Buy Books Online in India – Online Bookstore – thestorez.com
By Chandramouly Rathinasababathy on 11 November, 2009, 2:22 am
I am proud to write this article since 2 of my college seniors started this online bookstore – thestorez.com. Nowadays everyone goes online to buy things they need, especially people who are tech-savvy read reviews through social networking, get the latest information and buy books online with very good discounts & super saver shipping offers!
When you take buying books online, what are the factors we consider or concerned about,
1. Quality of the books (brand new or used one or refurbished[returned goods])
2. Shipping cost (will it be more bucks than if I goto a bookshop and buy)
3. Online Discounts, how many % off I get over buying it in stores. How much I save?
4. Description of the Book, user reviews and rating.
See Amazon got everything and I don’t have any complaints about buying books online in Amazon. I also bought a lot of books in Amazon.com but the question arises buying books online in India? Where does Amazon.com stand, what is the issue, why we can’t stick with amazon and have to look for an alternative to buy books online. The one & only problem is “Shipping Cost” when you buy books online in amazon.com. According to amazon.com site, following are the shipping rates & timelines to India.
| India | Standard Shipping - 18-31 days
(4.99$ – 250Rs shipping cost) |
Expedited Shipping- 12-20days
(13.99$ – 700Rs) |
Priority Shipping - 2-4days
(29.99$ – 1500Rs) |
This is really huge, because my total book costs less than the shipping costs 
I really don’t want to buy any books in amazon.com from India. So how do I order books online in India? Which is cheap? Less shipping cost? Good discounts? Quality & brand new books?
Yes thestorez.com is one of the Indian online bookstores and they can ship your books anywhere to India with reasonable shipping cost & timelines. And in discounts, they can beat other sites as well. They do give good discounts for some of the books and also they provide free books now quite amazing huh! check for free books here! Some of the other advantages of thestorez.com over the rivals are,
1. They provide discounts on all books at their store (which means you always get lower prices than your local bookstore)
2. They also help you in getting the books you need in lower prices
3. Safe & easy checkout – When compared to some cumbersome checkout processes in other online book stores, thestorez.com has a easy checkout option and also secured one, because these days we should be cautious on all credit card fraudulent activities. [I got my credit card cancelled card couple of days back since one of my merchants stored my credit card in their database, so my credit card company cancelled my old card and going to issue new card.] Since the site is secured and safe to transact, no worries!
As an online book buyer, I have a few questions to thestorez.com
1. Do I get any discounts if I bulk, say more than 10copies?
2. Do I get any advantages if I refer my friends?
3. How your rates & discounts are competitive when compared to some other rivals in the market? How can I buy with a confidence that thestorez.com is cheap or equal than other online book stores? consumer confidence?
To all readers, I already sent email to thestorez.com founders and lets wait to hear from them. Also pour in your questions in the comment section reg buying books online.
Nice Post,
Thanks for sharing all important and useful information on books with me,it will help me in the future.
Thanks Again!
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I recently bought book from the site http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/ and found the experience extremely satisfying. The actual cost of the book was Rs.99 but online shipment cost me only Rs58, and they did not charge me any shipping charge also. Really good bargain I must say. I tried checking out for some remote village in TN, again no shipping charges for that place as well. The site however says that the free shipping offer is valid till 30th Nov 2009. Must wait and see, how much they charge for shipping after that.
Seems a pretty good deal with nice discounts. Let me try buying few.
and, FREE books! Amazing!!