Flipkart will offer big discounts on smartphones, laptops, power banks and audio devices under the upcoming Big Shopping Days Sale which is beginning from May 13, and will last until May 16. The biggest discount among electronic devices includes a Rs 13,000 price cut on Google’s Pixel 2 XL.

The Flipkart sale will offer Google Pixel 2 XL at Rs 37,000, a major discount from its Rs 50,000 price tag. Samsung’s Galaxy On Nxt will get a price cut of Rs 7,000, and will be available for Rs 10,900. Currently, Flipkart has only revealed discounts for these two smartphones, and plans to disclose more offers in the days ahead. The Big Shopping Days Sale also brings discounts for laptops, including gaming notebooks. These offers include price cuts on laptops running on 7th Gen Intel processors, ranging from Dell, Lenovo, Acer and HP. The discounts page also shows a picture of Acer’s Predator gaming laptop, that could offer discounts upto Rs 37,000.

Consumers will avail up 10 per cent discounts if they shop through HDFC credit or debit cards, which will have EMI offers as well. In addition, shoppers can also avail easy installment options, that includes No Cost EMI, Debit card EMI, cardless credit and a ‘Buy Now Pack Later’ scheme. To make offers attractive to consumers, Flipkart is also offering a scheme on May 7 and 8, where users can purchase Flipkart Gift Cards, that can be used to avail sale offers. These will also be available with a 10 per cent discount for HDFC card holders.

The Flipkart sale will offer Google Pixel 2 XL at Rs 37,000, a major discount from its Rs 50,000 price tag.

This list of products to receive price cuts under the Big Shopping Days Sale also extends to other electronic products. Among them is Google Chromecast, though Flipkart has not revealed the extent of discount. Audiophiles can consider offers on wireless soundbars, that will start from Rs 9,999; Bluetooth speakers starting from Rs 999 as well as discounts up to 75 per cent across headphones. Other electronics to feature in the sale include powerbanks, that will start from Rs 499, smartwatches that include the Mi Band 2, Apple Watch 3 and Misfit Vapor and the Google Home digital speaker.

Flipkart has announced a ‘No Cost EMI (equated monthly installments)’ offer on select smartphones purchased from its online website/app, said country’s largest e-commerce giant on its microbloggiong website – Twitter. With SBI (State Bank of India) credit cards customers can save extra on EMI transactions, further said Flipkart. The last date to avail Flipkart’s offer is April 29, 2018. The offer is valid on a host of phones like Apple iPhone 8, Apple iPhone 8 Plus, Redmi Note 5, Sony Xperia R1, Samsung Galaxy On Max, among others.

“No cost EMI on mobiles is a special financial scheme by Flipkart. No matter how expensive the phone is, you can purchase it online on Flipkart under the ‘No Cost EMI’ scheme wherein you need to pay exactly the price of the mobile phone only and no extra costs pertaining to interest or processing fee is charged”, said Flipkart on its official website- flipkart.com.

Steps to avail Flipkart’s no cost EMI offer: 

1. Select the phone you wish to purchase.

2. Check no cost EMI offer and the respective bank through which you want to pay

3. Select EMI option on payment page (respective months and amount per month)

Terms and conditions of Flipkart’s no cost EMI offer:

1. The minimum transaction amount to avail this offer is Rs. 10,000.

2. Only a select base of pre-approved customers will be eligible for ‘No Cost EMI’ offer on their bank cards, said Flipkart.

3. Customers will be able to view the offer on their payment page.

4. Customers who will be unable to view the offer on their payment page cannot avail this offer.

5. However, there is no limit on number of transactions on which customer can avail this offer, in case he/she is an eligible customer.

Source by:-ndtv

Flipkart now sells more than half the smartphones online, taking a bigger lead over Amazon in the crucial category.

Flipkart grew its market share of online smartphone shipments to 51% in 2017, from 44% the year before, while Amazon’s increased marginally to 33% in 2017 from 31%, according to a report by Counterpoint Research. Flipkart’s smartphone volumes grew by 43% in 2017, compared to Amazon’s growth of 33%, said the report released on Friday.

Overall online smartphone shipments grew 23% annually, faster than the overall smartphone market in 2017, with Flipkart and Amazon capturing a combined 84% of the total volume and 87% of the total value. Chinese brand Xiaomi’s mi.com is also aggressively pushing sales through its own platform, now contributing 10% to overall online smartphone shipments.

Flipkart, however, contested the numbers, citing a larger market share and growth. Amazon did not respond.

“While they (Counterpoint) are directionally right about the market share, they have underplayed Flipkart’s numbers. We have 70% online market share and are growing 70% year-on-year,” said Ayyappan Rajagopal, senior director of smartphones at Flipkart.

“We have been able to take the lead because of the exclusives launched on Flipkart and the affordability offerings,” he added.

Exclusive smartphone deals on online platforms pushed sales for both platforms, with nearly 100 exclusive smartphones launched online last year, Counterpoint said.

“Exclusive smartphone models are the main heroes on online platforms, and whichever platform gets more deals will have more sales,” said Karn Chauhan, research analyst at Counterpoint.

“Flipkart took lead in this with an exclusive for Redmi Note 4 in January 2017, while Amazon started exclusive deals only in April with Redmi 4A. This gave Flipkart the lead,” he said.

Flipkart had 64 exclusives, with 158 phone models launched on the platform in 2017, Ayyappan said.

Amazon had the upper hand in the premium segment in the category, which is in the price range above Rs 30,000.

Amazon contributed 63% to online smartphone premium segment shipments in 2017 driven by sales of OnePlus and Apple, according to the report. Flipkart’s contribution was 31% of online smartphone premium segment.

The average selling price of smartphones sold online was Rs 11,500, growing 10% annually, and was 5% higher than the offline channel.

While online smartphone market shipments contributed to more than one-third of total smartphones sold in 2017, Counterpoint expects the share of online to remain flat in 2018, citing the offline-online hybrid strategies of smartphone brands.