This Startup From Chandigarh Is Scaling New Heights In Indian O2O Space!

Startups have been booming in our country in the past few years. With the advent of an abundance of seed-funding from larger ventures or investors willing to take the risk, many new ideas have come to the forefront in the ecosystem of Chandigarh. In tricity itself, innumerable budding entrepreneurial ventures have been shaping quite well and have been scaling success without compromising with consumer benefit. One such venture that has surpassed all expectations, in terms of revenue, profitability along with educating the consumers and has been a pioneer in its field is Chandigarh-based Start-up: Pumpkart.

We, at ShoutLo, bring you their story. Sit back and get inspired! 

Pumpkart: India's Pioneer E-commerce Platform Selling Water Pumps 

While the world was fast asleep, one man in Chandigarh was dreaming and acting upon the idea of making water pumps accessible to everyone via an online presence. A mechanical engineer by profession, Mr. K S Bhatia, with an experience of 15 years in the same industry, was determined to change the world of water pump industry. Thus, Pumpkart came into being in 2014. Within a span of 4 years, Pumpkart has managed to grab eyeballs of even the CEO of the Largest Online Search Portal, Sundar Pichai from Google, who appreciated the effort by Mr. Bhatia in the digital India Summit. 

 

Coming to the details, Pumpkart possesses the largest online presence via their website and app in selling water pumps and related accessories for residential, agricultural and commercial purposes. It tied up with trustworthy manufacturers and organized a highly disorganized sector by giving them an online platform to buy and sell their product. Their business model is simple B2B and, with speedy growth, they have been able to establish even a network of offline stores where one can physically purchase the goods. 

Their first store opened up in Industrial Area, Chandigarh and became an ideal for the rest of the stores to be opened up soon. It also provides multiple payment options like COD, Debit card, credit cards, EMI for transactions which makes it even more user-friendly. So, next time you want to buy a submersible for your house, just log on to pumpkart.com and place your order seamlessly! 

Pumpkart's E-Mobile Van Flagged Off by Navjot Singh Sidhu and Kapil Dev 

Owing to the success of its entrepreneurial venture, Mr. Bhatia realized that a lot of the consumers were not aware of which product would be best for them. Due to the lack of a platform to educate them about each product, many users were facing losses. To overcome this issue, Pumpkart team has devised an E-Mobile Store in the form of a van that would go door to door or office to office to educate the people about its various products which one would be suitable for them. This would protect them from blindly following plumbers or mechanic's advise and also make informed decisions. Pumpkart recognizes the fact that a water pump is a valuable asset for the farmers and it is imperative to educate them about the same. This mobile E-store would travel across Punjab and other regions to prove the much-needed information to the farmers, plumbers, mechanics and direct users about pumps and accessories and how they can be used in a cost-effective manner. With the thought, to address the issues of the farmers of our country, Pumpkart has become the pioneer in being the only brand that genuinely cares about the needs of its consumers. 

The Future Goals

With its values like integrity, honesty and transparency in all their transactions, Pumpkart, is making all efforts to take advantage of the digital age. Yet it recognizes the fact that our farmers are somewhat unaware of the advent of digital India and they need a helping hand to aid them in upgrading themselves. They plan on teaming up and building a commission-based sales network with hardware, sanitary ware and plumbing shops. The mobile e-store will soon be launched in Delhi NCR as well to achieve the goal of educating our farmers. Thus, they are becoming guides to assist our agriculture sector to flourish without any hiccups due to the bad or inferior quality of water pumps. Mr. KS Bhatia and his complete team are committed to achieving success and excellence while being true and honest with the consumers. 

Now, that's what you call a "super-ethical Start-up"!