Online Electronics and Computer Retailers in India

January 28th, 2008 § 17 comments

According to statistics, Internet usage in India doubles every month. But the growth of e-commerce in the country is not that encouraging. For a nation with a population of more than one billion, a handful of online shops is all that we know of. Here are some of those that I found.

This is a ‘living’ post. In case you know any other websites, do let me know in the comments. I will update the post.

Computer Retailers

Computer Warehouse: Bangalore based company having a website at http://www.apnacomp.com. Though the website design has nothing to write home about, you can find an excel sheet of the current prices, which is pretty useful for comparison purposes even if you have no intentions of buying anything. Look for the spreadsheet link on the top right hand corner. Prices are probably the best when compared to competition.

IT Depot: Another retailer with a better looking website than Computer Warehouse. The website though, requires a revamp, as most links with multiple pages do not work properly on most browsers. Its a shame that the owners of this site are not looking into this problem. This is a Chennai based company. http://www.theitdepot.com.

BWIndia: Probably designed by a bunch of 7 year olds during their summer holidays, this is one of the ugly looking websites which reminds you of the internet of early 1990s. You may not be able to make an order from here, but you can check the prices for comparison with competition. http://www.bwindia.com. By the way, does anyone know what that Red Indian is doing on the website with an big but empty callout ? And what about that ginarmous LG logo?

Update 20-Mar-2009:  BWIndia guys have a new website at http://www.bwindia.net.  This site is much more user-friendly and highly navigable. Only caveat is that you need a user account to view the prices.

Dell India: The official DELL store is almost an exact replica of its US counterpart. Hence highly usable and navigable. http://www.dell.co.in

Lenovo India: Excellent online store like the DELL. http://www.lenovo.com/in/en/.

Croma Retail: Again, not an online store, but you can view the entire catalog of products offered in croma retail stores here. Website: http://www.cromaretail.com

Electronics/Gadgets

GadgetsGuru: A good collection of Gadgets and Electronic goods. http://www.gadgetsguru.in

Gadgets.in: Known primarliy for their sale of iPhone in India. Pretty good site and these guys seem to know very well about their products. http://www.gadgets.in

CafeGadgets: Another website which has the name Gadgets in it. Prices seem to be slightly on the higher side. http://cafegadgets.com/

JJMehta: If you are a photography enthusiast in India, you most likely know JJMehta. The Mumbai based retailer’s website is at http://www.jjmehta.com. If you have a PayPal account, you can buy things online here. The prices are a bargain if you compare it with any other online or local retailer. Their iPod prices are the cheapest in India, just a fraction more than the US prices.

Update 27-Feb: JJMehta now has an online e-Commerce site. You can buy using credit/debit cards issued by Banks in India. http://www.jjmehta.com/webshop/index.html

IndiaPlaza: You can also buy electronics among a gamut of other things from this pretty decent looking website. http://www.indiaplaza.in/

Rediff Shopping: A great source of imported, cheap chinese electonic goods. You will find branded products too. http://shopping.rediff.com. Buying process is a bit complex with an elaborate verification process if you buy anything for more than Rs. 5000.

Mobile Phone Retailers

Univercell: Another website desperately needing a redesign. This is the best place to check if you want to see which is the latest handset in the market. http://www.univercell.in

TheMobileStore: Official website of the “The Mobile Store” retail chain. http://www.themobilestore.in/

Important: I am not an affiliate to any of the websites mentioned in this post. These links are of informational value and I am not responsible for any good/bad or negative experiences you may have with these vendors.

  • http://www.OffersForShoppers.com Ranjith

    Hi,

    I found http://www.offersforshoppers.com as a very good retailer giving offline offers online. I think it worth adding in your list. They claim they are india’s first true web to store for offer and discounts.

    Ranjith

  • http://www.jaganath.net jaganath

    @Ranjith,

    Doesn’t seem to be an online retail shop. I will add this once I have a category for this kind of ‘bargain’ sites.

  • Abhijit Pai

    Thanks; useful links. About bwindia.com, agree completely. Perhaps useful to mention that the Computer Warehouse website is computerwarehousepricelist.com, in case they don’t renew the other domain.

  • Rajat Prabhu

    bwindia.com has some problem if browsed in any other browser than internet explorer. It is worst in other browsers but very well presented in internet explorer. Even links don’t work in firefox. But the prices i find are the lowest of all the online and offline stores. bestofindianwebsites.com refers bwindia.com as gem of a website.

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  • http://littlewiki.in wiki

    cafegadgets.com is another reliable site you could add to your list.

  • Ganesh R

    prices mentioned at binary world’s website are most competitive of all websites and retail stores which i know. computer ware house prices are not good and they don’t keep stock most items. bwindia should open one retail counter in kingeri for us to buy without travelling in bangalore trafic to malleswaram

  • http://www.jaganath.net jaganath

    @Ganesh R
    Computer Warehouse delivers products to your home for a very nominal fee. check with bwindia to see if they also have any service like that.

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  • http://www.crazypricing.in Gagan

    There is one more interesting website which is reliable is http://www.Crazypricing.in Online Shopping Website in India

  • http://9tech9.com Raghav

    9tech9.com is a new site, the prices seems ok

  • Anil Srivatsa

    http://www.bwindia.net is better website than http://www.bwindia.com and it offers online shopping also. speed is very slow but it doesn’t matter as binary world’s prices are lowest of all the online and offiline stores in india.

  • Rishi Tardeo

    Dear Anil,
    Thank you very much for your kind comments and letting me discover – http://www.bwindia.net – it is by and large the best indian online computer store i have visited till now. It is technically very sound and prices are very very reasonable. You are true, it seems little slow, but it hardly matters.
    Thanks Again.

  • Bhagyesh Hede
  • Yashvardhan deo

    Hi
    Other day we went to SP Road and there was a huge crowd in front of golcha computer shop. we were shocked to know that police had cought one thief who had stolen few laptops from chennai and sold to golcha ankit and one more shop. police was there with the thief and trying to trace the laptops. people from surrounding shops were talking as if it was a very normal thing for them like every day business. it is better not to buy from sp road with bill and never give them your address if you buy from them. what you buy if stolen – police not to trace customer.

  • atul

    i found the most updated computers and laptop prices in a small site called itnetinfo.com ..it is the site of a computer shop called itnet in cochin .kerala

  • Munisamy A

    bwindia.net website is very usefull and bestest prices of all laptop computers i come from hosur to buy from their indiranagar up and down sixty kilometer parvaa illa meaning buy there only never to go sproad shops all cheaters

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