Dhaka, June 05, 2016: Zero Gravity Ventures Limited, an
e-Commerce company from one of country’s leading conglomerates Ananta Group,
today launches country’s first B2B ecommerce website, sindabad.com to provide
one stop purchasing solutions for all the businesses in Bangladesh.
sindabad.com is an
online shop where offices, factories or any business organizations can purchase
their regular consumptions simply by a few clicks, anytime, from any location, at
their own convenience. Orders are delivered at their offices or factory premises
by sindabad.com on time.
The Honorable State
Minister of ICT, Mr. Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP launched sindabad.com website as
chief guest. From Ananta Group, Mr. Sharif Zahir, Managing Director and Mr.
Asif Zahir, Director along with Mr. Zeeshan Kingshuk Huq, Co-founder & CEO
of Zero Gravity Ventures Limited were also present at the launching program.
The site currently
hosts nearly 6,000 products across 5 categories. Business Customers can
purchase stationary, office supplies, housekeeping items, electrical items, IT equipment,
safety and security items from sindabad.com at retail as well as wholesale
prices. More products and categories will be added in coming months, the
investors mentioned.
ICT minister Mr.
Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, “The Government has taken wide variety of steps and a
number of projects to enable the IT sector towards making it a USD 5 billion
industry. Local e-Commerce growth will greatly contribute to this journey, and
with B2B sites like sindabad.com, businesses can bring far more efficiency,
saving operational cost and enhancing skills.”
With a free sindabad.com business account, there is no tracking
down multiple suppliers as one has access to thousands of products at
competitive prices – in many cases better than wholesale prices – and the
products being delivered right at the doorsteps.
Mr. Sharif Zahir,
Managing Director of Ananta Group, mentioned that the group is diversifying
business interests. “sindabad.com is an innovative concept. At large businesses
like ours, we frequently spend a lot of resources in finding gains in
purchases. A solution like sindabad.com would take away these hassles”, he
said.
But it is rather
the Small and Medium sized businesses that will benefit more from such online
shops, Mr. Zeeshan Kingshuk Huq, Co-Founder & CEO of Zero Gravity, pointed
out. “With sindabad.com, SMEs can now like the big companies buy!” he mentioned.
“For large companies, the opportunity will be on being able to predict orders,
bringing efficiency by reducing valuable man-hours wasted in product hunt and
negotiations, and bringing transparency.”
Mr. Asif Zahir also
spoke on the launch, “From my experience at Google, I am confident that it is
only a matter of time that even business owners and purchase manager alike will
pick up the habit of purchasing online!”
General customers can also purchase for their home from
this site, while a volume discount is applied targeting larger scale, business
orders. Customers can pay vide all major debit or credit cards, by bank
transfer, by mobile financial services or by cheques or cash.
Bangladesh currently has more than 250 online
e-Commerce shops, and a huge number of Facebook-based shops. Almost all of them
are currently targeting retail clients. The launch of sindabad.com was also
attended by key personalities from IT industry, BASIS, financial institutions,
suppliers and industry experts.
About sindabad.com and Zero Gravity:
sindabad.com is an
online shop, catering to offices and businesses for their regular purchase
needs. It currently offers a wide variety of office supplies, stationary,
housekeeping items, IT items, electrical goods, safety and security items.
Zero Gravity Ventures Limited
is an e-Commerce startup from Ananta Group. Led by Zeeshan Kingshuk Huq, the company currently owns
sindabad.com, biponee.com and kiksha.com, and plans to bring more e-Commerce
solutions in the country.
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