<p class="title">E-commerce major Amazon on Monday said its seller base has crossed the five lakh mark in the country boosted by various India-first innovations and traders from small cities and towns.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The e-tailer has crossed the mark in its more than five years of operations in the country, an official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The seller base has crossed the five-lakh mark," Amazon India Vice President (Seller Services) Gopal Pillai said while attributing</p>.<p class="bodytext">the rise in seller base to various India-first innovations, which encouraged sellers' participation, especially from tier-II, and -III.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was speaking on the sidelines of an event to launch products by Ludhiana-based Trident Limited on Amazon's global marketplace as a part of Amazon's Global Selling Programme (AGSP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We hope it inspires thousands of other manufacturers and brand owners across Punjab to come and take advantage of this platform,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amazon is providing a transparent and level playing field to all the producers and giving them the opportunity to showcase their products across the globe, Trident Group Chairman Rajinder Gupta said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"More than 80 per cent of the global sellers are coming from tier-II and -III cities, particularly from manufacturing zones like Surat, Ludhiana and Lucknow. We are also seeing a lot of B2B manufacturers coming into B2C and succeeding," Pillai said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said the state's famous Phulkari and handicraft items should also be marketed on e-commerce portals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that e-commerce portals are lucrative platforms for Indian sellers to engage with global audiences.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They have huge sales potential and entail minimal marketing cost. In order to promote the sales of local handicrafts, they should also be showcased on such platforms," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said he will raise the issue with the chief minister. "This would promote exports and help the small-scale industry in Punjab to grow," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pillai said through AGSP, Indian exporters can showcase their product range "on our 12 international marketplaces, and can also embark on a successful and profitable e-commerce journey that adds global scale to their businesses and expands market reach.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Through this programme, we want to bring more and more Indian brands and MSMEs on board to unleash the potential of 'Make in India' initiative, by enabling e-commerce exports and providing global customer access,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Clocking USD 1 billion dollars in cumulative exports till now, AGSP is expected to generate USD 5 billion in cumulative export sales by 2023 for Indian exporters enrolled in this programme, he said. </p>
<p class="title">E-commerce major Amazon on Monday said its seller base has crossed the five lakh mark in the country boosted by various India-first innovations and traders from small cities and towns.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The e-tailer has crossed the mark in its more than five years of operations in the country, an official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The seller base has crossed the five-lakh mark," Amazon India Vice President (Seller Services) Gopal Pillai said while attributing</p>.<p class="bodytext">the rise in seller base to various India-first innovations, which encouraged sellers' participation, especially from tier-II, and -III.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was speaking on the sidelines of an event to launch products by Ludhiana-based Trident Limited on Amazon's global marketplace as a part of Amazon's Global Selling Programme (AGSP).</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We hope it inspires thousands of other manufacturers and brand owners across Punjab to come and take advantage of this platform,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Amazon is providing a transparent and level playing field to all the producers and giving them the opportunity to showcase their products across the globe, Trident Group Chairman Rajinder Gupta said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"More than 80 per cent of the global sellers are coming from tier-II and -III cities, particularly from manufacturing zones like Surat, Ludhiana and Lucknow. We are also seeing a lot of B2B manufacturers coming into B2C and succeeding," Pillai said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla said the state's famous Phulkari and handicraft items should also be marketed on e-commerce portals.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that e-commerce portals are lucrative platforms for Indian sellers to engage with global audiences.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"They have huge sales potential and entail minimal marketing cost. In order to promote the sales of local handicrafts, they should also be showcased on such platforms," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The minister said he will raise the issue with the chief minister. "This would promote exports and help the small-scale industry in Punjab to grow," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pillai said through AGSP, Indian exporters can showcase their product range "on our 12 international marketplaces, and can also embark on a successful and profitable e-commerce journey that adds global scale to their businesses and expands market reach.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Through this programme, we want to bring more and more Indian brands and MSMEs on board to unleash the potential of 'Make in India' initiative, by enabling e-commerce exports and providing global customer access,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Clocking USD 1 billion dollars in cumulative exports till now, AGSP is expected to generate USD 5 billion in cumulative export sales by 2023 for Indian exporters enrolled in this programme, he said. </p>