Amazon India launches Hindi website, app in battle with Flipkart
US-based e-commerce giant Amazon has launched the Hindi version of its mobile website and app for its new customers based in smaller cities. It was earlier reported that Amazon was testing mobile website in Hindi, to target vernacular customers.
According to Amazon executives, the website is now available in five international languages, including English and Hindi.
“Of the 400-odd million Internet users in India, more than 100 Mn Internet users prefer to shop in Hindi, interact with Hindi language websites. Close to 65% of them are from the smaller cities who want to make an online purchase for the first time. We believe that Amazon.in in Hindi is a critical step to address these users,” Amazon India vice-president (category management) Manish Tiwary, said.
Amazon is boosting its efforts to target the first time buyers by enhancing and simplifying their shopping experience by focusing on generating local language driven content for its customers.
The e-commerce giant has more than 180 million products from around 380,000 sellers on its platform. It is looking to translate all the product details in Hindi to further provide a complete shopping experience for its customers. It claims to have already hired people with domain and language expertise to help it translate the product details.
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