tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2100645317549603312012-07-30T16:57:38.070+05:30Vivek Sinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13710017867143052569noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210064531754960331.post-91842614335226397142012-07-30T12:15:00.001+05:302012-07-30T16:57:38.100+05:302012-07-30T16:57:38.100+05:30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The growth of numerous Internet based shopping portals like Flipkart, Infibeam, Jabong, Myntra etc, made me wonder if was also possible to buy electronics components online in India. The reason to go online is due to the fact that the main electronics market is very far from the place I live and components or parts as per my requirement may not be available locally.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are some global shopping portals already available, like&nbsp;<a href="http://www.digikey.in/">Digikey</a>, <a href="http://in.mouser.com/">Mouser</a>, <a href="http://in.rsdelivers.com/">RS Components</a>, <a href="http://in.element14.com/">Element 14</a>, but ordering from them would be an expensive affair due to high shipping cost to India.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This made me start with a Google search of </span><a href="http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&amp;q=online+electronics+components+shopping+in+india" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">online electronics components sellers</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. The first page itself bought some useful information, however, there were 2 blog posts which I found informative - </span><a href="http://manishchiniwalar.com/featured/buy-robotic-parts-online-indian-websites/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Manish Chiniwalar</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://achuwilson.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/indian-online-shops-selling-electronics-robotics-components/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Achu's TechBlog</a>&nbsp;- <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">both</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">&nbsp;contain almost the same information. In the past couple of months I used a few of these portals to buy components and boards for my requirements.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nV36fP0ECOg/UBYwpZABaiI/AAAAAAAAAm4/lvoAlhvXvUw/s1600/IMAG0399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nV36fP0ECOg/UBYwpZABaiI/AAAAAAAAAm4/lvoAlhvXvUw/s320/IMAG0399.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">One of the things that I learnt while browsing these lists and using these online shops was that there was no review of these portals available. For a new person who had no &nbsp;experience other than buying books, clothes, kid's shoes or mobiles online, the experience can be very different. So I thought to put together my experience of these portals.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jKRDE_dVOF0/UBZtwnL3ydI/AAAAAAAAAnk/8WVyDYFY9Rc/s1600/comparision.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jKRDE_dVOF0/UBZtwnL3ydI/AAAAAAAAAnk/8WVyDYFY9Rc/s640/comparision.PNG" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">URLs: 1. </span><a href="http://www.nex-robotics.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nex-Robotics</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, 2. </span><a href="http://www.probots.co.in/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Probots</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, 3. </span><a href="http://www.onlinetps.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">OnlineTPS</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> and 4. </span><a href="http://www.sunrom.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sunrom</a></span></i></div> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another website with a good inventory seems to be <a href="http://www.hobby2go.com/">Hobby2Go</a>, however the prices are on the higher side and I have had no experience of dealing with them yet.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ebay.in/">Ebay.in</a> is another source from where you can find some deals at times (notice the 16x2 char LCD I bought from ebay).</span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hope this post would help you in shopping for components online and you can share your experience in the comments.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">© Vivek Sinha, 2012</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/210064531754960331-9184261433522639714?l=elabindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Vivek Sinhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13710017867143052569noreply@blogger.com0