Nilaam.pk - Pakistan's Very Own eBay

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This should be interesting and something new for the millions who live in Pakistan. While development continues in the back end, I wanted to share this news with folks here:

If people have any suggestions or ideas or thoughts about this, please PM. We will see if we can implement those…
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Pakistan’s Very Own eBay

Atlanta, GA: Nilaam, a newly launched auction web site, is poised to bring the rich benefits of e-commerce to Pakistan’s growing base of Internet users.

“Nilaam will make social commerce a reality in Pakistan,” says Akber Mithani of Mithani Capital Partners, the U.S. private investment firm that is launching the web site. “We want to expand economic opportunities in Pakistan by fostering an emotionally satisfying experience for Pakistanis to explore, learn, shop, share and talk with each other.”

Nilaam will be launched on April 15, 2008, at http://www.nilaam.pk, with the intention of transforming Pakistani shops and business owners into e-commerce enterprises and entrepreneurs. Nilaam will offer a wide selection of electronics, apparel, automobiles, real estate, gaming, jewelry, music, clothing, and other services.

Nilaam will offer its users many of the features of eBay, such as seller reviews, seller feedback, seller history, buy-now options, and bidding options. The web site will primarily reach out to individuals looking to dispose of goods they no longer want, and as well as small business owners.

Shop owners or business owners in Lahore can now sell to buyers not just in close proximity but to anyone even as far away as Karachi or the United Arab Emirates.

“Pakistan has grown from 133,000 Internet users in 2000 to over 18 million today,” says Mithani. “There are no Wal-Marts, No Home-Depots, No Remax’s, No Japanese car dealerships, But now there will be Nilaam, which will bring buying and selling to the consumer’s desktop.”

http://www.topix.com/pk/karachi/2008/03/pakistans-very-own-ebay

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How will the payments be managed. Paypal is not accepting members from Pakistan is it ?

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Is this your project? If it is I would do something about the page. Web 2.0 is in these days...

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Read the press release again...

April 15th, 2008.

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Biggest problem in Pakistan is payments and delivery. Yes you can get FedEX guy to most major cities in Pakistan, some will do medium sized cities too. But no one really seems to service villages.

The second major factor is trust. No one really trusts the system. No trust = no e-commerce.

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Risc, do you seriously believe Pakistanis living in villages will use Pakistani Ebay system?

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why wud u even bother :konfused: …

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This is the problem. You are removing the largest segment in Pakistan outside the market. Their is a massive digital divide. Imagine a GSM provider with "villagers use a telephone system". Internet has the biggest effect on isolated populations.

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BTW the above is not the first "pakistan ebay". I have come across a few before, many looking much more professional. One of the best was a system trying to solve the problem I listed earlier. The auction company would collect and then deliver a product themselves. Taking the money from buyer on delivery. This is a much more secure transaction for both parties. Potentially a bigger money maker for the site too, involved in distribution and payment transaction all with profit margins. On the downside expensive to set up like all logistics companies and would only cover major cities.

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The website is now up:

http://www.nilaam.pk/

:smiley:

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there is already a competitor for them lootmar.com i have been following these guys for a while. pretty interesting stuff..

i think it is good for our economy when these startups are created.. creative ppl using creative minds to do creative things.. kudos to both of them!

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good stuff bro! where is the site hosted? it's crawling

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Another way for people to take fraud to another level.

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^ Exactly. U cant trust retailers in Pakistan, let alone people selling their crap.

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why do you trust retailers in the west then? ^ you gotta start somewhere..

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check www.lootmaar.com out!!

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you're right- yes, fraud is everywhere, and so are dishonest cheats but pakistan is so famously known for it. i think that with such websites, it's going to give those people a bigger chance to lootify the general public. even at a local store, you have to check to make sure everything is right, how can one even think of buying something online that they have never seen? all this is just too shady.

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Because technically I dont buy anything (UK). My credit card company does. Any fraud and it's between them and the retailer; credit consumer act 1974. Anything similar in PK?

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is jaan leva ko decent hone ko bol rahi thi.

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BTW this place has crap security. I just managed to run my own SQL query. Returned what I wanted. Probably use the info to escalate, hack accounts, become admin etc... with more play. I only tried out the most basic of tests. Serious flaw dude.

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