Well not only for girls, for everyone it is a hectic to carry bags and then themselves.
In simple terms it is like Hindi saying ‘credit card swap karo, aish karo’.

Come, lets get acquainted the modern shopping online shopping trend.

The Reverse

The first online shopping on web was created by Tim Berners Lee back in 1991. After that it was Pizza Hut which started its online business in 1994 along with the German company Intershop. Then appeared the famous Amazon and eBay. It was from Amazon and eBay that this business flourished and the rest you can see it yourself; every other day you get another mail.

What do you need?

• A Computer/Laptop/Application with easy access to internet.
• A Debit/ Credit Card (as very few e-shops allow cash on delivery)
• And some time (to choose from the huge variety of items.)

Consumer network

Though till the past it was so believed that the customers to this B2C shopping on web were in general the people with higher level of income, education and occupation. But with the evolution of networking the customer network has expanded.

How it works?

Here once the customer logs into the account he can choose the items and store them in a virtual ‘shopping cart’. Cart is a place where the items selected by the customer is accumulated and then when the customer checks out, he finally chooses among the items selected those that he actually wants to purchase. At this stage (or after the checking out, for some sites) the customer feeds in the payment details. Then the customer is intimated about the progress via SMS and E-Mails.

Payment

Most of the shopping sites take payment via Credit cards and Debit cards; but due to security reasons the customer isn’t comfortable to give the details of his card on web. So for such group there are sites which take payment on delivery (better known as ‘cash-on-delivery’ with extra charges) or the billed amount is added to phone bills.

Is it secure?

Security is what the customer and the merchant is worried about. It can be the concern both ways. The customer is at the risk of leaking his credit/debit card number. And the merchant is at the risk of fraudulent purchases from stolen credit cards.

Identity threats and phishing and stealing of data from the merchant’s site via spamming is very common. (That is why you see those jumbled numbers and alphabets, called captcha).

The way out..

To overcome the problems, standards must be set for all the websites. The sites must be rated based on assessments, quality, service and anonymous feedback, to ensure that the consumer and the merchant both are safe.

Well, its the festive season. Happy Shopping!

Some suggested sites:

• www.amazon.com
• www.ebay.com
• www.flipkart.com
• www.olx.com
• www.homeshop18.com
• www.snapdeal.com

It has been about a year that I have been administering the content on kyakare.com. The whole work started as a “variation” of Content Writing (which I was into during that time). During the initial stages I teamed up with one other member of FOURDY SOLUTIONS, but lately I have been doing it by myself under the guidance of Baselal Killekar, Chief Editor at Kyakare.com. The project was routed by my brother, Rahul Bharadwaj as an extension of the development services that he provided to kyakare.

Kyakare is an event calendaring website, the name of which stems from a Hindi word meaning — What do I/we do? The site started with the metropolitan areas of Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and subsequently covered Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Goa. What you’ll find is a glut of events covering various field of interest (like arts, college, courses, dance, deals, eating, exhibition, health, kids, movies, music, seminar, theater, workshop and etc) for each calendar day.

The mind behind the concept of this event listing site strongly felt the necessity to list the events happening in the city online so that any event related information could be surfed without actually turning through the pages of the newspaper tediously.

At Kyakare the look of the site is kept quite simple & ad free without fussing too much on graphic elements which enables it to be among the few of the umpteen sites that tend to register in the viewer’s mind. Unlike other websites, the aim of the site is not to procure revenue by placing a lot of advertisements or increase page hits, but the actual goal remains in providing users with excellent services & earn their trust; which is a reward in itself. The site is a perfect example of a place to discover and share an event.

The homepage showcases the day’s events under all the 19 different categories, events coming soon, recent posted, and most viewed. Each event listing contains a short title to the event, a description, timings, the venue and other contact information where available.

The site also gives user the facility of registering on the site and becoming its member and thereby creating a personal profile of their own. The registered members (people) can rate the events, ‘Like it’ by clicking on the like it option, add people to their friend list and interact with other members through messaging feature within the site. Anyone (without registering) can feed in information about any event happening in the city. RSS feeds are also available. There is lot more interesting features aside from the few mentioned yet which makes this site superior than any other.

In 2009, Kyakare.com got listed in the ‘Top 25 Hottest Indian Web Companies’ – appappeal.com

Kyakare.com has come this far without spending much on marketing and advertisements. All that the team at Kyakare did was to focus on their jobs and provide fabulous service. With every passing day we saw the enterprise grow, slowly but surely. We received new members and events regularly- with over more than 30,000 event listings and 500 registered members since its inception in 2007, Kyakare.com is looking forward to make it’s presence feel in more cities in a year’s time. There is nothing specific laid out for 2010; instead strategies are modified on a weekly basis depending on what suits best.

Being a part of the Kyakare team and a web administrator, I could only wish a good luck to the people there for future and hope that the site gains an excellent and viable readership!

Interested in this event listing site, or thinking aaj kya kare, then visit http://www.kyakare.com/

The world has always believed that Indian are one of the most intelligent amongst all, but somehow I believe, web industry does not live upto that expectation. Indian web and software services are well known for their “cost effective” work. Over 70% of the software/web projects are outsourced from countries like USA, UK and Australia to Indian sub-continent but lately the “trust” factor seems to be evaporating from the minds of western outsourcers (Views wanted). Primary reason: the quality of end product.

I personally feel that this have happened because of the absolute unorganized arrangement of service providers in India which gives birth to the idea of having a common “association” or “forum” for application development companies. This Association can lay guidelines to work structure, pay scales, quality and technology. We can also have periodic meets to discuss the possible threats to/opportunities for web development industry. This would act as a common platform for the professionals of the industry to pool in their ideas. In my prior discussions with some companies, the idea had been accepted whole heartedly but the initial launch pad was still missing. Can Kolkata Blogger’s Meet be the push that it requires?

When I’d come to know about Kolkata Blogger’s meet, I had an idea that it was more about only blogging rather than the complete umbrella of services which were stringed to it. But, after my discussion with Kamanashish who seemed very interested in the same idea I am trying to give this concept another try where we can form an association of like minded application/software/web developers to discuss trends, threats and formulate new ideas and step forward when others are still thinking. Sounds good? if yes, see you at 2nd Blogger’s meet, Kolkata (find the details below).

Kolkata Blogger’s Meet 2009

8th August, 2009 | Saturday
05.00 pm onwards
Cafe Coffee Day, Sector 5
Salt Lake, Kolkata
www.webreps.in