GoDaddy and ShopClues have forged a partnership to help merchants conduct business online. Online marketplace ShopClues will assist and maintain the websites for the merchants while web hosting company GoDaddy will provide them with domain names. Merchants will get a choice to pick out their webs…
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SMEs play central role in the growth of Indian economy | Rajiv Sodhi, VP & MD, GoDaddy India & Australia
GoDaddy was born to give people an easy, affordable way to get their ideas online. Today, with more than 13 million customers around the world, the goal is much the same, i.e., to help people easily start, confidently grow and successfully run their own ventures. SMEpost.com caught up with Rajiv …
Government classifies online sales to foreign buyers as exports
The government on April 12 said all sales by Indian sellers to foreign buyers through digital platforms would be classified as export. All domestic sellers who supply goods and services to foreign buyers would be classified as exporters. It will allow them to claim benefits under the Merchandise …
Anil Kapoor backs video social network INDI.COM
Actor Anil Kapoor has invested an undisclosed amount in Indi.com, a global video social network that’s set to launch in India. Indi.com allows individuals and companies to create and monetise content by sharing videos while integrating multiple social networks. Artists, retailers, NGOs, cel…
Japan’s Rakuten opens office in Bengaluru; poaches mid-level managers from Flipkart, Amazon
Rakuten, an ecommerce company referred to as Japan’s Alibaba and also the owner of chat app Viber, may follow its Chinese peer and enter India’s booming online marketplace. Japan’s Rakuten opens office in Bengaluru; poaches mid-level managers from Flipkart, Amazon Japan’s …
Top tech buyers to listen to pitches from Indian startups
For the better part of two decades, chief information officers of some of the world’s largest companies such as General Electric, Apple and Citigroup have looked at India as a lowcost destination to fuel their back-office software projects. That narrative started to change over the past few…
SBI to set up special branch for start-ups in Bengaluru
The nascent yet burgeoning start-up ecosystem has caught the attention of SBI. The country’s largest bank will soon set up a first-of-its-kind branch to cater exclusively to the growing banking needs of start-ups. The bank has zeroed in on Bengaluru, the so-called Silicon Valley of India, for set…