Bangladesh, post-pandemic, is experiencing a tremendous increase in e-commerce transactions. This growth, driven primarily by tech advancements, the Corona crisis, and evolving consumer behavior, has helped numerous online marketplaces to meet the diverse needs of Bangladeshi consumers.
Here we look at the current top 10 e-commerce businesses and websites in Bangladesh, that have shaped the online shopping experience in the country.
1. Daraz Bangladesh
Daraz is a distinguished name in the e-commerce realm known for its diverse range of product categories from consumer electronics to household goods, beauty, fashion, sports equipment, and groceries.
Since its inception in 2012, Daraz has maintained an active presence in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Nepal.
Currently an affiliate of the Alibaba Group, the e-commerce giant boasts a network of 30,000 sellers and 500 brands, serving over 5 million customers across the South Asia region.
🎯 Product Categories: Consumer goods
Highlights
- Over 2.5 million products to offer.
- Daraz Online Shopping App has over 50 million downloads to date on Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.3/5.00 across 3.55 million reviews to date on Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.5/5.00 across 67.4 thousand reviews to date on Apple Store.
- Free of cost mobile app
- Multiple modes of payment
- Relatively safe data privacy
- Offers various benefits to customers like Daraz Cards, Daraz Mart, Daraz Cares, Daraz Exclusives, etc.
👉🏼 Website: https://www.daraz.com.bd/
👉🏼 Mobile App: https://www.daraz.com.bd/mobile-apps/
👉🏼 To become a seller: https://sellercenter.daraz.com.bd/apps/seller/
2. Chaldal
Chaldal has surely improved the game in how people shop daily essentials online. Having started operations in 2013, Chaldal’s services shot up during the peak COVID-19 pandemic and to date help its customers in daily grocery shopping.
With a belief to save hours in traffic, brave harsh weather, and avoid queuing up in line for hours, just to buy daily necessities, the brand currently operates online in Dhaka, Jashore, and Chattogram.
🎯 Product Categories: Groceries
Highlights
- Over 4000 products to offer.
- Chaldal Online Grocery App has over one million downloads to date on Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.6/5.00 across 23.4 thousand reviews to date Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.8/5.00 across 3.8 thousand reviews to date on the Apple Store
- Free of cost mobile app
- Multiple modes of payment
- Deliveries on Holidays as well
- Customers can enjoy various offers throughout the year in addition to Egg Club Membership and Daily Deals.
👉🏼 Website: www.chaldal.com
👉🏼 Mobile Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chaldal.poached
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chaldal-online-grocery/
👉🏼 To become a seller: You can not be a seller in Chaldal!
3. Rokomari
A subsidiary of the Onnorokom Group, Rokmari was officially launched as an online bookstore in 2012. It is the country’s first online bookstore, and to date, leads the local online book-selling industry in sales and website visits.
Rokomari’s stride in pioneering online bookstores did not stop here. Rokomari launched ‘Muthoboi,’ an e-book app, with a beta version in early 2020. Following positive user feedback, a full version was released in 2021, during peak pandemic times.
Expanding its literary wings for avid Bengali readers worldwide, Rokomari now offers books to 30 countries and manages B2B orders with a dedicated international team.
🎯 Product Categories: Books/E-books
Highlights
- Over 500 publishers and 2500 authors to select from.
- Rokomari App has over one million downloads to date on the Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.4/5.00 across 17.4 thousand reviews to date Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.6/5.00 across 450 reviews to date on the Apple Store
- Free of cost mobile app
- Multiple modes of payment
- First online shopping portal in Bangladesh to introduce “Cash on Delivery (COD)”
- Pre-orders and extra discounts are available for purchasers.
👉🏼 Website: https://www.rokomari.com/
👉🏼 Mobile Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rokomari
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rokomari-trusted-online-store/id1493045502
👉🏼 To become a seller: Email to seller@rokomari.com
4. Pickaboo
Pickaboo, established in 2016, is one of the most comprehensive e-commerce platforms in Bangladesh. It offers an extensive range of items in Electronics, home appliances, Smartphones, Cameras, Computing and accessories, and Mobile Accessories.
The brand offers a great customer experience, providing an efficient delivery service through its logistics. So, the customers enjoy a hassle-free, on-time delivery.
🎯 Product Categories: Technology
Highlights
- Over hundreds of products across more than 70 categories.
- Pickaboo App has over one million downloads to date on the Google Play Store.
- Rating: 3.9/5.00 across 4.81 thousand reviews to date Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.9/5.00 across 8 reviews to date on Apple Store
- Free of cost mobile app
- Multiple modes of payment
- All Products are returnable.
- Home delivery all around Bangladesh with Flexible payment
👉🏼 Website: https://www.pickaboo.com/
👉🏼 Mobile Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pickaboo.app
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/pickaboo-com/id1457168813
👉🏼 To become a seller: You can’t be a seller on Pickaboo!
5. AjkerDeal
AjkerDeal.com has been a premier online shopping platform in Bangladesh since opening in 2011. This e-commerce brand has over 150,000 products across roughly 500 distinct categories.
Shoppers enjoy a wide array of goods, from apparel and personal care items like trimmers, watches, and cosmetics to tech gadgets, home appliances, and much more.
AjkerDeal caters to budget-conscious buyers, emphasizing affordability with quality and smooth delivery.
🎯 Product Categories: Lifestyle
Highlights
- Over 150,000 products are available on the site.
- AjkerDeal Online Shopping BD App has over one million downloads to date on the Google Play Store.
- Rating: 3.8/5.00 across 28.7 thousand reviews to date
- Not available on the Apple Store
- Free of cost mobile app
- Modes of payment primarily on Visa, Bkash, Amex, and Cash on Delivery
- The brand has three associated partners that help it with business operations
- AjkerDeal Classified
- Delivery Tiger
- Delivery Bondhu
👉🏼 Website: https://ajkerdeal.com/
👉🏼 Mobile Apps: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ajkerdeal.app.android&hl=en
👉🏼 To become a seller: https://corporate.ajkerdeal.com/
6. Sheba.xyz
Sheba.xyz is one of the first and the largest service platforms in Bangladesh helping customers in urban homes and offices since 2016.
You can avail yourself of your required service from 150+ household services on the Sheba.xyz platform through expert and verified professionals.
The platform also provides training, certification, business management assistance and quality assurance that boosts demand for service providers.
Part of the Sheba Platform, its other two popular SBUs are:
- sManager: an ERP solution for SMEs that acts as a tool to grow their business. It’s a user-friendly app, designed to automate all processes.
- sBusiness: a B2B SaaS platform that automates mundane administrative & HR tasks.
🎯 Product Categories: Services
Highlights
- Over 241 services are available on the site.
- Over 15,000 service providers to help out the customers
- Sheba.xyz App has over 500 thousand downloads to date on Google Play Store.
- Rating: 3.8/5.00 across 4.59 thousand reviews to date Google Play Store.
- Rating: 3.8/5.00 across 175 reviews to date on the Apple Store
- Free of cost mobile app
- The platform is currently covering Dhaka, Chittagong, and Bogra.
👉🏼 Website: https://www.sheba.xyz/
👉🏼 Mobile Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.sheba.customersapp&hl=en
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sheba-xyz-service-platform/id1399019504
👉🏼 To become a seller: You can not be a seller here!
7. Bikroy.com
Bikroy allows you to buy and sell almost everything. It offers selling and buying of various items all over Bangladesh, across more than 50 different categories. From a car, mobile phone, house, computer or even your pet or flower vase, you can find the best deals on Bikroy.
🎯 Product Categories: Multiple (including property and jobs)
Highlights
- Over 100,000 ads across 50 categories are available on the site.
- Ads in jobs and properties are also available
- Bikroy App has over 10 million downloads to date on Google Play Store.
- Rating: 4.3./5.00 across 96.10 thousand reviews to date
- Rating: 4.1/5.00 across 3.10 thousand reviews to date on Apple Store
- Free of cost mobile app
- The platform allows you to place digital ads and has BikesGuide for bikers.
👉🏼 Website: https://bikroy.com/
👉🏼 Mobile Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bikroy
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bikroy-everything-sells/id991709005
👉🏼 To become a seller: https://bikroy.com/en/users/login?action=post-ad&redirect-url=%2Fen%2Fpost-ad
8. Bagdoom
Bagdoom.com began its ecommerce journey as Akhoni.com in 2011. Co-founded by Mr. Shameem Ahsan (Former President of BASIS), Mr. Imran Khan & Ms. Syeda Kamrun Ahmed, the platform was formed as a daily deals and coupon site.
After revamping this eCommerce site for more, various lifestyle products, the brand renamed itself as Bagdoom.com in 2015
Bagdoom also allows merchants to sell through the site on commission basis. Currently, 30+ categories in lifestyle, clothing, electronics, appliances, beauty products, groceries, etc. are available.
🎯 Product Categories: Lifestyle
Highlights
- Over 30 product categories from various brands
- Bagdoom App has over 100,000 downloads to date on Google Play Store.
- Rating: 2.7/5.00 from 1.9 thousand reviews to date
- Free of cost mobile app
👉🏼 Website: https://bagdoom.com/
👉🏼 Mobile Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcc.bagdoom&hl=en&gl=US
👉🏼 To become a seller: N/A
9. PriyoShop
Since 2013, Priyoshop slowly started coming to the limelight through its online offers. Like other top ecommerce sites, it also features a large collection of products. It is an initiative of the IT firm Splendor IT.
Priyoshop sets itself apart from the others allowing both small and medium businesses to sell their products on the platform. One can see products in categories like ladies and gents clothing, footwear, jewelry, accessories, electronics, health care, beauty products, and more.
🎯 Product Categories: Consumer goods
Highlights
- Over 500 brands and products are available on the site.
- Platform for MSMEs to offer e-commerce, connection to brands, payments as microfinance, and last-mile fulfillment to the customers.
- Free of cost mobile app
👉🏼 Website: https://priyoshop.com/
👉🏼 To become a seller: https://priyoshop.com/sellwithus
10. Othoba
A sister concern of PRAN-RFL Group, Othoba.com started off in 2015. Its ecommerce platform includes phones, electronics, furniture, food, clothing, toys, books, etc. across various brands. Besides special discounts, visitors can enjoy EMI facilities on products, too.
🎯 Product Categories: Consumer goods
Highlights
- Around 10,000 products are available on the site.
- Othoba App has over 10 thousand downloads to date on Google Play Store.
- Rating: 3.5/5.00 across 108 reviews to date on Google Play Store.
- Different promotions and offers on the products are available on a monthly, weekly, and yearly basis and also during particular seasons or observances (Bijoy Festival offer, Winter Sale offer, etc.)
- Free of cost mobile app
👉🏼 Website: https://www.othoba.com/
👉🏼 Mobile Apps:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.othoba.android
👉🏼 To become a seller: https://www.othoba.com/certified-products
Conclusion
As the e-commerce landscape in Bangladesh evolves and grows more with each passing year digital buying and selling will become the go-to method for markets. Online markets help consumers save their transportation costs and time on the road, something extremely vital in today’s times, especially in a city life Dhaka. The above ecommerce sites of Bangladesh will take center stage as days progress ahead.