Flipkart will not take orders, service closed due to coronavirus lockdown

Flipkart has stopped all services on its e-commerce platform. The only reason for this is the lockdown imposed in all the states of the country to stop the rapidly increasing coronavirus infection in India. All companies have asked their employees to work from home and many companies have even closed their manufacturing plants. The Indian e-commerce giant has given a notice on its website and app that the company is temporarily suspending its services. By these services the company means buying and selling of products online and delivering them to your home. Rest of the services like video streaming, bill payments and online mobile game zone are still operational and can be accessed from the Flipkart app.

Flipkart’s decision to suspend its core service comes soon after rival Amazon India’s announcement. Let us tell you that Amazon has said that the company will now accept orders only for essential products.

Flipkart says that the company will resume the service as soon as possible. It is likely that the e-commerce platform will not accept new orders until the new 21-day lockdown announced by the government ends on March 24. Meanwhile, rival Amazon will continue to offer its services but will give priority to only essential products to people in lockdown to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection.

As of now all the products on Flipkart are having “Out of Stock” status, but some services are still active. Flipkart users can still pay their phone, water, electricity, broadband etc. bills through the app. Flipkart Video streaming platform is also operational, through which users can watch movies and TV shows etc.

In the Flipkart Game Zone, users can still play online games, while in “KreatorCentral” users can watch DIY art and craft videos. Flipkart has also partnered with GiveIndia to donate health kits and other essentials that will help fight the coronavirus situation.