Bansal: Marketplaces do not need inventory ownership to deliver great experiences
Rohit Bansal · a16z Podcast | E-commerce, Payments, & More in India's Evolving Retail Landscape · Jan 2, 2019 · at 6:37
Rohit Bansal, co-founder of Snapdeal, discusses marketplace architecture. He argues platforms can curate customer experience without taking direct ownership of inventory.
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“As marketplaces have matured, and what our viewpoint on marketplaces is, is that you can have a situation of having extremely fragmented and distributed supply, but still create a layer of marketplace and experience on top of it.”
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