After achieving a large amount of success, leading eCommerce company, Flipkart is soon coming up with ‘one-stop’ mobile app. In this, customers will get a chance to order food, hail a cab, plan a vacation and to buy daily essentials. This will save the time of users, they don’t have to surf any other websites for the similar purpose. According to the recent report, the company is in talking terms with food, cab and travel giants for collaboration. If they want to perform better than they need to ask for support from some established companies. The company has not given any official statement about the release of this app but they are expecting to launch it before the end of this year.
Prakash Sikaria, Senior Director of Monetisation and New Initiatives at Flipkart has commented that “The business is targeting a December launch and will follow a WeChat model, where the Flipkart app can be used to book a cab, order food or plan your travel.” He further added, “With the launch of loyalty points for all purchases on Flipkart, the Flipkart platform will act as a distribution channel for these services.”
This is the first time when an eCommerce platform is planning to start something like this, which has everything inside it. In 2016, food ordering app Zomato tied up with Snapdeal and accordingly, Snapdeal also partnered with Redbus and Cleartrip, and hyperlocal services marketplace UrbanClap to launch personal services category on its platform. Mwallet and Paytm can be seen as a rival for this Flipkart app.