Amazon India says 600 sellers out of 6.5 lakh saw Rs 1 crore in sales during festive month

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Jeff Bezos Amazon’s India business, which has 6.5 lakh sellers on its marketplace, on Wednesday said that nearly 600 sellers saw over Rs 1 crore in sales while close to 6,500 sellers sold goods worth over Rs 10 lakhs during its nearly month-long Great Indian Festival sale. The sale began at midnight on October 16 with early access for Prime members. Importantly, during the pre-festive lead up for small and medium sellers and first 48 hours of the sale, over 5,000 sellers, according to Amazon, had clocked sales worth Rs 10 lakh. Also, from “over 1.1 lakh sellers” in the first 48 hours, the overall sale had “close to 1.2 lakh small and medium sellers” getting an order, according to the company.