Dharamsala 25 Oct: FTCI launched TIBET eSHOP, an online retail shop of Tibetan handicrafts and Buddhist ritual items at Hotel Tibet Dharamasala. The launch ceremony was attended by Chief Guest Gyari Dolma, Home Kalon of Central Tibetan Administration, Special Guest Mr Siva Reddy, Managing Director of GoCoop, Mr Tashi Wangdu, FTCI CEO and 15 media persons.
Speaking at the occasion, Home Kalon said, “I appreciate FTCI in taking a step along with change in the way of doing business in today’s world. Such initiative is in tune with the 14th Kashag’s principles of Unity, Innovation and Self-Reliance.”
Mr Siva Reddy remarked that ecommerce is very popular in western countries and in Indian market its growth rate is very high. He further added that in near future ecommerce will be major enabler for business development for Tibetan community in India.
In his address, Mr Tashi Wangdu said, “TIBETeSHOP is one of the innovative projects FTCI has started. There will be several other innovative projects under FTCI’s project pipelines.”
Over 200 different products will be available on TIBETeSHOP site. All these products are classified under 9 different categories namely Dharma, Handicrafts, Jewellery, Furniture, Clothing, Books, DVDs, Herbals and Others. Products can be purchased on the site from 15 countries including US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, UK, Swiss, Germany, France and Russia.
TIBETeSHOP gives free shipping for all E-Commerce products across India for order above Rs. 2000. TIBETeSHOP accepts debit card and credit card as well as netbanking for payment options. TIBETeSHOP assures secure online payment as TIBETeSHOP is integrated with both PayPal (International) and EBS (India) for payment gateway.