E-commerce has already added a new dimension to the Bangladeshi business sector. A lot of small to medium investors are playing significant roles in moving this sector, along with few large corporations.
There are many e-commerce businesses and service providers in Bangladesh. We have listed the top ten e-commerce websites in Bangladesh based on our research and observation. Our endeavor was to list the best companies in its categories. Some of the websites listed here are best in their categories, so we listed them in alphabetical order instead of considering them in numerical order.
- Aristomart.com (e-commerce store builder)
- Bikroy.com (classified ads marketplace)
- Bkash.com (mobile fund transfer service provider, facilitates e-commerce)
- Chaldal.com (online grocery shop)
- Daraz.com.bd (online marketplace – general)
- Foodpanda.com.bd (food delivery service)
- Pathao.com (parcel service)
- Picaboo.com (online electronic gadgets store)
- Sheba.xyz (service marketplace)
- Uber.com (ride-sharing service)
The local e-commerce industry in Bangladesh began evolving as a proper ecosystem from the year 2012. This was facilitated by expanded internet connections along with the gradual legalization and approval of online payment by the Bangladesh Bank.
Over the last few years, internet connections have improved and the number of people who have access to the web has increased thus making way for an e-commerce business to flourish. In 2016, $50 million was invested in the e-commerce sector in Bangladesh. Out of which $10 million was from Foreign Direct Investment. In 2017, the B2C e-commerce business market measure equaled USD 110-115 million (around BDT 9.0 billion) compared to BDT 1335.71 billion made by the retail market. The outreach of the e-commerce business market exceeded Tk 17.0 billion in 2017 from Tk 4.0 billion in 2016, as revealed from the findings by the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB). The market measure for e-commerce is expected to equal Tk 70 billion by 2021. (source – The Financial Express)
In Bangladesh, retail e-commerce is growing at 72 percent a month. At present, more than 35,000 individuals and above 25,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are part of this sector. Till 2018, the number of e-commerce business sites and e-commerce pages equaled 2,500 and 150,000 respectively. It was estimated that the number of deliveries per day added up to about 15,000 to 20,000 at the retail level. (source – The Financial Express)
Let us know about our list in the comment section below. We will update the list periodically to keep it up to date.
5 Comments
Daraz should be number one on the list. You guys have not mentioned Evaly here, a good choice, though the company is irrelevant now because of corruption.
Evaly is the best!
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We appreciate you sharing this extremely helpful information with us. I will definitely check these sites for online shop in Bangladesh.
I don’t know why baksh is considered here. ajkerdeal, bagdoom, priyoshop and aarong websites are also good ecommerce websites.