Review of Infibeam from our buying customers

Nitish posted this wonderful message for us on our Facebook page:

Infibeam is the best site i came across the internet.

i was really inspired because

1 - It has Wide variety of products with their best Prices(cheaper then market sometimes)

2 - Guaranteed delivery of products on time, so keeping their promise as said by them without any charges.

3 - The most important is The support Paypal as the payment option from india.

My product was reached to me within 3 days and i live in a place where courier usually refuses to deliver product because they are unable to find my address.

Honestly speaking if someone asked me to shop online I will go for Infibeam, its better then even ebay!

Best service!
With my regards
Nitish

and Napolean Pariath wrote this detailed review about us on his blog:

E commerce space in India has been cluttered with multiple instances of mediocre online shopping experiences, and i am not writing about those experiences here but i am going to review www.infibeam.com and when i review anything then like any other user i will either like the website or hate it.

And by the way i am writing about it you must have guessed it that i love it.

Reasons why i love it

• There are not personal details crazy data mines.
• They allow me to log in using my google twitter facebook and a few more accounts checkout their log on page screenshot
• They accept a lot of payment options.
  Imagine an "state of the art" online shopping facility asking you to use only your credit card or internet banking of an essentially restrictive set of banks. infibeam more than delighted me by allowing mobile payments and pretty surprisingly "international credit and debit cards" which is rarely accepted on websites
  
• They seem to use really good carriers (deccan 360) in my first order.
  Unbelievable service I shop the item online on 1st June 2010 at 1:57 PM and the item arrives at my address at 2: 30 PM 2nd June 2010 really amazing in a country where birthday cakes and flowers reach within a week after the birthday when ordered online.
  
• They have brought out with some really interesting and innovative items for the first time in India
  

Now i have always wanted an amazon Kindle but they do not ship it to India. infibeam Pi would in that adorn my back pack some day (not soon though)

And many more quick notes from our loyal customers:

Ankush Grover says:

I like infibeam coz of its gr8 user friendly interface.....

Aaryan Mittal says:

i like infibeam b'coz of its great range of books for every type or reader...n also its great packaging

Hari Inamadugu says:

[love infibeam] for its incredible delivery time

Biswatosh Sinha says:

Trust... the only word associated with Infibeam

Thank you folks for letting us know how we're doing, all this motivates us even more to deliver our best to you! :)

Powering Hidesign

Yesterday, we discussed how we are powering ecommerce stores for big brands in India. Today, we'd like to highlight the most recent brand that we have powered - Hidesign's official website www.hidesign.com . As you may already know, Hidesign is the iconic leather accessories brand from India.

Here is a screenshot of the portal:

And here is a screenshot of one of the product showcases:





Speaking on the alliance, Mr. Vikas Kapur, International Director, Hidesign, who oversees Hidesign's website and e-marketing initiatives said "Hidesign's online website caters to a clientele that is diverse and distributed across the globe. We are delighted to launch a brand new website in association with our eCommerce partner Infibeam.com. Some of the highlights of the new website include an information rich shopping experience, search engine friendliness, and most important of all easy navigation & checkout." He added, "The fresh look & feel is true to our identity as a global fashion brand. The new website also includes a unique section presenting the history and timeline of Hidesign through a nice visual sketch."

For more details, please see our press release.

Powering ecommerce stores for Brands

Continuing Vishal's (Founder and CEO) memoirs of the growth of Infibeam:

“In 2009, we were a ninety people strong. The recession had started to show signs globally but we were forward investing in growth. We started reviewing our cost structure and renegotiated some of our leases but continued hiring the best engineers which was a bold bet but well worth taking.

“We always thought the biggest advantage we had was being one of the first mover with great technology for online retail in India. It was clear that online selling will still be a small portion of overall retail in India for the next few years, so we would make ourselves more successful by offering our technology to others. And the end-customer wins by having a great experience across online stores by different brands.

“We offered our technology services to retail and media partners like Futurebazaar.com, In.com Shopping and TTK Prestige. We have a strong pipeline of brands, media companies and retailers who will be using our technology services in the near future. Retailers who use Infibeam's technology like the fact that Infibeam uses the same technology for its own online store, and all partners operate on the same platform.

“While we have not publicized our services, our retail business has multiplied year over year. We always believed that our investment should continue into making a great customer experience, and less will go into shouting about our service. In any case, word of mouth is becoming more powerful. If you offer a great selection and customer service, people find out, period.

“We believe in listening to our customers. And we believe that by immersing ourselves in the data, we can find the answers.”


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Books Quiz Competition has started!

After an extremely popular IPL Quiz competition, we decided to continue the fun by kicking off a Books Quiz competition!

The Books Quiz Contest will follow the daily quiz pattern. Fascinating questions pertaining to books from diverse genres will be posted on the Infibeam wall on Facebook. Participants that know the correct answer will have to post their replies on the Infibeam wall. One lucky winner will take home a surprise gift that will make him/her come back for more!

www.facebook.com/infibeam/

The first question posted yesterday has already gotten 74 answers! So join in the fun everyday at www.facebook.com/infibeam

For more information, see the detailed page about the quiz.

Chetan Bhagat with a Pi!

Chetan Bhagat was in Ahmedabad for the Star Anchor Hunt Auditions. As you may already know, Infibeam's headquarters is in Ahmedabad. So we were lucky to get a chance to meet up with him.

We chit-chatted about sales of his book on Infibeam.com as well as showed off the Pi to him!

Nishant, Chetan Bhagat, Somesh

On a related note, Infibeam now ships Chetan Bhagat's books internationally, to more than 70 countries!