Great experience @ flipkart.com. Review on Flipkart

I got to know about a new online bookstore Flipkart.com through a

friend and decided to give it a shot since I am not at all satisfied

with the other options available in india.  I ordered two books at

Flipkart, one which they promised to deliver within 3 days and another

which they promised to ship in 5 days.

Here's my review:

1. The site is clean unlike most other indian e-commerce websites which

are filled with flashes all around the place making it difficult to

focus.

1. The book catalog is not exhastive but I guess they have just started

off, so as long as they do not post stuff they do not have that is

good.

1. The search is excellent. I hate the search on

fabmall(indiaplaza) where you have to specify whether your are search

in title or author or isbn. What if I want to search for a book with a

title by a specific author. There is no easy way to this at indiaplaza.

Flipkart solves this problem and you can type in both title and/or

author in their search box.

Also their search is much quicker and you can then filter your search results by title or author.

1. They offer free-shipping all over India on all their books, so you

don't have to mentally add the shipping costs everytime you are looking

at an item.

1. Price for the 3 day book was less than what I could find at brick

and mortar stores and other online shopping sites. Price for the other

book was the same as the list price but since I couldn't find this book

at any other place I decided to buy it anyway.

1. Payment options are only Visa and Mastercard. Other site offer many

more payment options. This is something they should work on.

1. Product delivery and promptness were excellent. I got one book withing

three days and I also received an update on the status of my second

book. The second book was shipped on the 3rd day itself which was a

pleasant surprise. The books were very well packed and in good

condition.

Overall a good site. They

have scope to improve though, need to increase their catalog and add other payment options.

Definetly recommended!