Meerut: An exclusive parcel booking counter for eBay India sellers was
inaugurated at Meerut head post office in Meerut Cantt area on Thursday
morning. The city thus became the first in UP to have such a facility
for the e-tailing giant. The exclusive counter aims to simplify product
dispatch service of eBay's seller community.
Just two hours after the opening in the city, the state capital,
Lucknow, got a similar counter making it the second such counter in the
state.
Arvind Kumar, senior post master, Meerut Cantt post office, said, "There
are many residents in Meerut who use e-commerce for selling their
products to people based in different parts of the country and even
abroad. We already have a huge rush at our existing parcel counters in
the office. Also, dealing with e-commerce customers is a little
different. Keeping this in mind, the eBay counter is a blessing in
disguise for e-commerce customers. The counter will be exclusive for
them to send their products through speed post, registered post or any
other service they wish to opt for."
The eBay India counter aims to simplify product dispatch service of the
sellers and at the same time strengthen their long-term association with
India Post. An official from eBay, who did not wish to be named, said,
"By means of this exclusive counter, our customers can send their
parcels to the concerned people via net marketing. Our sellers are at
the core of the business and we have continuously brought in varied
innovations to ease operations of our partners. We have already opened
such counters in 12 cities."
Around 500 customers of eBay use India post or private courier companies
to dispatch their items via India Post. Apart from the eBay counter,
India Post has a total of three parcel counters.
Talking to TOI, Gauhar Rais, a customer of eBay, said, "We had to stand
in long queues to complete the courier formalities but now that eBay has
a separate counter, it will save our time. Moreover, there were times
when post officials did not know how to deal with e-commerce products
but with a different counter, they can contact eBay directly for any
query."
