Flipkart Summer Sale 2018: upto 80 % Discounts, Coupons, What Is On Offer And More

Flipkart's second summer sale following the four-day Big 10 sale two weeks back may be relatively muted in its launch, but like the previous one, is pulling out all stops to offer customers enviable deals.- Starts from May 29th to 31st only at Flipkart.com

Starting today, the sale will continue until the end of this month, with discounts of up to 80% on electronics and auto accessories with exchange offers and no cost EMIs. Flipkart's 'Summer Shopping Days' festival is also doling out heavy discounts on home appliances and smartphones.

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With 'discounts' on e-commerce platforms galore, if a 30% cut on an AC is not enough to grab your attention, a flat Rs 10,000 off on a smartphone perhaps will. Giordano watches and premium bags for women at minimum 75% drop are other deals currently on offer on the platform.

Other deals include a 14% off on Apple Watch Series 2 and 20% off on 40-inch Sony televisions. Fitness products are also selling big with up to 80% discounts on a range of items inclluding various exercise equipment as well as sports gear. Photography enthusiasts are also getting 20% off on Nikon DSLR cameras. 

The e-commerce player is also dishing out good deals on fashion and apparels with a minimum 30% off on women's shoes including Puma and Adidas and at least 50% off on Arrow and Lee shirts for men. 

What's more, as per the website, customers using PhonePe for transactions on the platform will get 25% cashback. PhonePe is Flipkart's inhouse fintech company that provides payments solution based on UPI. During the previous sale this month, PhonePe reached a new high with a 30X increase with over 2 lakh customers transacting for the first time using UPI in a single day. Users of Citi credit and debit cards will also reportedly get an additional cashback of 10%. 

Flipkart summer sale comes just 10 days after it concluded its Big 10 sale on May 18. Amazon had also launched its India's Great Indian Sale early this month, which reportedly helped grow the platform's customer acquisition by a whopping 235% in tier 2 & 3 cities. Although beleaguered online marketplace Snapdeal may be out of this race, it had also launched two summer sales in quick succession this month. 

Flipkart has come up with yet another sale this summer and is offering discounts of upto 80 percent. The e-commerce website has announced the Summer Shopping days sale, which begins from today and will go on till the end of the month. Under the 3-day sale from May 29 to May 31, the online retailer is offering deals on products ranging from electronics to fashion wear. Apart from the big discounts on a varied range of products, Flipkart is also offering exchange offers and no cost EMIs. The website also has some lucrative offers on smartphones too. Flipkart had two major sales in the month of May-Big 10 and Summer Shopping.

Consumers who are planning to avail the deals offered in the three-day sale can also get an additional 10 percent cash back on Citi Bank credit and debit cards. Under the sale, consumers can also avail a 25 percent cash back with PhonePe transactions. There are some huge discounts on mobile phones during the 3-day sale. The Samsung Galaxy On Nxt (64 GB) is available for only Rs 14,900, while the MRP is Rs 17,900. Users can also avail upto Rs 14,000 off under an exchange offer. The Panasonic Ray Max (4 GB) smartphone can be purchased at Rs 9,499, while its MRP is Rs 11,499. Here too, you can get an additional exchange offer of upto Rs 9,000. The e-commerce platform offers the new Apple iPad for Rs 24,900 while it usually costs Rs 28,900.

In other offers, Flipkart is giving upto 40-80 percent off on electronic and auto accessories. Users who are interested in television and Air Conditioners and other appliances can avail discounts of upto 60 percent. Apart from these, the online portal is offering 50 to 80 percent off on clothing brands, flat 55 percent on shoes and other footwear, 40 to 80 percent on fashion accessories, and 40 to 80 percent on under the Home and furniture category.

Earlier this month, Flipkart was pitted against Amazon, when its Big 10 sale to celebrate its 10 anniversary was countered by the ‘Great Indian Sale’. Flipkart’s sale took place from May 14 to May 18 this year, and according to the company, it experienced a five-fold growth in transactions on its platform. In a statement, the company said, “We exceeded our set sale targets of 5X of a normal day. Our business numbers for five days of ‘Big 10’ Sale is almost equal to the non-sale business we do in one month.”

Meanwhile, Flipkart has offers for customers who user the ‘PhonePe’ service. It is an in-house fintech company which provides payment solutions based on UPI.