Flipkart launches mobile web-based platform for refurbished goods

2Gud will sell certified refurbished smartphones, tablets and laptops at first and target value conscious buyers

Online retailer Flipkart has launched a new platform for selling certified refurbished products, a little over a week after it shut eBay India that too served as an online platform for used products.

Called ‘2Gud’, the new platform will be independent from Flipkart’s main marketplace and will initially sell refurbished smartphones, tablets, laptops and other electronics. The company said it will manage the process of certifying, packaging, storing and shipping these used goods end-to-end.

Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart, said the launch of 2Gud was in line with the company’s focus on tapping the next 100-200 million online shoppers in