Four products of TCB (Trading Corporation of Bangladesh) are now available online. TCB is selling 4 products including onions through eight e-commerce platforms. This activity is being conducted under the supervision of the Ministry of Commerce and E-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (E-CAB) since April 26.
Earlier, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated the event online on Monday (April 26).
It is learned that TCB's products are being sold through the e-commerce platforms of Chaldal.com, Swapna Online, Sabzibazar, Kejclick, Verification.com, One Stop Super Shop.com.bd, Ipally.com.bd and Byron.com.bd.
According to e-Cab, this activity is being conducted in only 4 cities of the country. The cities are Dhaka, Chittagong, Gopalganj and Sirajganj. Among them, Ipally is conducting their activities in Sirajganj.
This initiative is available on the already launched platform Digital Haat (https://digitalhaat.net/). If you go to this link, you will find the link of all the organizations together. The buyer can order the product by going to the link of the company of his choice. In addition, the product can be found by visiting the relevant e-commerce platforms. TCB products can be purchased in the same way as products are purchased from other sites.
A buyer can buy 5 liters of oil, 2 kg of sugar, 2 kg of gram and 1 kg of lentil pulses per week. A buyer on this platform means an account. Apart from this, TCB's onion has been available online since last September. TCB's seal is affixed on the picture of the online TCB product. As a result there is no hassle to find the product.
If you want to know about the general secretary of e-cab. Abdul Wahed Tamal said, "We want people to stay at home." That is why this initiative has been taken. As a result, buyers are now able to order TCB products at home without having to go out and line up. Going out of the house and standing in line to buy TCB products can bring health risks.
The general secretary of e-Cab said, initially a total of 150 tons of products have been given to 8 companies. This amount will increase further. There is a good demand for TCB products.
Asked how much TCB products have been sold online, he said, "Chaldal and Sapne are the most sold among the six platforms." Giving ends immediately. He commented that sales on other platforms are fair.
If you want to know who is buying the product. Abdul Waheed Tamal said it is difficult to understand online. It is quite a difficult task to find out. "More important to us than knowing which class of buyers is buying the product is whether the buyers are buying TCB products," he said. We will say, buyers are buying products.