Selling to India?

9 years ago

You can apply for amazon affiliate program India. You can also join cuelinks to promote some good stuffs and generate some handsome commission.

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hannahlist

9 years ago

Pay closer attention to your stats

Are people leaving comments for SEO?

If so, that's worthless traffic.

If people are leaving LINK-FREE comments and are inquiring about your reviews then you might be on to something...

Otherwise, you might not get the return on effort that might make sense in your situation.

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aarthielumalai

9 years ago

I completely agree with Hannah. Do you auto approve your comments?

I get a lot of junk comments on my blogs, from different countries' ips. Does not mean that my blog(s) has an audience in those countries.

So, maybe you should do more research on your traffic before you change your links.

Originally Posted by hannahlist

Pay closer attention to your stats

Are people leaving comments for SEO?

If so, that's worthless traffic.

If people are leaving LINK-FREE comments and are inquiring about your reviews then you might be on to something...

Otherwise, you might not get the return on effort that might make sense in your situation.

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winnermarketing

9 years ago

Use the same methods you use for other countryes. Remember: if you write english add maybe focus your target to the main cityes!

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salegurus

9 years ago

No offence to Indian members but from what i've seen and read you are wasting your time with traffic from the Sub Continent... If it was a worthwhile market why are the majority of Indian IM'ers trying to sell to western countries?

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agmccall

9 years ago

Originally Posted by salegurus

No offence to Indian members but from what i've seen and read you are wasting your time with traffic from the Sub Continent... If it was a worthwhile market why are the majority of Indian IM'ers trying to sell to western countries?

And to piggyback on this, Why are no Solo ad sellers promoting their list as being people from India

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DevenderA

9 years ago

You are right after adding "majority" word but all world knows Indian market was worthy and it is STILL ..

Originally Posted by salegurus

No offence to Indian members but from what i've seen and read you are wasting your time with traffic from the Sub Continent... If it was a worthwhile market why are the majority of Indian IM'ers trying to sell to western countries?

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Pradeep Bhagwat

9 years ago

HI,

At first I clear that I am Indian. I am member here more than five years and have lot of respect for other fellow Warrior members.

But....

While reading above post and comments I found that most of them expressed view with old conception. There are too many changes in India and market is changing fast. In India internet penetration is fast and deep in last few years. Indians are now having vast market in the world. They are using credit cards frequently (See the success of Flipkart, Amazon, snapdeal like sites). Online buying in India is increasing trend.

I think there is no need to tell that there is a huge opportunity in India for Internet Marketer. If you don't think so, then you are living money on the table.

- Pradeep

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discrat

9 years ago

Originally Posted by bhagwat68

HI,

At first I clear that I am Indian. I am member here more than five years and have lot of respect for other fellow Warrior members.

But....

While reading above post and comments I found that most of them expressed view with old conception. There are too many changes in India and market is changing fast. In India internet penetration is fast and deep in last few years. Indians are now having vast market in the world. They are using credit cards frequently (See the success of Flipkart, Amazon, snapdeal like sites). Online buying in India is increasing trend.

I think there is no need to tell that there is a huge opportunity in India for Internet Marketer. If you don't think so, then you are living money on the table.

- Pradeep

Thank you Pradeep,
You make some good points.
And I think there is some change and advancement happening.

Of course it may not be as quick as some people want it to be. But thorough time, I think we will see more and more of it

- Robert Andrew

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Zodiax

9 years ago

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Craigcmatthew

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Zodiax

I disagree.

Market penetration isn't the same as GDP.

India is, and will remain for a long time as an economic underdog.

The only thing they have succeeded in is driving labor costs down to a point where there seems to be advancement in that country.

Sorry, I don't quite understand this?

Having low labor costs is a sign of economic underdevelopment not advancement. High labor costs on the other hand is a signal for high human capital which is a precursor to industrialization.

In terms of GDP India is currently seventh largest. Export of manufactured goods is low and the country mainly exports agricultural products. The general value-added is low. Which, counter-intuitive as it may be, is actually a good thing. This means that if India manages import technology form the first world, allows FDI and gets a few multinational joint ventures going, then it will expand at a much higher rate. It's called the catch-up effect. So if it took the developed countries 50 years to get industrialized, India can do it in a lesser time. It can skip the discovery and innovation of technology and just import already existing methods. The Government needs to incentivize technology import, invest more in R&D, reverse engineer etc. So I don't agree that India for a long time will be an economic underdog.

As for market penetration, 3 of India's top e-commerce sites have a billion dollar valuation. Flipkart was valued at $15b last I checked.
What you need to keep in mind that Indian traffic will mainly come from mobiles. So if you are targeting Indian users, optimize for mobile.

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Zodiax

9 years ago

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Craigcmatthew

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Zodiax

So What?

Nigerian is an oil powerhouse, does that mean they are the best candidates for selling internet related products to?

No, many people here agree on the fact that indian traffic is sub-par when it comes to purchasing online. English countries have much more buying power, whether you want to believe that or not.

A few sales from India proves nothing that there are exceptions to every rule.

Before all the Indian traffic started coming here there was much less spam. Until India gets its act together I hold firm to the view that quality would increase if we blocked their ips altogether.

I don't think we understand each other. Why would you compare India with an oil producing country, it's so random and irrelevant and doesn't make any sense. Maybe you have us confused with Arabs?
No one's denying that the first world/developed countries represent a better market. Does it mean that the OP should not try to monetize his Indian traffic? I don't think so.

The OP's question concerns e-commerce (kitchen appliances), we are not talking about "selling internet related products", for which English-speaking countries are infinitely better no doubt.
As far as e-commerce is concerned, seven Indian companies have managed to achieve a billion-dollar valuation. Namely, Flipkart, Snapdeal, InMobi, PosterGuy Quikr, OlaCabs, and Paytm. Both Flipkart and Snapdeal have an affiliate program + they both sell products close to a billion dollars. I don't think you can call that "a few sales from India". So Indian traffic is not sub-par anymore IMO, not when it comes e-commerce anyways.

Banning Indian IP's would be stupid. There is a reason why all the large companies from around the world outsource to India: IBM, Microsoft, United Health Care, British Telecom etc. India is cost-effective!
You just need to know where to look and be careful about who you hire.

You are entitled to your opinion but I don't think you are giving the Indian market enough credit.

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Zodiax

9 years ago

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Craigcmatthew

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Zodiax

So What?

Nigerian is an oil powerhouse, does that mean they are the best candidates for selling internet related products to?

No, many people here agree on the fact that indian traffic is sub-par when it comes to purchasing online. English countries have much more buying power, whether you want to believe that or not.

A few sales from India proves nothing that there are exceptions to every rule.

Before all the Indian traffic started coming here there was much less spam. Until India gets its act together I hold firm to the view that quality would increase if we blocked their ips altogether.

Originally Posted by Zodiax

No, I think I am giving it the credit it earned.

Need I say more?

Nah. Hard to argue with a random screenshot on a random forum from a random user about a random thing. How f****n irrelevant is that?!

The OP is asking about monetizing Indian traffic from his website that reviews kitchen appliances, none of your posts even come close discussing that issue.
Instead you wanna talk about how India is and will for a "long time" be an economic underdog and let's ban all Indian IP ranges. And you back that up with hard facts like the one you've posted above.

I'm not gonna bother replying anymore. You can keep your "firmly held view". Good Luck.

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  I think you are WAY out of line - and I don't understand why moderators here are tolerating the anti-India sentiments you are posting repeatedly. Enough already.
  
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Pradeep Bhagwat

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Zodiax

I disagree.

Market penetration isn't the same as GDP.

India is, and will remain for a long time as an economic underdog.

The only thing they have succeeded in is driving labor costs down to a point where there seems to be advancement in that country.

If I were an admin here, I'd put a site-wide block on all indian IPs. The quality would improve overnight.

Sorry, Zodiax, but I really disappointed reading your thoughts about India. We are discussing just marketing strategy in India, and you are talking about blocking Indian Ips. It is really sad that you think so. If you think India is, and will remain for a long time as an economic underdog then please answer following questions?

1) If India is economic underdog then why Amazon starts its business in India one and half year ago in India?
2) If India is economic underdog why Flipkart like sites are crashing because of oversell?
3) Why Google appointed Indian Sundar Pichai as CEO?

List may go long....

I am really disappointed by your views. I know India is developing country still, but it had huge potential.

- Pradeep

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Jonathan S

9 years ago

I agree, check the stats and the quality of their comments. I bet many comments were rubbish, repeated comments from other sites, out of topic or nonsense comments that's worse than that of a 5 year old. So what's the reason of all these comments??? Back linking service! Such commenters were doing back linking service (that's no longer effective in today's SEO) but many marketers still do. Go to fiverr.com and you find loads of such services.

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EPoltrack77

9 years ago

I don't feel you will make sales from there.

Your better offer focusing on english speaking countries that have money to spend.

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Zodiax 9 years ago

Indians take money, they rarely have any.
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- HarrieB 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Zodiax
  
  Indians take money, they rarely have any.
  
  I ve sold products worth $10000 to Indians in about 3 months.
  
  Get ur facts right before commenting ..
  
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anameishere

9 years ago

Thanks folks!

I'm aware of the spammy comments. The comments I want to reply to are usually along the lines of "How much?" (In which case, I would say - click on the dang button I've provided, but I'm not sure how my current link works in India... )

Amazon offers an India affiliate program, but only for folks who are residents of India

You may be right though ,the effort to figure it all out might not be worth the pay our.

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Craigcmatthew

9 years ago

flipkart.com is india's largest ecommerce site (bigger than amazon-india). They sell kitchen appliances and allow international associates.
They also pay for install of their android/iphone app. It is an option for you.

Other thing you can try is partner with an Indian resident and use his Amazon-india affiliate link. Have him receive payments from amazon to his bank and send you via paypal etc. Offcourse you may have to pay him a percentage. PM me if this interests you ;-)

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Jonathan S

9 years ago

To be fair... as long as credit cards, Paypal and other online payment processors are being used in a certain country, there exists a good market! I also have numbers of customers from India and South East Asia but we can't deny the fact that the best markets are still the English speaking countries led by the best three US, UK and Australia.

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Sagar Mehta

9 years ago

A good starting point is Indian e-commerce sites.

It may take some 'tech' knowhow, but you can change your links for those products to aff links from Indian sites with an affiliate program whenever you get traffic from India.

If they're asking you about the price (which my fellow brethren who are new to the online thing often do - they just think they'll get a response on random sites, even news sites), consider adding a button that's on the lines of 'Click Here To Find Out The Price' or the best price etc.

That's a good way to engage them.

Sagar

PS: As for the person who thinks India sucks - yes, it does. Thanks for your opinion. So do the other 200+ countries out there for one reason or another. If Kim Kardashian is any indication, the US must be quite stupid. Let's stay on topic lol.

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Randall Magwood

9 years ago

You can target the country India ONLY with PPC. Adwords and Bing Ads allow you to do this. Along with moblle advertising PPC programs.

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