ONDC retail order numbers decline as financial incentives fadeONDC initially provided financial incentives to onboard sellers, drive transactions, and fund customer discounts and offers. However, it ha...
27 Mar, 2025, 11.14 AM IST
$250K funding for ONDC hackathon topper firmsThe Build for Bharat initiative was started in New Delhi in December last year in collaboration with the government’s Startup India platfor...
30 May, 2024, 12.06 PM IST
BHIM looks to bulk up with ONDC to take on digital payment heavyweightsNPCI-built app to foray into ecommerce space via separate division. Despite marketing challenges, BHIM aims to improve user experience thro...
04 May, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Is ONDC’s gamble paying off?The ambitious project has gained visible traction through the past year. But what are the challenges that must be addressed before it truly...
17 Mar, 2024, 06.01 AM IST
More than 20 ecommerce firms adopt Google Cloud-ONDC’s Open Commerce solutionGoogle Cloud’s Vertex AI platform will enable buyers and sellers to transact via voice commands in regional languages, automatically transl...
06 Sep, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
India's digital advertising revenue is on a riseIn India, e-commerce search is becoming more popular than general search engines for digital advertising spend, with Amazon benefitting mor...
16 Aug, 2023, 11.36 PM IST
Crisis deepens at Dunzo as it further delays staff salaries; Indian investors double down on Big Tech stocksDunzo told employees that it understands the delay in salaries is ‘very difficult’ and that the firm appreciates the patience.
19 Jul, 2023, 08.05 PM IST
Plotch partners with Google Cloud to help ONDC network integrationCalled Nodebox, the solution is powered by Google Cloud’s open source solution and bundled with Google Cloud infrastructure.
28 Jun, 2023, 02.22 PM IST
Google sets billing option deadline; Flipkart head of new biz Adarsh Menon quitsDespite an ongoing legal tussle with startup body Alliance of Digital India Foundation, Google has asked Indian app developers to adopt one...
17 May, 2023, 08.02 PM IST
ONDC has potential to dilute market concentrationPlatform fees for food delivery using ONDC are being reported at a fifth of those charged by the market leaders. This is a considerable red...
08 May, 2023, 10.55 PM IST
For small stores to be big e-leagueUPI has, however, exposed the limitations of technology to improve competition. The platform is overwhelmingly dominated by PhonePe and Goo...
12 Mar, 2023, 11.55 PM IST
SoftBank, Sequoia, other VCs push ONDC to portfolio firmsThe Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA) also recently held a meeting with the ONDC team to understand how various startups could coll...
20 Jul, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
ONDC sets up industry working groups to create building blocks for base networkThe ONDC initiative aims to offer a fair playing field for e-commerce organisations and there is a need to offer sellers and customers the ...
23 Jun, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
ETtech Explainer | ONDC: India's bid to break ecommerce monopoliesThe network, which aims to democratise ecommerce by putting more kiranas and unorganised retailers online, was launched as a test in Bengal...
13 Jun, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
Google is in talks to join govt’s open etail networkAt present, Google's talks are “exploratory” and have spanned across different businesses within Google including search and payments, acco...
27 May, 2022, 07.44 AM IST
New rules in the works to curb seller bias in etail search resultsThese rules will be a part of the framework for Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) and will apply to all companies engaged in digital...
11 Apr, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
We will be able to launch beta version of Open Network for Digital Commerce in few months: GoyalIt will enable buyers and sellers to be digitally visible and transact through an open network, no matter what platform/ application they u...
09 Feb, 2022, 06.47 PM IST