KartRocket
| KartRocket | |
|---|---|
|
KartRocket logo | |
| Web address |
kartrocket |
| Slogan | Selling Online Simplified. |
| Commercial? | Yes |
Type of site | E-commerce |
| Registration | Yes |
| Available in | English |
| Users |
 1,900 |
| Owner |
Saahil Goel (CEO, Co-Founder) Gautam Kapoor (COO, Co-founder) |
| Launched | New Delhi, India (2012)[1] |
Alexa rank |
 1,353 (India 04/2015) |
| Current status | Active |
KartRocket is an Indian e-commerce platform founded in 2012 by India based company BigFoot Retail Solutions Pvt. Ltd. The website offers tools that allow small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to create and run their online stores with web and mobile site designs, built-in shipping, payment methods and multi-channel sales integration. The company's technology is integrated with leading technology and e-commerce companies, such as eBay, Amazon.com and Snapdeal.[1] KartRocket is the first company in India to provide automated logistic solutions for E-commerce under the name of Shiprocket.[2][3]
History
KartRocket was founded in 2012 by India based company BigFoot Retail Solutions Pvt. Ltd. under the management of two Indian entrepreneurs, Saahil Goel and Gautam Kapoor. The website was launched in public beta in 2013, and from the initial 120 users,[4] the website has grown to a total of 1900 regular customers in 2014.[5]
In 2013, the company launched a web-based API that enables customers of other shopping carts such as Magento, Opencart, Woocommerce, Shopify, and Prestashop, to integrate ShipRocket (a logistics product by KartRocket). ShipRocket is a shipping solution that enables customers to dispatch a shipment, pick a courier company, assign an airway bill number, and print a shipping label, among other facilities. The service prints packing slips in batches providing easy access to all customers and order information in one place. Order statuses change automatically from dispatch to shipped and from shipped to delivered, facilitating the tracking of order history for a particular order.[2]
In 2014, the company also launched its mobile app (Android and IOS) which lets the Kartrocket merchants manage their orders and add new products to their store from their mobile phone.[6]
Funding
In July 2013, KartRocket had raised their angel round from 5ideas, 500 Startups and angel investor Jatin Aneja.[7][8] In October 2014, KartRocket announced granting of a Series A round led by technology investor Nirvana Venture Advisors and 500 Startups, together with Tokyo-based Beenos, previously known as Netprice.com.[9] Company's officials stated that, with the funds, they want to solve the next set of problems around cataloging, mobile, traffic generation and discovery with the plans of expanding company's presence throughout India with the focus on Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.[10]
Clients
KartRocket's clients include companies such as Da Milano, Uni Style Image, Valyoo Technologies, TantraTshirts, Gaurav Gupta, Gyans, Divani, Karol Bagh Saree House and Latin Quarters.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gooptu, Biswarup (22 October 2014). "KartRocket raises $2 million in Series A funding". India Times. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vardhan, Jai (10 December 2013). "5ideas backed KartRocket opens up ShipRocket for all Indian etailers, plans to break-even within 2 months". Your Story. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ "Kartrocket Opens Up Shiprocket To All eTailers In India". Medianama. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ↑ Tilve, Priyanka (20 August 2013). "KartRocket: Helping small time e-tailers take off". Tech. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "KartRocket gets $2 mn funding". Business Standard. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "With over 1900 active stores, Kartrocket gears to grab bigger pie of e-commerce enablement space". Your Story. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Ecommerce enabler KartRocket secures near $2-mn funding from Nirvana, 500 Startups". The Financial Express. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ "Start-up Kartrocket raises USD 2,50,000 from angel investors". The Economic Times. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ↑ Ikeda, Masaru (23 October 2014). "Japan’s Beenos joins $2M investment round in India’s e-commerce enabler KartRocket". The Bridge. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ↑ Sethi, Sahiba (22 October 2014). "Delhi Based Ecommerce Enabler, KartRocket Raises Close To $2 Mn From Nirvana Venture, 500 Startups & Beenos". Inc42 Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2014.