After Swiggy Zomato, now the e-commerce platform Flipkart has also surprised its customers. Flipkart has started charging a platform fee of Rs 3 for every order from the customers. Recently, this happened after the increase in platform fees of Zomato and Swiggy. Flipkart has imposed this fee on both online payments and cash on delivery orders. This fee will be charged on both Flipkart Plus and non-Plus program customers. However, if you purchase more than Rs 10,000 on the Flipkart mobile app and website, you will not be charged this fee.
When will fees be charged?
E-commerce company Flipkart has started charging this fee from August 17, 2024. The company says that this fee will help in running the platform efficiently and continuously improving it. The fee is not applicable on Flipkart Grocery and its travel vertical Cleartrip. However, this is already applicable on Flipkart’s fashion vertical Myntra and its fast commerce arm Flipkart Minutes, which charge Rs 20 and Rs 5 respectively.
The move brings Flipkart in line with fast-commerce players like Swiggy’s Instamart, Blinkit and Zomato’s Zepto, which also charge handling fees ranging from Rs 4 to Rs 9.99.
This platform does not charge fees
Amazon currently does not charge platform fees. But it would not be surprising if it did, because its main competitor Flipkart has already implemented such a charge. Local fast-commerce platforms, which are expanding into various product categories beyond groceries, are becoming a major concern for established players like Amazon and Flipkart. For instance, Zomato-owned Blinkit delivers small electronic devices in just 10 to 15 minutes. The rapid growth of these platforms has prompted established e-commerce companies to enter the fast-commerce segment.
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