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Baazee.com invites Chennaiites to become entrepreneurs
Chennai, January 22, 2005
Baazee.com, an eBay Company, today organized the popular Baazee Academy@Chennai - a platform for potential sellers to learn about how to sell on Baazee at Ambassador Pallava. The Baazee Academy, conducted across the length and breadth of the nation, is aimed at highlighting the entrepreneurship platform that Baazee offers to local sellers to reach out to buyers across India.
In addition to providing its sellers with an opportunity to start a business with zero investment, Baazee also offers sellers the convenience of managing one's business from home, office or even a cyber café. The unique feature of trading on Baazee.com is that no matter where the seller is located, he gets a nationwide reach by listing his products on the site. Baazee thus provides an opportunity for sellers of localized and unique products to reach out to buyers across the country. Buyers also benefit from access to unique products directly from places of their origin.
Advantages for sellers@Baazee
- No Rentals
- No Investment
- No Infrastructure
- No Inventories
- Its Safe & Easy
Many Chennai Residents are already successful sellers at Baazee. They have joined thousands of Indians who are making their livelihood and expanding their market on Baazee while reaching out to buyers across India.
Shobha and Sudha, are Chennai based business woman who are also childhood friends. They decided to start their own business using the creative art of making hand made jute products though the Baazee ID: trendyjute. They started with an offline distributorship within their vicinity and have now moved on to a national business through Baazee.
Shobha says, "We do have our offline clientele for our jute products, but as we don't have a store our clientele is very limited. After attending the Baazee Seminar in June last year, we thought this was a good way to start a business. As registering and listing on Baazee is free, we listed our products immediately. We were amazed to see the number of visits, our products got when we listed them.
We soon realized that at Baazee, we were part of a fully developed marketplace at no additional cost. Once we receive an order from the customer, we make the jute products as per their order and dispatch it to them. Baazee is a great selling platform and we are sure to grow our business through it. We are able to market our products to people across India".
Venkatesh is a 30-year-old freelance web designer from Chennai. He started selling on Baazee through Baazee ID: realvalue to have a secure business of his own. With support from his family his business on Baazee has grown a great deal. As Venkatesh deals in a lot of women's apparels, his wife Gayatri plays an important role in purchasing the latest products from the markets within Chennai.
Venkatesh says, "I started selling women's and kids apparels on Baazee but based on the tremendous response, I have now started selling some home appliances also. After attending the Baazee seminar, I realized that this is something I can do along with my web designing. So I started off. Today I have a lot of support from all my family members. Some help me in purchases, some in packaging and a lot more. I am looking forward to this as an independent business for myself".
Gayatri says, "I am very happy that my husband has started this business on Baazee. It keeps me busy and gives me the opportunity to meet several people, visit places and keep up to date with the trends".
Harish is a 32-year-old B.Sc graduate with a successful family business. After he graduated, he wanted to do something on his own, so he decided to start a computer hardware and mobile business. Harish heard of Baazee through a friend and tried to sell his second hand Nokia 5110 and soon started to sell mobile accessories, computer peripherals and gift items through Baazee id: Technoshoppe.
Harish says, "I was not at all serious and tried to sell my phone for fun. But when it sold so well, I realized that, this was serious business and started taking products from my offline shop and listed them on Baazee. In my offline shop on a busy day like Sunday I get a maximum of 100 customers but on Baazee you have over one lakh visits on your product, which means one lakh probable customers for my product on any day.
I continued selling online because I could foresee an excellent and prosperous future ahead. I sell mobile accessories, computer accessories & gift items. The best part about selling on Baazee is, it doesn't require more that 2 hours a day. Baazee gave me lots of confidence and has made me an optimist. I think I can start selling internationally very soon through Baazee. My 3 key secrets to selling on Baazee are "Application, determination and commitment".
Lakshmanan, a spiritual person from Chennai has an offline business of selling religious products like Sri Yantra's. Lakshmanan has also expanded his business through Baazee. He sells on the site through the Baazee id: Celextel
Lakshmanan says, "I got to know about ecommerce through Baazee.com. Baazee showed me a new way of doing business. After learning about ecommerce from Baazee, I decided to start my own website and today I have a tremendous business through Baazee and now through my website. Buyers ask me questions and then purchase the products. I have noticed that there is huge demand for these products around the world and more in USA. Baazee has given me a lot of exposure in these high demand regions. I get customers through Baazee from all these locations and this would not have been possible otherwise".
Mr. Avnish Bajaj, Country Manager, Baazee.com says, "Recognizing the growing awareness and the increasing volume of business transactions happening through the Internet, we at Baazee aim to provide a safe and convenient environment for online trading. Selling from the comfort of their homes, offices or even cyber cafes with zero investment is a unique feature of selling on Baazee. This not only enables its sellers to make extra money but also promotes the spirit of entrepreneurship with a bare minimum of risk. Besides, a nationwide platform gives them an opportunity to reach out to buyers all over the country".
Fact
- All you need to start selling @Baazee is a computer and an internet connection.
- Baazee Academy sessions train you for Free.
- Display & Listings are Free on Baazee.
About Baazee:
Baazee.com, India's leading online marketplace, is a 100% subsidiary of eBay.com, the World's online marketplace. Today, Baazee.com is India's biggest online trading community on the Internet where anyone can sell or buy almost anything. Baazee is a trading platform offering auctions, quick buy and classifieds modes of person-to-person trading. Baazee.com has a wide range of products listed on its site spread over 1500 categories including Art & Antiques, Apparel, Bollywood, Books, & magazines, Cars & Bikes, Computers, Home and Personal Loans, Electronics, Cameras & Optics, Movies, Music, Health & Beauty, Gifts, Home, Jewellery, Mobile Phones, Real Estate, Toys & Baby Products, Travel etc.
About eBay.com
Founded in September 1995, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is The World's Online Marketplace® for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals and small businesses. Today, the eBay community includes more than a hundred million registered members from around the world. People spend more time on eBay than any other online site, making it the most popular shopping destination on the Internet.
People from all over the world buy and sell on eBay. Currently, eBay has local sites that serve Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, eBay has a presence in South Korea and Latin America through its investments in Internet Auction and MercadoLibre.com, respectively.
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