Online markets cut hassles for cattle buyers
E-commerce entrepreneurs have made purchasing and selling of sacrificial cattle quite easy this year.
Local online portals have set stations at different cattle markets where the representatives of the websites show adverts of cattle sellers to the buyers.
After finding the cattle of choice, the buyers are allowed to bargain over the phone to complete the trade.
Once the deal is done, the buyers can take the animals themselves, which saves time for both parties.
Every minute, more than three ads for sacrificial animals are being posted on the site of Ekhanei.com, one of such online portals, and the figure has already crossed 8,000, the company said in a statement. Interested buyers from Dhaka and other parts of the country can easily inquire about the prices and other necessary information from the updated posts.
Representatives of Akhoni.com, another online portal, are now also stationed at various markets in Dhaka, including Gabtali, Gopibagh, Uttara, Motijheel and Jatrabari, with cameras and laptops to help cattle sellers and buyers.
The website agents are also active in Chittagong's Sagorika haat along with other markets in Rajshahi, Jessore, Barisal, Kishoreganj, Satkhira and Barguna.
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