Google Sale is Back!
The biggest sale of Google is here! For the third time, google returns with its ‘Great Online Shopping Festival’. The biggest sale by Google is set to be held on 10th – 12th December.
The concept of a one day online sale started in the United States where online sites used to offer their products on a great discount. This event was known as a ‘Cyber Monday’ and happens on the first Monday after the ‘Black Friday’. In China a similar day happens on 11th of November also known as singles day in China.
The first ever ‘GOSF’ happened on 12th December 2012. It was advertised on Youtube and also by posts on Google plus. A lot of companies partnered with Google in this sale like – Flipkart , Homeshop18 , Snapdeal , Indiatimes shopping and makemytrip.
Google sale is back. Source
According to critics the first ‘GOSF’ left some consumers a little disappointed as discounts were marginal or almost non-existent.
The second ‘GOSF’ took place on 11th December and ran for 4 days. The sale included companies like Myntra , Jabong , Indiatimes shopping. The event faced unexpected hiccups as the site GOSF.in could not handle the amount of traffic or maybe due to some technical error was not live for 36 minutes. This resulted in the sale being extended for another hour. Even though some unseen problems occurred, Google said that the shopping festival was a success for the companies involved.
The next Google sale will be held on 10th December and will be a 3 day fiesta. The sale will include over 300 online and offline retailers like – The mobile store , Croma , Flipkart , Myntra , Amazon, Snapdeal, Lenskart, Infibeam, FabFurnish.com, Globus , House of Hiranandani and many more. The categories will include Fashion, Technology, Furniture, Footwear, Apparels, Accessories and everything else one could ask for in a sale.
Flipkart and Homeshop 18 will be retailers in the sale. Source
This year Google will also be a holding a pre party for ‘GOSF’ from 25th November which will run up to the grand event on 10th.
According to some sources Google will host a run-up event which will run for 14 days, from 27th November – 9th December where one company will be reserved to offer day-long deals and one lucky winner will be announced each day who will get a one-time opportunity to shop for free from a range of items. There are also some rumors that say some shoppers will get to do 14 minutes of free shopping every day for 14 days.
But the main attraction for this spectacular gala will be the ‘Rs.299 corner’. This section will feature branded products from the range of rs600- rs1500 all of which will be sold at rs299. Google has also added the cash-on-delivery to attract first time online shoppers.
