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on the top
100 stores
March 2020
ecommerceDB country report
The ecommerceDB country report ”eCommerce in India 2019” The analysis in this report is based on exclusive data from
provides a comprehensive overview of the Indian eCommerce ecommerceDB.com, the Statista Digital Market Outlook, and the
market, which can be relevant for understanding your (potential) 2019 Statista Global Consumer Survey.
customers, strategic business development, e.g., when assessing
potential target markets, or for benchmarking your store against the ecommerceDB.com gives insights into more than 20,000 online
market, its leaders, or fast-growing competitors. stores in 50 countries, including detailed revenue analytics,
competitor analyses, market development, SEA budget, and
It depicts significant and comprehensive data about
interesting KPIs.
▪ Indian online shoppers, providing detailed insights about their The Statista Digital Market Outlook presents up-to-date figures on
shopping interests, attitudes, and shopping patterns markets of the digital economy and is available for 150 countries.
▪ the Indian eCommerce market, including revenue developments
The Statista Global Consumer Survey gives insights into the minds of
and forecasts, insights into market concentration and sales
more than 700,000 consumers in 55 countries. It is an international
channels, and extensive KPI analyses
survey that covers more than 6,500 brands across 55 different
countries.
▪ the competitive landscape in the Indian eCommerce market with
key facts about the top players, profound category analyses, and a
You can find a detailed definition of eCommerce revenues and net
full list of the Indian top 100 stores
sales, which are shown in this report, in the Appendix.
Our research has resulted in more than 60 slides on the Indian
eCommerce market.
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Content
3
Introduction
This chapter summarizes the key findings of this report,
provides general information about the country, and briefly
describes the methodology.
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Facts about Indian eCommerce: key findings
24%
Top 5 Indian online stores by Net sales growth 18-19
Stores net sales of top 100 Indian stores
(average)
5 Source: Statista Digital Market Outlook 2020, Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019, ecommerceDB.com
Country snapshot: India
Capital Delhi
Population 1,352.6m
Population, aged 15–64 years 903.1m
Households 269.7m
Urban population share 34%
Total current GDP1 US$2,756.3bn
Current GDP1 per capita US$2,211
Consumer spending1 per capita US$1,315
Internet penetration 43.2%
Smartphone penetration 44.0%
Broadband subscriptions2 1.4
Average connection speed 3,7 Mbits/s
Social media penetration 24.6%
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The Indian online shopper
Key findings
Low High ▪ In most product categories, low-priced products are more important
Attention to low- to Indian consumers than premium products
priced products ▪ Low-priced products are more important to Indian shoppers than to
Chinese shoppers in all categories
Low High ▪ Premium products are especially relevant in Clothing and Shoes –
Attention to but still not as important as low-priced products in these categories
premium products ▪ In most categories, premium products are more relevant to Indian
consumers than to Chinese online shoppers
Low High ▪ Smartphones are the No. 1 device for online shopping in India
Share of mobile
▪ Indian consumers have used their smartphone for online shopping
shopping more often than shoppers in China have done
Low High ▪ In Clothing, 42% of Indian consumers have sent back an article after
having ordered it online
Return rates
▪ Return behavior is similar in India and in China across most categories
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The number of eCommerce users is expected to grow
by 41% to 920 million users in India until 2023
Online shopper characteristics: user development
654
6%
263 280
6% 5%
60 63 68 71
Gender Income
India: Male Female China: Male Female India China
Low Middle High
48% Age
52%
India China
37%
33%
31%
71% 24% 25%
18% 20%
8%
4%
0%
18 -24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years
"What is your gender?“; Single Pick; “How old are you?“; Single Pick; “About how high is the annual gross income that your total household
disposes of, before tax and contributions?”; Single Pick; Base: n= 1,024 Indian online shoppers; n= 2,052 Chinese online shoppers (split sample)
10 Source: Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019
South Korea
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88% 94%
UK 88% 91%
Switzerland 84% 93%
Denmark 83% 94%
Netherlands 82% 93%
Norway 82% 94%
Finland 82% 91%
Germany 81% 86%
Sweden 81% 89%
U.S. 80% 85%
New Zealand 77% 89%
Austria 76% 83%
Belgium 76% 85%
Czech Republic 76% 80%
Food & Drinks 68% 67% 33% 31% 36% 26% 8% 47%
Bags & Accessories 55% 58% 42% 31% 40% 21% 7% 36%
Books, Movies, Music & Games 53% 66% 34% 34% 36% 24% 7% 48%
Household Appliances 49% 63% 37% 19% 40% 30% 11% 33%
Cosmetics & Body Care 45% 53% 47% 26% 40% 26% 8% 39%
Share of online shoppers who pay attention to low-priced and luxury/premium products
India: relevance of low-priced products India: relevance of luxury/premium products China
59%
57%
47%
44%
40% 42%
34% 33%
30% 31%
27% 29% 28%
25%
28% 28%
24%
23%
20% 19%
17%
15%
12% 13%
11%
7%
Bags & Clothing Cosmetics Deter- DIY, Food & Furniture House- PC/ Shoes Sports & Stationery Toys &
Acces- & Body gents & Garden & Drinks & House- hold Laptop Outdoor & Hobby Baby
sories Care Cleaning Pet hold Appliances Products Supplies Products
Products Products Goods
Reading support: In the category Bags & Accessories, 40% of Indian online shoppers pay attention to low-priced products, which is a higher share
compared to China. 34% of Indian online shoppers pay attention to luxury/premium products, which is above the Chinese average.
„For which of these products is a low price of particular importance to you?“; Multi pick; „In which of these product categories do you also buy
premium or luxury items?“; Multi Pick; Base: n= 1,024 online shoppers in India; n= 2,052 online shoppers in China (split sample)
13 Source: Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019
61% of Indian online shoppers would like to have the
products purchased in the store delivered to home
Online behavior: relevance of multi-channel services
+33%
61%
+35%
49% +117%
46% -13%
39% 38%
36%
33%
+7%
24%
22%
18%
Home delivery of products Return/replacement in the Online store locator Ordering online and Picking up purchased
purchased in the store store of items ordered online picking up in the store items in the store
outside opening hours
"Which of these services in the field of shopping would you like to use?"; Multi Pick; Base: n= 1,024 online shoppers in India; n= 2,052 online
shoppers in China (split sample)
14 Source: Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019
68% of Indian online shoppers research online when
planning a major purchase
Online shopping: attitudes
When I buy an item, I want to hold it in my hand the same day 26% 37%
Sometimes I deliberately order more items than I want to keep 24% 22%
"Which of these statements do you agree with?“; Multi Pick; Base: n= 1,024 online shoppers in India; n= 2,052 online shoppers in China (split
sample)
15 Source: Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019
Consumer Electronics and Fashion1 products are
mainly searched for and bought online
Online shopping: customer journey
Share of Indian consumers who primarily search for and purchase a product online in %
Share of Indian consumers who have ordered items from these categories online in the past 12 months
50
45 Bags & Accessories
Cosmetics & Body Care Shoes
40 Consumer Electronics
35
30 Books, Movies, Music & Games
Household Appliances
25 Food & Drinks
Stationery & Hobby Supplies
20 Sports & Outdoor Products
Toys & Baby Products
15
10 Drugstore & Health Products
DIY, Garden & Pet Products Furniture & Household Goods
5
Neither researched nor purchased online Researched online, no online purchase
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
Bags & Accessories 46% 62% 38% 31% 40% 21% 8% 27%
Cosmetics & Body Care 39% 58% 42% 24% 42% 26% 8% 37%
Food & Drinks 34% 68% 32% 26% 41% 26% 7% 67%
Household Appliances 32% 67% 33% 19% 44% 27% 10% 26%
Books, Movies, Music & Games 31% 66% 34% 30% 42% 21% 6% 35%
Stationery & Hobby Supplies 23% 60% 40% 26% 40% 25% 9% 14%
Drugstore & Health Products 21% 72% 28% 20% 43% 26% 10% 22%
Reading support: 24% of Indian online shoppers and 27% of Chinese online shoppers have used a tablet for online purchases in the last 12 months.
"Which of the following devices have you used for online shopping in the past 12 months?“; Multi Pick; Base: n= 1,024 online shoppers in India;
n= 2,052 online shoppers in China
18 Source: Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019
The main drivers of online shopping are home
delivery and cheaper prices
Online shopping: drivers of online purchases
More convenient
way of shopping
"Which of these do you consider good reasons to buy an item online?“; Multi Pick; Base: n= 1,024 online shoppers in India; n= 2,052 online
shoppers in China (split sample)
19 Source: Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019
In India, Clothing and Shoes have the highest return
rates
Online shopping: returns
Share of online shoppers who have purchased a product online and returned it afterwards
32%
30%
25%
19%
16%
13% 13%
11% 11%
10% 10% 9%
6%
Clothing Shoes Bags & Consumer Household Cosmetics Food & Furniture Books, Toys & Sports & Stationery DIY, I did not
AccessoriesElectronicsAppliances & Body Drinks & Movies, Baby Outdoor & Hobby Garden send
Care Household Music & Products Products Supplies & Pet anything
Goods Games Products back
"Which of these kinds of articles have you sent back after an online order in the past 12 months?"; Multi Pick; Base: n= 1,024 online shoppers in
India; n= 2,052 online shoppers in China
20 Source: Statista Global Consumer Survey as at December 2019
The Indian eCommerce
market
This chapter contains an in-depth analysis of the Indian
eCommerce market and draws international comparisons. It
shows revenue developments and forecasts, insights into
market concentration and sales channels, and extensive KPI
analysis, e.g. payment and shipping methods.
▪ Market size
▪ Market structure
▪ KPI analysis
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The Indian eCommerce market: overview
Key findings
Low High ▪ The Indian eCommerce market is expected to grow by 20% per year
Growth on average (2018–2023)
potential ▪ In absolute numbers, this means an increase of US$37 billion by
2023
Low High ▪ In terms of numbers, 51% of the top 100 Indian stores are pure
Share of online players – but in terms of sales, 63%
pure players ▪ An international comparison with selected countries shows that India
has a very high share of online pure players, both in terms of
numbers and in terms of sales
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The Indian eCommerce market is growing 20% per
year on average, reaching US$62 billion in 2023
Market size: revenues development
62
57
+20%1 49
41
32
25
1: CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate / average growth rate per year 2: Forecast
23 Source: Statista Digital Market Outlook 2020
With US$9,242 million, Fashion is the largest category
in Indian eCommerce in 2018
Market size: category split
1,105
Furniture &
Homeware
7,270 5,386 1,331
Hobby & Stationery
1,638
1,645
Fashion Electronics & Media Toys, Hobby & DIY Furniture & Food &
Appliances Personal Care
Note: Due to rounding, the amount for the entire category may exceed the sum of subcategories.
24 Source: Statista Digital Market Outlook 2020
With a CAGR of 21.1%, Food & Personal Care is the
fastest growing eCommerce category in India
Market size: category growth
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Fashion Electronics Toys, Hobby Furniture & Food &
& Media & DIY Appliances Personal Care
1: Forecast 2: CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate / average growth rate per year
25 Source: Statista Digital Market Outlook 2020
With US$715 billion, China was undisputedly the
biggest eCommerce market in 2018
Market size: country comparison (1/2)
16 Peru
Chile
14
Poland Switzerland
CAGR 2019–20231
South Korea
12 United States
Ireland Spain
10
Russia Germany
8 France China
Canada Japan
6
Australia
Finland
4 Sweden Netherlands
Austria Brazil United Kingdom
2
1: CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate / average growth rate per year 2: Average revenue per user
27 Source: Statista Digital Market Outlook 2019/2020
Consumer Electronics has the highest online share of
all Indian categories
Market structure: online shares in selected retail markets
Top 5 eCommerce
China 53% China 56% China 47% UK 6%
countries1
high/low
U.S. 16% Japan 34% UK 12% Japan 1%
Note: Only the categories for which data is available are displayed.
1: By revenues in 2018: China, U.S., Japan, UK, Germany
28 Source: Statista Digital Market Outlook 2019/2020
In terms of numbers, 51% of the top 100 Indian stores
are pure players – 63% in terms of sales
Market structure: sales channels
51% ▪ As far as net sales are concerned, 63% of net sales of the Indian
India 63%
eCommerce market are generated by online pure players
▪ An international comparison shows that India has the highest share
of online pure players, both in terms of numbers (51%) and net sales
(66%)
United States 18% 36%
▪ In the U.S., the share of pure players by number is considerably
higher than the share by net sales
▪ In Germany, the distinction between number of stores and net sales
United Kingdom 36% 37% is of little importance – the shares are very close around 39–40%
Methodology
▪ Stores are defined as pure players if they do not sell via bricks &
Germany 39% 40% mortar
Base: top 100 online stores by net sales in India and top 500 online stores in the respective countries in 2018 for which information is available
29 Source: ecommerceDB as of December 2019/ January 2020
Cards are the most common payment method offered
by the top 100 Indian online stores
KPI analysis: payment analytics (1/2)
Share of the top 100 Indian stores that offer at least one payment method belonging to the following categories¹
Cards 96%
eWallets 76%
Invoice/Installment 54%
Other2 45%
1: A store can offer more than one payment methods (Multi-Pick) 2: Includes gift cards
Base: top 100 online stores by net sales in India in 2018 for which payment information is available
30 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Nearly every store offers payment by Visa or
Mastercard – PayPal is offered by 28% Indian stores
KPI analysis: payment analytics (2/2)
Share of top 100 Indian stores that offer the following selected payment methods¹
90% 88%
78%
69%
45%
28%
22%
18% 18%
Mastercard Visa American RuPay Cash in BHIM UPI PayTM MobiKwik PayPal Oxigen Ola Money Giftcard
Express advance
Share of Indian stores that use social media networks Activity Score¹ 2019
56% 2.6
Twitter
60% 2.1
Instagram
44% 3.4
1: Score from 0 to 5 based on the frequency of posted content by the account and the interaction of the social media users with the posted
content. A higher score represents a greater activity of the account posting content frequently together with a higher interaction of the social
media users reacting to posts in form of the number of likes, shares and comments.
Base: top 100 online stores by net sales in India in 2018 for which social media information is available
32 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
With 75%, stores offering Food & Personal Care have
the highest percentage of social media use
KPI analysis: social media activity (2/2)
67% 67%
63% 62% 63%
60% 60% 60%
58% 57% 56%
42%
40%
27% 27%
20% 20%
34%
33%
6%
5%
Base: top 100 online stores by net sales in India in 2018 for which information is available
34 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Hybris is the shop software most frequently used by
the top 100 Indian stores
KPI analysis: shop software
22%
72%
9% 9%
28%
4% 4% 4%
Top stores Unknown Known Hybris Magento Amazon Shopify AbleCommerce Salesforce Oracle
Webstore Commerce commerce
Cloud
Reading support: From 28% of the top 100 stores in India, information about the shop software used is available. Of the stores whose shop software is
known, 26% use Hybris.
1: Cost per click (CPC) is a performance-based billing method in online marketing. Explained compactly, advertisers pay a fixed price to the site operator for
each click on their placed online advertisement.
Base: top 100 online stores by net sales in India in 2018 for which information is available
36 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020, searchmetrics
Amazon.in has spent US$29 million on search engine
advertising in 2018 in India
KPI analysis: marketing performance indicators (2/2)
2.4
1.5
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5 0.5
0.4
amazon.in grofers.com urbanladder.com nykaa.com bigbasket.com firstcry.com ajio.com 1mg.com lenskart.com caratlane.com
1: Search engine advertising (SEA): money spent to appear as sponsored results in search engines in response to defined set of search terms
and keywords
Base: top 100 online stores by net sales in India in 2018 for which SEA information is available
37 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Indian stores:
top 100 analysis
This chapter gives an overview of the player landscape in the
Indian eCommerce market: It includes key facts, the top
players, profound category analyses, and a full list of the
Indian top 100.
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Amazon.in heads the list of the top 10 Indian stores
Indian top stores: top 10 stores by net sales
Rank Store Indian net sales in million US$¹ in 2018 Main category
9 ajio.com 99 Fashion
10 gamestheshop.com 97 Fashion
Net sales in the Indian market and growth¹ of top 100 Indian stores in 2018
Top 51—250 Top 11—50 Top 10
180
160 medlife.com
tatacliq.com
Estimated net sales growth 18—191
140
120
100
80
muscleblaze.com
ajio.com grofers.com
40 nykaa.com bigbasket.com Ø 24%
cilory.com
20 hihonor.com amazon.in
dell.com
0 amazon.com apple.com
-20
gamestheshop.com
-40 femella.in
-60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 330 340 350 360 370 940
Fashion Electronics & Media Toys, Hobby & DIY Furniture & Appliances Food & Personal Care
The comparison of Indian categories shows that Food & Personal Care is the most concentrated category in India,
! while Fashion is the most fragmented category in India
Net sales in the Fashion market and growth¹ of the top Fashion stores in India in 2018
Pure player: Fashion Fashion is the most relevant segment At least one other segment with higher net sales share
150
tatacliq.com
Estimated net sales growth 18-191
100
hopscotch.in
50 muscleblaze.com ajio.com
sastasundar.com
cilory.com
peachmode.com caratlane.com
titan.co.in
abof.com
0 mirraw.com
decathlon.in
coolwinks.com
gamestheshop.com
-50
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Fashion net sales in 2018 in million US$
Net sales in the Electronics & Media market and growth¹ of the top Electronics & Media stores in India in 2018
Pure player: Electronics & Media Electronics & Media is the most relevant segment At least one other segment with higher net sales share
160
140 tatacliq.com
120
Estimated net sales growth 18-191
100
80
60
40 croma.com
20 amazon.in
hp.com amazon.com dell.com
0 hihonor.com
lenovo.com apple.com
-20
philips.co.in
-40
gadgets360.com
-60
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 520
Net sales in the Toys, Hobby & DIY market and growth¹ of the top Toys, Hobby & DIY stores in India in 2018
Pure player: Toys, Hobby & DIY Toys, Hobby & DIY is the most relevant segment At least one other segment with higher net sales share
140
130 floweraura.com
120
moglix.com
Estimated net sales growth 18-191
110
100
90
80 fnp.com
70
60 n-gal.com
hopscotch.in
50
40 mrbutton.in
bigbasket.com
30 newegg.com
20 firstcry.com
10 amazon.com amazon.in
decathlon.in lgbrandstore.com
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 208
Net sales in the Furniture & Appliances market and growth¹ of the top Furniture & Appliances stores in India in 2018
Pure player: Furniture & Appliances Furniture & Appliances is the most relevant segment At least one other segment with higher net sales share
140
pinkqueen.com
120
Estimated net sales growth 18-191
100
80
60 grofers.com
Net sales in the Food & Personal Care market and growth¹ of the top Food & Personal Care stores in India in 2018
Pure player: Food & Personal Care Food & Personal Care is the most relevant segment At least one other segment with higher net sales share
180
160 medlife.com
140
Estimated net sales growth 18-191
floweraura.com
120
moglix.com
100
80
60 maykool.com
grofers.com
1mg.com
40 healthkart.com nykaa.com bigbasket.com
lenskart.com
20
firstcry.com amazon.in
0
-20
-40
femella.in
-60
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 140 145 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 200 205 300
amazon.in x apple.com x
Company: Indian country share: Launch year: Company: Indian country share: Launch year:
Amazon.com, Inc. 100% na Apple, Inc. 1% 1997
100%
55% 22%
14%
4% 5%
1: In India
= Fashion, = Electronics & Media, = Toys, Hobby & DIY, = Furniture & Appliances, = Food & Personal Care
47 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Store profiles for bigbasket.com and grofers.com
Top 100 ranking: top 10 store profiles (2/5)
bigbasket.com x grofers.com x
Company: Indian country share: Launch year: Company: Indian country share: Launch year:
Supermarket Grocery 100% 2011 Grofers India Pvt., Ltd. 100% 2013
Supplies Pvt., Ltd.
Category split: net sales Category split: net sales
93% 93%
5% 5%
3% 3%
1: In India
= Fashion, = Electronics & Media, = Toys, Hobby & DIY, = Furniture & Appliances, = Food & Personal Care
48 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Store profiles for dell.com and nykaa.com
Top 100 ranking: top 10 store profiles (3/5)
dell.com x nykaa.com x
Company: Indian country share: Launch year: Company: Indian country share: Launch year:
Dell, Inc. 4% 1996 Nykaa E-Retail Pvt., Ltd. 100% 2012
100% 98%
2%
1: In India
= Fashion, = Electronics & Media, = Toys, Hobby & DIY, = Furniture & Appliances, = Food & Personal Care
49 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Store profiles for hihonor.com and amazon.com
Top 100 ranking: top 10 store profiles (4/5)
hihonor.com x amazon.com x
Company: Indian country share: Launch year: Company: Indian country share: Launch year:
Huawei Telecommuni- 25% na Amazon.com, Inc. 0.4% 1995
cations Co. Pvt., Ltd.
Category split: net sales Category split: net sales
100%
55% 22%
14%
4% 5%
1: In India
= Fashion, = Electronics & Media, = Toys, Hobby & DIY, = Furniture & Appliances, = Food & Personal Care
50 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Store profiles for ajio.com and gamestheshop.com
Top 100 ranking: top 10 store profiles (5/5)
ajio.com x gamestheshop.comx
Company: Indian country share: Launch year: Company: Indian country share: Launch year:
Reliance Retail Ltd. 100% 2016 na 100% na
99% 100%
1%
1: In India
= Fashion, = Electronics & Media, = Toys, Hobby & DIY, = Furniture & Appliances, = Food & Personal Care
51 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Top 100 online stores by net sales in India 2018
Top 100 ranking: rank 1 to 40
1: In India in million US$ 2: A generalist is a store that is active in at least 4 out of 5 categories with category shares < 50%.
52 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Top 100 online stores by net sales in India 2018
Top 100 ranking: rank 41 to 80
1: In India in million US$ 2: A generalist is a store that is active in at least 4 out of 5 categories with category shares < 50%.
53 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Top 100 online stores by net sales in India 2018
Top 100 ranking: rank 81 to 100
Net Growth
sales 18–19
# Store domain 20181 in % Main category2
81 imaginetoys.com 6 4% Fashion
82 igp.com 6 17% Generalist
83 sastasundar.com 6 25% Food & Personal Care
84 tbdress.com 6 10% Fashion
85 purplle.com 6 25% Food & Personal Care
86 fabindia.com 6 12% Fashion
87 fossil.com 6 10% Fashion
88 femella.in 6 -58% Food & Personal Care
89 dbrand.com 6 15% Electronics & Media
90 clarks.in 5 17% Fashion
91 oneplus.net 5 na Electronics & Media
92 apollopharmacy.in 5 28% Food & Personal Care
93 patanjaliayurved.net 5 19% Food & Personal Care
94 mybageecha.com 5 19% Toys, Hobby & DIY
95 iherb.com 5 15% Food & Personal Care
96 elitify.com 5 19% Fashion
97 nurserylive.com 4 26% Toys, Hobby & DIY
98 bodybuilding.com 4 -18% Food & Personal Care
99 vipbags.com 4 22% Fashion
100 victoriassecret.com 4 9% Fashion
1: In India in million US$ 2: A generalist is a store that is active in at least 4 out of 5 categories with category shares < 50%.
54 Source: ecommerceDB as of January 2020
Appendix
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Category definitions
The category “Fashion” The category “Electronics & The category “Toys, Hobby The category “Furniture & The category “Food & Perso-
covers the online trade of Media” covers the online & DIY ” covers the online Appliances” covers the nal Care” covers the online
articles of clothing (for sale of physical media (e.g., trade of toys, babyware online sale of furniture, trade of food and beverages
men, women, and children), books, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, (including baby food and kitchens and household (excluding baby food) as well
shoes and shoe care computer games), clothing), sports, outdoor, goods (e.g., kitchen & bath- as of medicine, cosmetics, and
products (e.g., cleaning consumer electronics (e.g., DIY, and garden products room accessories and pharmaceutical and personal
products), as well as of TVs, DVD players), and (e.g., sports & outdoor home textiles), as well as of care products (including pre-
accessories and bags (e.g., communication devices equipment, flowers, tools, electronic household scription drugs for the private
hats, scarves, gloves and (e.g., desktop computers, DIY products), as well as of appliances (e.g., washing end user). It also includes
leather bags, suitcases, laptops, smart-phones). hobby & stationery articles machines and coffee medical products for private
purses and briefcases). (e.g., art/collectors’ items, machines) for the private use (e.g., blood pressure
car parts). end user. monitors).
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Definition of revenues and net sales
Definition of revenues in the eCommerce market Definition of online stores’ net sales
In-scope: ▪ eCommerce net sales are defined as the amount of first-party sales
generated by a specific online store on domain level (i.e.,
▪ Sale of physical goods to a private end user (B2C) via a digital channel amazon.com and amazon.de remain separate) after the deduction of
▪ Purchases via desktop computers (including notebooks) and returns, allowances for damaged or missing goods, and any discounts
purchases via mobile devices (e.g., smartphones) allowed
▪ All monetary figures refer to the annual gross revenue ▪ If an online shopping website also offers a marketplace shop on a site
like eBay or Amazon, the resulting revenue is included in the store's
eCommerce net sales
Out-of-scope:
▪ Digital media (e.g., music downloads or eBooks) ▪ If there are any business-to-business (B2B) revenues generated by a
given online store, these will also be included
▪ Digitally distributed services (e.g., plane tickets)
▪ Digitally distributed goods in business-to-business (B2B) markets ▪ Only online stores with a focus on private end users (B2C) will be
considered for our database and in this report, i.e., stores with a B2B
▪ Digital purchase or resale of used, defective, or repaired goods share of less than 50%
(reCommerce)
▪ In this study, we often refer to “Indian net sales”, meaning that only
▪ All monetary figures do not factor in shipping costs
eCommerce net sales generated in India are taken into account. If a
website also ships to other countries, sales generated with these
shipments are not considered in this figure
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Authors
Stefanie is in charge of the Anna-Lena studied Business Gerard studied Economics at Anastasia studied Socio-
exclusive ecommerceDB.com Administration at the University the University Pompeu Fabra, economics at the University of
expert tool. She holds a diploma of Cologne and at ESADE, Barcelona, and Law at the Hamburg and Linguistics at
in Economics and a bachelor’s Barcelona. University of Barcelona. Tver State University, Russia,
degree in Communication. and at the University of Turku,
She joined Statista as a Project He started working at Statista in Finland.
She is an eCommerce expert Manager in the Research & 2016. Initially a Researcher, he
and has gained deep knowledge Analysis department in 2014 has specialized in eCommerce She joined Statista as a Junior
of innovative business models and is now in charge of the and is in charge of the Western Analyst for eCommerce markets
and their effects on the reports that are provided by European and South America in 2019, works on reports and
economy through numerous re- ecommerceDB.com. regions. the weekly ecommerceDB
search and consulting projects. newsletter.
Previously, she worked as a Before joining Statista, he
Before joining Statista, she consultant with the Boston worked as a market intelligence Previously, she worked on
worked as an advertising Consulting Group, attending to specialist for the Government of several monitoring & consulting
consultant for several national several national and inter- Catalonia in Barcelona. projects in the tourism industry.
and international clients. national clients.
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