Seller Stories Archives - Flipkart Stories

September 10, 2020

#Sellfmade: From 5 orders to 700 orders a day, this woman entrepreneur says Flipkart was the best business decision!

When her electronics business wasn’t picking up on her own website, Chitra Vyas turned to Flipkart to improve her sales. Soon after, her business saw a surge in customer orders. Even when COVID-19 struck, she was able to adapt and thrive. Read on to find out how this ambitious seller, who started small, went on to win the “Best Entrepreneur” award.

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August 20, 2020

Jishnu Murali

In Odisha, a weaver community’s 100-year-old craft flourishes with Flipkart

With Flipkart and e-commerce, this community of weavers from Odisha has taken its renowned textile handicraft and handloom skills nationwide. In this story, young Chitrangan Pal represents his community as a Flipkart seller and talks about how this work is an integral part of their culture and that, with changing times, traditions too have evolved for the best.

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August 6, 2020

Jishnu Murali

Dreams uninterrupted: A Surat family business navigates uncertainty through e-commerce

Ankur Tulsian shouldered great responsibility when his father handed down the textile business that had been in the family for generations. With big dreams of taking the business to new heights, Ankur signed on to become a Flipkart seller. The fruits of the new partnership helped him maintain a revenue stream even through challenging times. Here’s his story, in his own words.

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July 30, 2020

Team Flipkart Stories

Flipkart Samarth turns 1: empowering the livelihoods of artisans, weavers & micro-enterprises across India

A year ago, Flipkart Samarth launched with the ambitious goal to help uplift and embrace India's artisans, weavers and micro-enterprises into the e-commerce fold. Today, the program supports 600,000 livelihoods and counting across the country. Read what our Samarth partners have to say about the program on its 1-year anniversary.

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July 16, 2020

Jishnu Murali

#Sellfmade – How a Flipkart seller sourced a safety essential to help his business & customers

When this Flipkart seller’s business hit a low during the COVID-19 lockdown, he turned to Flipkart for ideas. Using the resources he already had, some creativity, and with full support from Flipkart, Manoj Kumar got back to running his business and started to feel positive again. Read his story.

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July 9, 2020

Jishnu Murali

This Flipkart seller protects his employees with COVID-19 health insurance!

Running a business during a lockdown and amid a global pandemic is not easy. But this Flipkart seller not only found a way to adapt his business to the needs of customers, he also made sure his employees faced no difficulties during the transition. Read his #SellfMade story.

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June 26, 2020

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On World MSME Day, Flipkart stands with small businesses to beat back pandemic blues

As a homegrown platform, Flipkart has a huge emphasis on enabling the local MSME industry of the country, by enabling them to embrace the digital economy and transforming their business journey. Read the stories of these small businesses who have experienced the power of this path-breaking transformation despite the challenges posed by the global coronavirus pandemic

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June 25, 2020

Sophia Stephen

In Uttar Pradesh, a small family business became a lifeline for a village amid a pandemic

When Meghdoot Herbal was founded 35 years ago in a remote village near Lucknow, its aim was to create jobs for those living nearby. In early 2020, when a global pandemic threatened the very purpose of its existence, the traditional family-owned business, and now a Flipkart Samarth partner, adapted to the crisis and leveraged e-commerce to tide through difficult times. Supported by the Flipkart Samarth program under the aegis of an MoU signed with the Government of Uttar Pradesh, Vipul Shukla's family business has paved the way for similar enterprises to take the plunge and realize success. Read their incredible story.

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June 18, 2020

Sophia Stephen

The StoneSoup story: This Flipkart Samarth partner makes sustainability easy & helps women earn a living!

Bengaluru-based StoneSoup started just over 5 years ago with an aim to make sustainable living accessible to all. Not only are all their products proudly 'Made in India', the eco-entrepreneurs also found a way to empower women in village Self Help Groups across south India. Read on to know how this Flipkart Samarth partner does it!

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June 9, 2020

Jishnu Murali

#Sellfmade – How this Flipkart seller adapted to the COVID-19 crisis and found an incredible way to help his customers!

This ambitious engineer took a leap of faith and left his job to become an entrepreneur. His family told him to think twice but he was determined to succeed. Today, Abhishek Goel is a #Sellfmade Flipkart seller and he is helping make an essential product easily accessible and affordable to online shoppers. Read his inspiring story and find out how his business has adapted to the COVID-19 crisis today.

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