{"id":143726,"date":"2021-10-28T18:39:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T13:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=143726"},"modified":"2021-10-29T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T09:13:34","slug":"how-ondc-seeks-to-democratize-digital-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-ondc-seeks-to-democratize-digital-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"How ONDC seeks to democratize digital\u200a commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade(DPIIT) is building an <strong>Open Network for Digital Commerce<\/strong>(ONDC) which is designed to curb digital monopolies and standardize the on-boarding of retailers on e-commerce sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the aim of ONDC?<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143728\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143728 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-16-png-2e4202f8.jpeg?resize=635%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-16-png-2e4202f8.jpeg?w=635&amp;ssl=1 635w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-16-png-2e4202f8.jpeg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: TOI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/unified-payments-interface-upi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unified Payment Interface (UPI)<\/a> has disrupted the digital payments&#8217; domain. ONDC seeks to achieve something similar for e-commerce.\u200a<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It \u200aaims \u200ato\u200a democratise digital commerce by moving it away from platform-centric models like Amazon and Flipkart to an open <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will enable more sellers to be digitally visible. The transactions will also be executed through an open network.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>How would ONDC work?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ONDC network may make it easier for a small retailer to be discovered. Once a retailer lists its products or services using the ONDC open protocol, the business can be discovered by consumers on e-commerce platforms that follow the same protocol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A consumer searching for the product can see the location of the seller and opt to buy from the neighbourhood shop that can deliver faster compared to an e-commerce company.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This may promote hyperlocal delivery of goods, such as groceries, directly from sellers to consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/open-sourcing-project-govt-panel-whats-in-store-for-online-retailers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open-sourcing project govt panel: What\u2019s in store for online retailers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5><b>What issues does the ONDC seek to address?<\/b><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143727\" style=\"width: 507px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143727 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/b548d0_99979_8_mr.jpg?resize=507%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/b548d0_99979_8_mr.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/b548d0_99979_8_mr.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Livemint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Indian digital businesses are dominated by a few established players such as Amazon, Flipkart, Zomato, and Swiggy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both consumers and the goods\/service providers depend on these platforms to connect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, often e-commerce platforms push their own white-labelled products at the expense of third-party sellers. The ONDC wants to break the digital barriers between consumers and retailers by doing away with the intermediary. The ONDC protocols may also standardize operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-open-network-for-digital-commerce-could-disrupt-indias-e-commerce-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Open Network for Digital Commerce could disrupt India\u2019s e-commerce space?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cHow ONDC seeks to democratize digital\u200a commerce\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> Livemint <\/b>on <b>27th October 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade(DPIIT) is building an Open Network for Digital Commerce(ONDC) which is designed to curb digital monopolies and standardize the on-boarding of retailers on e-commerce sites. What is the aim of ONDC? The Unified Payment Interface (UPI) has disrupted the digital payments&#8217; domain. ONDC&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/how-ondc-seeks-to-democratize-digital-commerce\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How ONDC seeks to democratize digital\u200a commerce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1738,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}