Amazon India’s e-commerce & price comparison portal Junglee has launched a pilot project to let individuals sell second-hand goods on the platform, reports Economic Times. The service is currently available for users in Bangalore, and is expected is expand to other cities depending on the success of the pilot. For starters, users can sell second hand goods in categories like mobile phones, tablets, watches, books and other such items. Amazon will provide the pick-up, packing services as well as delivery of the product. The company will charge a commission on completion of transactions, and currently lets users list ads for free. Note that the company states it does not hold any responsibility in case of grievances over used goods. With this move, Amazon will compete with companies like Olx, Ebay and Quikr, which enable users to auction and sell used or new goods. In March this year, Quikr had launched a service called Doorstep which let lets sellers bargain with their buyers for a used product in the middle of an order, as well as act as an arbiter to the transaction. Junglee-Quikr tie-up: In 2014, Junglee had tied up with Quikr to let shoppers view and compare prices of second hand products listed on the latter. Later, it also integrated product listings (new and old) from Quikr on individual product pages and category pages. The same year, Junglee also introduced a ‘Post Your Ad’ feature on its site, that enabled users to post free advertisements to sell their goods,…
