Following the concept of Cyber Monday in the United States, Google India will be organizing a one day online shopping festival on December 12th, 2012 - called Great Online Shopping Festival in partnership with more than 50 e-Commerce, online travel and other websites in India.
What is Cyber Monday ?
Cyber Monday (the day on which many electronic gadgets and other items are offered at discounted prices) is a Monday following the Black Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving) in the United States. It is a marketing term created in 2005 to persuade customers to spend online.
In 2011, Cyber Monday saw a total sales of US$1.2billion which is a 22% increase over the previous year’s spending. (source).
The concept has been taken up by several other countries like UK, Canada, Australia, Japan etc. Now it is the time for India.
What should I do ?
All the list of offers, FAQs,participating sites are compiled and put under one website name www.gosf.in. Visit the website to find out all the offers that are going to be given on December 12, 2012.
Discounts
There are a wide range of product discounts being touted on the website. It might be difficult for everyone of us to find the right offer. We have compiled a short list of some interesting offers on GOSF mentioned below :
Electronics – upto 70% at ezone online; upto 50% off at croma retail ;
Books – upto 40% off on books at Flipkart
Clothing/ Apparel – 12% extra discount on entire site at indiatimes shopping; flat 25% off on all apparels at Zovi
Travel – flat 10% off on all bus bookings on travelyaari; upto 8% off on Jet airways
Footwear – upto 70% off + extra 20% off on footwear at bestylish; upto 50% off at Flipkart
Beauty products – upto 50 – 69% off on select beauty and skin care products on Flipkart
Home & Kitchen – upto 90% off on select brands at Indiatime shopping.
Check out the deals section for more offers.
With Cyber Monday kind of frenzy ready to take off on 12-12-12 in India for the first time at a very large scale, lets hope there will better and more such days every year to spread the online shopping culture in India.
Links : GOSF site | participating sites | deals
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