Online shopping fest from Oct 10, huge discounts on way

A group of Bangladeshi e-commerce companies are going to host an event to popularise online shopping in the country.

The “Mega Shopping Festival 10-10”, starting from October 10, will offer huge discounts on their products to attract consumers, the organisers said at a press conference at the office of Bdjobs in Dhaka yesterday.

The e-commerce companies will offer free delivery, up to 70 percent discount on purchase and 10 to 15 percent cash back on payment through mobile financial services during the 10-day event.

Shoppers will get a chance to win a travel package to Singapore, Bangkok and Kolkata, sponsored by Mastercard, the organisers said.

Companies which are participating in the second edition of the event are Rokomari, Ajkerdeal, Pickaboo, Bagdoom, Priyoshop, Styline, TheMallBD, Shajgoj, Deligram, Leisfita, Romoni.xyz, Dinratri, Diabetes Store, Truck Lagbe, Sheba.xyz, Xtragift, Stygen.gift, HandyMama, Mastercard, and Go Zayaan.  

The event was introduced last year and the 10 companies that had participated sold more items during the festival, said AKM Fahim Masroor, managing director of Ajkerdeal.com.

He said they were working to build a better ecosystem for the country’s e-commerce business. 

Currently, only five to six percent of the smartphone users avail online channels for shopping in Bangladesh but it is about 20 percent in India, according to Masroor.

Last year, e-commerce transactions reached $260 million, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wrote in an article published on the website of the World Economic Forum on Friday.