Amazon Prime Plan Details (April 2026)

In India Amazon Prime was offered initially at Rs 999 for shopping & Prime Video. Later it was revised to Rs 1499 for a year (in 2021). In India, Prime Membership includes FREE same-day/1-day delivery on 40 lakh+ products, access to exclusive deals, early access to shopping events, exclusive access to our shopping event Prime Day; and unlimited access to award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Video, unlimited access to 100+ million songs, ad-free with Amazon Music, a free rotating selection of 3,000+ books, magazines and comics with Prime Reading, access to free in-game content and benefits with Prime Gaming.

Defunctional Online Marketplaces in India

The list includes online marketplaces/e-commerce sites which are now defunct.

==== this list is not inclusive of all =====
I had a big list of e-commerce/online shopping sites in my bookmarks. I am now filtering out of them and sharing the de-func websites here.

Phase I - list 
timtara.com
letsbuy.com - sold to flipkart
zovi.com
freecultr.com
www.tangydeals.com
www.indiaplaza.in
offerbean.com
hotvilla.in
askmegrocery.com
fliptrazon.com - coupon search bot
ndtvshopping.com
ishop2buy.in
indiavarta.com (the New Indian Express Group backed)
khojguru.com - discount/coupon
brandtrendz.com
brandsdragon.com
nord51.com
shopping.anandabazar.com mainly books
vefro.com
surpluss.in
zoffio.com
iridegear.com
bitfang.com
cost-club.com
seventymm.com
johnlaj.com

Phase II list
www.clickroo.com/
www.myoutlets.in/
factie.com/ changed to techunts.com and that's not a proper e-commerce site
yumedeals.com/
www.locville.com/
daddyscapes.com/
buddyshoppe.com/
www.govasool.com/
www.bhaap.com/
www.tradus.com/ - now an OLX company turns into global marketplace for selling and buying heavymachinery
www.ordervenue.com/
adexmart.com/
buxsa.com/
shelltag.com/ - no active product
www.missflurrty.com/
www.scrunchh.com/
www.donebynone.com/
www.kaaryah.com/
www.oghaindia.com/
www.zomint.com/
www.shopabroadonline.com/
www.buytheprice.com/
www.landmarkonthenet.com/  - redirects to tatacliq website
www.nectar.in/
www.digaaz.com/
www.grabmore.in/
www.ynew.in/ - store shut down, but shifted to ebay platform stores.ebay.in/ynew which has old dated products
www.fashionara.com/
buynbrag.com/
www.jewelskart.com/
www.statebank.yourmarketplace.in/
www.watchkart.com/
www.indiaontime.com/

99garments.com/
www.dealsupto.com/ - filled up garbage
bigbazaardirect.com/
www.bigadda.com/ [backed by zapak.com] - turned into online gaming site
beforeafter.in/
www.20north.com/
www.autsun.com/
www.itsmuahlife.com/

March 2019

bushirt.com
masticart.com
www.askmebazaar.com
www.zabme.com
fashionfreakstore.com/
lazyninja.in/
www.saverr.com/index.php
iknowstudio.com/
shopping.indiatimes.com/
www.theitbazaar.com/store/
www.bespecimen.com/ - down
gobol.in/  - zero activity
www.lootbargain.com/
discountpandit.com/
freedealstation.blogspot.in/
thegstreet.com/
www.thetshirtsale.com/
www.coralhub.com/

Sometime during 2019

https://www.shopmonk.com/
http://www.funatic.in/
https://shopping.sify.com/
taggle.com
http://lootspot.com/
http://www.lootore.com/
http://shoppingneeds.in/
http://www.lemall.com/in/
http://www.doozyshopping.com/
http://www.hankerbuy.com/
www.fullondesi.com/
http://www.yuvastyle.com/
http://styletag.com/
http://www.checknshop.com/
http://www.yepme.com/
http://bagrab.com/
http://www.styleever.com/
http://dutyfree.buzz/
http://www.buffersales.com/
http://stophere.in/
http://oshopindia.com/
http://www.locville.com/

e-Commerce in India: Roadblocks & My Story

e-Commerce is booming in India. Some died prematurely like Taggle, while some left the market and came back powerfully like BigAdda. Well from my aspect e-commerce boom is just started and it has to go long distance.

What are the road blocks for e-Commerce in India?

Flipkart is NOT Cheap, Others Offer Cheaper than it

Flipkart is not that cheap!

When I came to know about Letsbuy.com and its coupons, I find Letsbuy is way cheaper than Flipkart. Later I also find that electronics are cheaper on Letsbuy, even if the product is at same price, Letsbuy is offering some value-for-money gifts (like Nikon P500 gets 16GB memory card on Letsbuy).

But still for books I thought Flipkart gives me ultimate deal. As COD is withdrawn from many cities by Flipkart, it has now no speciality for me.

Worst part is other online sellers are selling books at lower price than Flipkart. I recently mailed to my friends regarding the high pricing by Flipkart with an example of Desperate Dubai - Flipkart @Rs 224, Tradus.in @Rs 212, and Infibeam.com @ Rs 179.

1st Online Order from Flipkart, Behind-the-Desk Story of Flipkart

Recenlty I have done my 1st online shopping with Flipkart(FK). It was real good as I got the books within a week in 2 installments. I paid via Cash-On-Delivery (COD). FK use selft-delivery system for books, a person from FK will deliver the books to you and take the payment from you in cash.

Later I order a headphone which is told to be shipped via First Flight. The item will be delivered within 7 days to me.