New Delhi: On Friday, Flipkart mentioned that the corporate has launched a slew of measures geared toward serving to its sellers, which have been dealing with difficulties in transport orders attributable to motion restrictions, thereby incurring losses.
The Walmart-owned firm has waived varied charges paid by sellers to assist small and medium companies thrive amid the second Covid-19 wave, which is proving to be far more drastic and deadlier than the primary time.
Secondly, Flipkart isn’t going to cost storage charges to mitigate the affect that any vendor could have on their stock that’s fulfilled by means of Flipkart’s fulfilment centres, the e-commerce main mentioned in a press release.
Moreover, all cancellation payment until May 31, 2021, has been waived off for orders which will have been cancelled attributable to lockdowns in varied states. The ecommerce main is bearing all the prices of COVID insurance coverage of its sellers. The insurance coverage covers hospitalisation and session prices between Rs 50,000 and Rs 3 lakhs.
Flipkart Senior Director and Head – Marketplace Jagjeet Harode mentioned, “Through these testing occasions, it’s our fixed effort to assist our vendor companions who face immense operational challenges on account of the pandemic. As a democratic market, we need to be sure that our lakhs of vendor companions are in a position to proceed operations and hold the financial engine operating.”
The ecommerce main has additionally prolonged the window for the Seller Protection Fund (SPF). The fund permits sellers to say SPF on returned merchandise, from the common 14 days to now 30 days. If the scenario doesn’t get smoother within the coming occasions, then Flipkart would possibly introduce extra measure to assist its seller-partners, the corporate mentioned.
