JioMart Live: Mukesh Ambani’s JioMart website live now; to compete with Amazon, Flipkart, BigBasket, Grofers

Mukesh Ambani’s online grocery venture JioMart has expanded operations to multiple cities after running pilot programme in Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Kalyan. While the number of cities JioMart is now serving is not confirmed but based on the pin codes punched-in showed that the service is available in multiple Tier-I and II cities such as Chandigarh, Dehradun, Dhanbad, Gwalior, Kota, Ludhiana, Surat etc. Customers in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and other metros can also order from JioMart that will compete with vertical online marketplaces such as Alibaba-backed BigBasket and SoftBank-funded Grofers and horizontal players including Amazon Pantry, Flipkart Supermart etc.

Apart from grocery, JioMart is also offering personal care, home care and baby care products. The company is also giving a minimum of 5 per cent discount on select products. The expected order delivery according to JioMart is two days “however due to the current surge in orders it may be delayed further,” it said on the website while checking out an order. Users can pay via JioMoney wallet apart from standard options including other wallets, card payment, net banking and cash on delivery.