How We Competed & Collaborated with Amazon,

Flipkart, Infibeam & Others

eCommerce Trainer from New Delhi, India www.PrabhjotSood.co.in

eMail: PrabhjotSood@gmail.comTel: +91 85-1004-2055

Our untold story or Triumphs & Struggles.. Part 1

We; myself & my spouse had a passionate desire to help others, buy books of

their choice; preferred author & subject

Learning Ratnas was our (Simardeep

Kaur Sood & Prabhjot Singh Sood) first company, inspired from my parents

(Wg Cdr MS Sood- book collector & Mrs

Harjinder kaur- educationist) & my first online shopping on Rudraksha-Ratna

How The Idea Came, How

we laid foundation &

started Idea: We often faced challenge to source best & quality books of our choice, be it author, subject, publisherFoundation: Was laid in 2006, we reached out to Bhoumik, CEO Real Time Solutions to design logo & websiteInspiration: My online shopping experience with Rudraksha-Ratna, eBay & subsequent interactions with Neetaji, eBay team

Implementation: Launched our website & on eBay, ecommerce marketplace. eBay gave us immediate results

Initial Struggles:

1. Build database from scratch2. Convince publishers & distributors

about how our idea can help them to increase their sales

3. Data in proper format: ISBN, Title, Author, Images, Publishing Date, Number of pages, weight

4. Sourcing description, About book5. Pricing terms/conditions negotiations

• Think Big• Aim Big• Inspire Big• Play Big• Plan Big• Sell Big

We are grateful to eBay for supporting & inspiring us to

• Compete Big

• Care Big• Network Big• Work Big• Enjoy Big• Help Big

eCommerce Trainer from New Delhi, India www.PrabhjotSood.co.in

eMail: PrabhjotSood@gmail.comTel: +91 85-1004-2055

Watch out for Part2: Secrets Revealed & Part3: Penultimate Secret Revealed