paymate Tie Up For Mobile Flight Ticketing - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Fri 28 Mar 2008 12:08 PM PST

Tata Indicom and Paymate have tied up to provide Indicom subscribers with flight ticketing services. The agreement is currently limited to domestic air tickets. Paymate has also partnered with Kingfisher…

HT Media’s Job Portal Shine.com Goes Live - 15 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 26 Mar 2008 04:25 AM PST

HT Media’s job portal Shine.com has gone live...the tagline - “Shine is a place to grow”. The site, currently in beta, is at present accepting registration from job seekers. I…

Sulekha Plans For An IPO In 2009 - 9 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 23 Mar 2008 09:34 PM PST

Sulekha.com, the grand-daddy of Indian community portals, which had raised $10 million from Norwest Venture Partners is considering an IPO in 2009. Business Standard reports that the company expects to…

Sherpalo Ventures And Kleiner Perkins Pick Up 15 Percent Stake In Futurebazaar.com - 6 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 20 Mar 2008 02:32 AM PST

Sherpalo Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) have together picked up 15 percent stake in the Future Group’s (Pantaloon) e-commerce portal Futurebazaar.com, Ram Shriram, founder of Sherpalo Ventures…

Agencyfaqs Launches Freelance Exchange; On Online Marketplaces - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 13 Mar 2008 10:31 AM PST

Agencyfaqs, a portal targeting advertising, media and marketing professionals has launched a classifieds marketplace called Freelance Exchange. It’s currently in beta, and by the looks of it, they will be…

Sequoia Capital Funded Apnaloan.com Launches Insurance Portal - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 11 Mar 2008 01:25 AM PST

Sequoia Capital funded company Apnaloan.com is launching a portal - Apnainsurance.com. I think the launch is timely, perhaps a little late, as the financial year is coming to a close.…