SHIPROCKET posts 191% rise in sellers from tier-III markets

Shiprocket has released its annual Festive Season Report for the D2C sector. The report highlights various aspects such as growth in the number of sellers from tier-II and tier-III cities, top cities for delivery and pickup and other popular categories. The report also focuses on shipment trends just before the festive season in the D2C sector between August 2020 and August 2021. As opposed to last year, Shiprocket has observed a whopping 191 per cent increase in sellers in the tier-III cities, while the tier-II cities saw a surge of nearly 176 per cent, and tier-I cities registered an increase of more than 138 per cent. The platform now has 47,000 sellers from tier-III cities as compared to 16, 000 in 2020.