There are bazaars in every neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan. The most popular bazaars in Karachi generally are: Tariq Road, Bohri Bazaar, Soldier Bazaar, Sarafa Bazar, Meena Bazaar, Urdu Bazaar, etc.
Amongst these and renowned for its wholesale markets, dry milk, spice & dry fruit market is Jodia Bazar.
These are thousands of small individually owned or family-owned shops and stalls in the traditional style Bazaar with all the energy and the pulse of a vibrant community thronged with customers looking to get the best prices for themselves. This is the place where billions of Rupees change hand daily and everything from the manner in which business is done to the feel is out of a black-noir movie.
Access to this market however is not available to everyone. The roads and the streets are congested as vendors take over every possible inch for their wares. Quality maybe compromised by certain bad actors to take advantage of the customer base coming every day. Customer service is not at the top of the features one may expect here.
Thus in an effort to popularize and make this old marketplace accessible to everyone, Jodiabaazar.com has been setup which has establish a managed marketplace with the current merchants of Jodia bazar and the team further aims to setup digital-based logistics centers in the city of Karachi to provide various delivery services including instant and one-day delivery services.
This is a need of the hour as there are a total of 3150 traditional businesses operating in the area with some estimated 10,500 businesses in the adjoining areas of Paper Market, Bolton Market, Empress market and slightly further Saddar, the downtown area of Karachi.
These marketplaces have thrived since their inceptions decades ago and still maintain their iconic role as the main source of groceries for the Karachi Middle Class. It was and is still common to see endless waves of shoppers at traditional markets during weekends and traditional holidays.
However, these old marketplaces are beginning to lose their popularity as the facilities became old and outdated. Karachi based consumers are increasingly favoring shopping at megastores especially Imtiaz, which provides a clean and pleasant environment with close to same prices found in these markets. Online shopping malls such as Daraz.pk also continue to attract both funding and millions of consumers through instant and one-day delivery services. Some online stores are increasingly offering even cheaper prices than these traditional marketplaces.
The idea behind jodiabaazar.com is to digitize these markets enabling the thousands of merchants to grow beyond the borders of these markets, enabling them to offer the same great prices to anyone shopping online and even outside of Karachi. Secondly, the Jodiabaazar.com will operate micro fulfillment centers (MFCs), small-sized logistics centers, at three different locations to offer instant delivery services. When a customer makes an order, the product will be picked up by JB workers and will be delivered by their team or with a 3PL partner.
We wish the team good luck in their endeavor.
To Contact Them:
Corporate@jodiabaazar.com
WhatsApp: +92 331 5 222 927 (0331 J BAA ZAR)
Accelerate - by Umair Mohsin 