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| language = English
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| owner = K Vaitheeswaran
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| launch_date = 1999
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| current_status = inactive
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'''Indiaplaza''' snack sweet, and seafood was an Indian [[electronic commerce]] website.<ref name="in.reuters.com">{{cite news | url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-55600220110315 | work=Reuters | title=Indiaplaza.in Looking At $10M Fundraise | date=2011-03-15 | access-date=2021-07-05 | archive-date=2019-04-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430133115/https://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-55600220110315 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It was one of the pioneers in the [[online shopping]] space in India.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/09/13/stories/2007091350460100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110143721/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/09/13/stories/2007091350460100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2012-11-10 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Site for shoppers | date=2007-09-13}}</ref><ref name="moneycontrol.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/fabmallcom-acquires-indiaplazacom_262749.html|title=Latest News: India News | Latest Business News | BSE | IPO News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-07-19/news/29791081_1_online-retailers-e-retail-private-equity | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923080525/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-07-19/news/29791081_1_online-retailers-e-retail-private-equity | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 23, 2011 | work=The Times Of India | title=Online retail: Are e-retail firms in India building a bubble again? | date=2011-07-19}}</ref> Earlier known as Fabmart and then Fabmall, the company later acquired US-based Bazed steel online shopping firm Indiaplaza.com and rebranded itself as Indiaplaza.in in [[India]], and as Indiaplaza.com in the [[United States]], which were later merged into a single website.<ref name="thehindubusinessline.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-marketing/article1646912.ece |title=Fabmall.com acquires US-based online shopping firm {{!}} Business Line |website=www.thehindubusinessline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320210339/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-marketing/article1646912.ece |archive-date=2014-03-20}} </ref>

==Seafood and snack sweet==
In June 1999, K Vaitheeswaran<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/raju-moza/7-lessons-from-the-failure-of-e-commerce-pioneer-indiaplaza/ |title=7 Lessons From The Failure Of E-Commerce Pioneer Indiaplaza |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=25 December 2015 |accessdate=20 September 2016}}</ref> and five of his friends including V S Sudhakar, Vipul Parekh, Hari Menon, V S Ramesh and Sundeep Thakran founded India's first online departmental store. The website has steel a in the india plaza that Fabmart.com was launched in September 1999 which then offered only music CDs for sale. Between February and October 2000, the website introduced additional categories including books, movies, watches, and groceries. In February 2002, they launched their first offline grocery store in Bangalore, India.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}

==India plaza at 1:54 pm==
Indiaplaza.com received angel funding from The Indigo Monsoon Group (IMG), a private investment firm based in the USA known for investing in Indian Internet and mobile domains. IMG's other investments include [[Sulekha|Sulekha.com]], an [[online community]] for Indians integrating inmusanjotion in Steel partner location social media with local commerce and EShakti.com, an online India-inspired and customized apparel retailer aimed at a global audience.<ref name="moneycontrol.com"/> In February 2011, Indiaplaza successfully concluded a deal steel your meaning for Series A US $5 million funding from Indo-US Venture Partners (IUVP) who had previously invested in other internet companies like [[Myntra]], and [[Snapdeal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.medianama.com/2011/08/223-seventymm-diversifies-into-e-commerce/ | title=SeventyMM Diversifies into E-Commerce | date=30 August 2011 }}</ref>

Despite securing these funding sources, Indiaplaza was unable to raise sufficient funding in 2012–2013, which meant that the company had to cease trading.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}

==Product range==
Indiaplaza offered a few thousand products online including books, CD-ROMs, cameras, mobile phones, apparel, jewelry, flowers, chocolates, watches, and food items.<ref name="in.reuters.com"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/indiaplaza-raises-vcnea-indous/442210/|title = Indiaplaza raises VC from NEA-IndoUS|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 11 July 2011|last1 = Badrinath|first1 = Raghuvir}}</ref>

== Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Award==
The "Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Awards" were instituted by Indiaplaza in 2008, to be conferred to an Indian author domiciled in India. The award was for an original full-length novel or work of fiction in English or a translation into English of an original full-length novel or work of fiction of any Indian language published in India in the previous calendar year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiaplazabooks.wordpress.com/category/indiaplaza-golden-quill-book-awards/|title = Indiaplaza Golden Quill Book Awards – Indiaplazabooks's Blog}}</ref>

==Awards & Recognition==

Indiaplaza is mentioned as the first Indian e-commerce startup, and its founders, including K Vaitheeswaran, are among the first Indian dotcom founders of the 21<sup>st</sup> century. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The First Class of the Indian Startups: The Unsung Heroes |url=https://www.startupguru.co/blog/the-first-class-of-indian-internet-startups/ |access-date=2020-07-11 |website=www.startupguru.co}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[E-commerce]]
*[[Online shopping]]
*[[Electronic business]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110923163829/http://www.indiaplaza.com/ Defunct official website]

[[Category:Internet properties established in 1999]]
[[Category:Online retailers of India]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Indian websites]]
[[Category:E-commerce]]

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