Some of you may already know this piece of information that Flipkart has raised the price limit for free shipping of listed products from Rs. 300 to Rs. 500. Not only this, they have also raised the shipping charges of the orders below the free shipping limit from Rs. 30 to Rs. 50
Flipkart as you all know is one of the India’s largest online shopping website and they are clearly using this fact to their benefit as they know that irrespective of this price increase, Indian people will still continue to shop from Flipkart because in India trust matters.
Most of the items like Pen Drives, Memory Cards, Stationery items and various books fall under the Rs. 500 category and there are lot of buyers for under Rs. 500 items. From now onwards they have to shell out more money in order to get the same product.
Some alternatives to Flipkart do exist in India in the form of Infibeam and SnapDeal