Google to offer Rs 299 deals, discount on Nexus 6 in shopping fest
Most notable of all the deals are going to what Google is calling Rs 299 deals and discount on the recently-launched Nexus 6.
A few days ago Google had announced that it will hold this year's Great Online Shopping Fest (GOSF) from December 10 to December 12. Now we have more details about the fest. The company is saying that the fest will see over 450 brands offering hundreds of deals.
Most notable of these deals are going to what Google is calling Rs 299 deals and discount on the recently-launched Nexus 6.
Focusing on the first time buyers, "GOSF this year will feature a special section of Rs 299 (deals) with heavily discounted products with free shipping and cash on delivery option," a Google spokesperson said. "The section is designed to excite first time buyers and will feature products and offers from leading brands like Philips, Uber, JBL, Benetton, Alia Bhatt collection, EverPure water purifier and many exciting free rewards from My Universe."
As for the Nexus 6, the company has not yet revealed the nature of discount it will offer. "This year during Google's Great online shopping festival, we are very excited to be featured as one of the leading brands for the exclusive launch of Nexus 6 with our partner," said Amit Boni, general manager of Motorola India.
The word "partner" suggests that the discount on the Nexus 6 will be available on Flipkart, which is also likely to be the part of the GOSF.
Google said that in partnership with select brands, it will launch a contest tomorrow in the run up to the shopping. The contest will offer goods and discounts worth a total of Rs 2.5 lakh.
GOSF was launched by Google in 2012. Last year, 2 million users visited gosf.in and over 16 million users visited partner sites. "GOSF is India's version of Cyber Monday. The consumer confidence to shop online has grown considerably in the last 12 months, boosting the growth of both large multinational and homegrown companies. Our recent report projects that the Industry will continue to see robust growth in next few years making it a $15 billion industry by 2016," said Rajan Anandan, VP & managing director at Google India.