wordpress blog stats
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

9Apps now offers shopping aggregation on Android app

Alibaba owned UCWeb’s Android app store 9Apps will now offer ecommerce shopping aggregation on its app. Users of the app will also be able to compare prices from Paytm, Flipkart, Myntra, Snapdeal, Jabong, Askmebazar, Voonik and Shopclues. It will also offer discounts and coupon codes in a separate section. This is in addition to the apps and games it already provides. 9Apps claims to have 250 million monthly active users. Note that Android had 65 billion app installs in 2015, according to Alphabet, Google’s parent company. Interestingly, 9Apps’ development comes 4 months after Times Internet* owned CouponDunia started giving users cashbacks for shopping via the site, apart from also offering discounts, a month following the Indian government disallowing FDI in ecommerce and limiting discounting. Coupondunia founder Sameer Parwani told MediaNama, “...Cashback is where we want to be whether or not e-commerce marketplaces find a way to continue deep discounts or they don’t. If they do continue deep discounting, then the coupon part of our site remains strong and we’ll continue to have a strong funnel of users who first look for coupons and then get pulled into cashback. On the other hand if deep discounting does end, then the only way to save online will be via cashback and therefore the offering becomes even more valuable for consumers.” Other Android app stores: - Google Play Store: In May, Google Play Store started providing the option to join beta programs of apps through the Play Store, if the option had been made…

Please subscribe/login to read the full story.
Written By

I'm a MediaNama alumna from 2015-16 (remember TinyOwl?) now back to cover e-services like food and grocery delivery, app based transport and policies, platforms and media in India.

Free Reads

News

Amazon and Flipkart are opposing untested ex-ante regulations modeled according to the EU Digital Markets Act in India, saying the current system is already...

News

As per a report, Apple has been testing its own large language model (LLM) since last year but its technology remains behind the AI...

News

Telecom companies are against a regulatory sandbox, as they think information revealed by businesses during the sandboxing process might be confidential should be out...

MediaNama’s mission is to help build a digital ecosystem which is open, fair, global and competitive.

Views

News

NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe recently said that what is not written in regulations is a no-go for fintech entities. But following this advice could...

News

Notably, Indus Appstore will allow app developers to use third-party billing systems for in-app billing without having to pay any commission to Indus, a...

News

The existing commission-based model, which companies like Uber and Ola have used for a long time and still stick to, has received criticism from...

News

Factors like Indus not charging developers any commission for in-app payments and antitrust orders issued by India's competition regulator against Google could contribute to...

News

Is open-sourcing of AI, and the use cases that come with it, a good starting point to discuss the responsibility and liability of AI?...

You May Also Like

News

Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...

Advert

135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...

News

By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...

News

Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...

MediaNama is the premier source of information and analysis on Technology Policy in India. More about MediaNama, and contact information, here.

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ

Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Name:*
Your email address:*
*
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ