End of era! eBay India's 14-year long first innings comes to an end

E-commerce giant Flipkart, which owns eBay India, will shut the service on August 14

With Flipkart deciding to pull the plug on eBay India on August 14, 2018, this will finally bring to an end the era of one of the earliest movers in the country’s online retail space. The San Jose-headquartered company, right after Walmart’s decision to acquire majority stake in Flipkart on May 9 this year, had announced its plan of trying luck in the country on its own once more. But, the market today is no more the same as it was 14 years ago when eBay entered the country. 

Back in 2004 when eBay forayed into the country with the