With a mission to enable local small businesses to benefit from its e-commerce platform, Amazon is partnering with local stores in India to enable them to sell their products through its e-commerce platform in India. This new initiative is called "Local Stores on Amazon." This program will help customers discover products from local stores in their city. It will allow offline retailers with little to no experience selling products online to list products on Amazon's website. Local stores of any size can be part of the initiative using their existing delivery mechanism. Merchants choose areas where they can potentially deliver same-day or next-day products. They may also choose to work with Amazon to fulfill their orders and expand their areas. With the Amazon delivery app, local stores can provide accurate delivery updates to both customers and Amazon. And, just like regular Amazon orders, customers can track their orders. It will be beneficial to all customers and local store owners. As a customer, you have access to a greater selection of products and local stores are transformed into digital stores. As part of the launch, Amazon India commits Rs 10 Crores to expand the programme. < p lang="en" dir="ltr">(1/2) I am pleased to announce "Local Stores on Amazon," a program that enables local retailers and merchants of all sizes to leverage Amazon technology and increase their fingerprint. After a successful pilot project with over 5,000 stores, we are committing Rs10 Crores to extend the programme. April 23, 2020 In the past six months, Amazon India launched the pilot program with more than 5,000 local stores on board in more than 100 cities. The retailers came from metropolitan cities as well as tier 1 and tier 2 cities. The pilot program took place in cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Surat, Indore Lucknow, Saharanpur, Faridabad , Kota, Varanasi, among others. It included sellers from different categories such as kitchen, home, furniture, clothing, automotive, beauty, electronics, sports, grocery, lawn and garden, books, toys, jewelry, etc. In addition, local stores can sign up for existing Amazon programs that help them earn additional income such as "I have space" to serve as drop-off and pickup points, and "Amazon Easy" to offer an expanded selection. to your clients without an appointment. During corona and lockdown time this can be very helpful. Customers will know which product is in stock and which is not. Also, ordering from the app will completely avoid crowd gathering.