Snapdeal To Join Hands With Rivals Flipkart And Paytm?

Well, yes says our sources. In order to increase the potential sales, Indian online marketplace Snapdeal are in deal talks with their counterparts Flipkart as well as Paytm.

This news is actually not so surprising as the company had witnessed a loss of 29.6 billion rupees last financial year and also decided to lay off 600 employees.

Snapdeal is currently facing a crisis as its founders wrote an open letter informing their employees about the situation and also the Founder’s 100% fee cut.

Snapdeal is presently facing massive competition from its rival e-commerce giant Amazon as well as Paytm and Flipkart. Recently, Softbank also appointed Kabir Mishra to the Snapdeal board.

However, spokesperson of Snapdeal denied the talks about selling the firm to Paytm and Flipkart. They said: “Snapdeal till date did not make (sic) any discussions. The information is incorrect. We are making decisive progress in gaining profits and all efforts are aligned in this direction.”

Snapdeal is actually known to offer heavy discounts is creating uncertainty about its profitability and eventually leading to a big loss.