Shopping groceries in the cyber space

BANGALORE: Hungry Bangalore.com, redbus.in, I-ticket.in, are a few e-services started by IT graduates to cater to the daily needs of the common man. To add to these, ecityindia.com was launched recently, which enables shopping groceries online.

Arun Sundaram and Lokesh S, management graduates, launched the ecityindia.com website to make grocery shopping easy. Sundaram said, “Due to late night working, busy schedule, I did not have time to run household errands. Buying groceries for house was a tedious work at the end of the day and most of the time the shops were closed late in the evening.”

With ecityindia.com one can shop regular daily products ranging from cooking supplements, chocolates, baby products to even spices and powders. This would be of great help to the working population, who can order their groceries online and need not wait till evening to shop after a tiresome day.

This reduces the tiresome trips – and of course, the traffic snarls, to the market, crosschecking and picking items in grocery list and finally making a beeline at the billing counter, Sundaram said.

The range of products are listed in the website. Once registered, which is free, one can go on adding products into the cart. The ordered grocery will be delivered at doorsteps, within a time span of one to three hours depending upon the distance and traffic. Groceries, costing a minimum of Rs 500 has to be ordered. The payment can be made online using credit and debit card or can be paid to the delivery boy.

Sundaram said that his goal is to change the common perspective on e-commerce and make it more secure to all. The website uses CCAvenue as the payment gateway.

“This is the first of its kind in India catering to the local population. Ecityindia.com has tied-up with all the outlets of Subhiksha in Bangalore. Very soon we are looking at tying up with Food World and to expand to other cities as well,” he added.

The website also provides a platform for consumers to post their comments on the products and services, and also post their opinions about best and worst around the city.

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