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Amazon Great India Festival sale: Dates, card discount and 3 new first-time shopping features

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The Amazon Great Indian Festival (AGIF) is set to start later this month. At this event, customers can access deals on a wide selection of products and will also be able to avail of discounts from partner banks on their purchases. The e-commerce major will even offer Prime members 24-hour early access to the sale. Apart from this, Amazon has also announced three new features that will help users with their shopping during the festive season. Here are all the details about the dates, new features and card discounts that will be available during the upcoming Amazon Great Indian Festival. Check out the new features here:


Rufus AI shopping assistant to help you compare prices, calculate discounts and more


Rufus is an AI-based shopping assistant who is trained in Amazon’s product catalogue and information from across the web. This AI assistant can answer customer questions on shopping needs, products, and comparisons, make recommendations based on this context, and help with product discovery in the same Amazon shopping experience customers use regularly. Amazon launched Rufus earlier this month in beta to a subset of customers on the Amazon mobile app.



Amazon Bazaar : Buy affordable fashion and home products

Amazon Bazaar is a new store where customers can find affordable fashion and home products. During the Amazon Great Indian Festival, Bazaar will offer attractive prices starting at Rs 8, daily deals starting at Rs 49 and additional cashback when customers pay with UPI. All shopping on the store is eligible for Free Delivery , Payment on Delivery and easy 5-day returns with additional offers on UPI payments .


Get installation and exchange help for electronics and appliances

During the Amazon Great Indian Festival sale, customers will be able to avail of different services along with their product purchases. Customers will get offers and exchange for their old products. They can also opt for installation at the time of delivery in select categories such as TVs, appliances, furniture and smartphones in 30 select cities. Customers will also have the convenience of at-home product set up and installation services, get technical assistance for post-purchase issue troubleshooting and protect their products against any unforeseen damages or defects - at attractive prices for a wide array of products.

Amazon Great India Festival sale: Start date, time and more

The Amazon Great India Festival sale is set to begin for all users at 12 AM IST on September 27. However, Amazon Prime members will be able to access the sale deals 24 hours earlier than other customers. For Amazon Prime members, the sale will commence at 12 AM IST on September 26. The company has yet to confirm the end date of the sale.

To improve the shopping experience, Amazon has also announced three new features that will be available starting the Amazon Great India Festival sale. These features include Amazon Bazaar, Rufus AI assistant support and installation and exchange support for electronics and appliances.

Amazon Great India Festival sale: Card discounts

Customers can avail 10% instant discount with SBI Debit and Credit Cards and Credit EMI. Prime customers can enjoy 5% unlimited cashback on shopping when they use their Amazon Pay ICICI bank credit card. One can also make smart purchases with no-cost-EMI on both Debit & Credit Cards.

Amazon has also announced a reduction in selling fees across multiple product categories on the marketplace. The fee reductions which are currently effective are expected to give a timely boost to sellers as they prepare for the festive season. With the changes, sellers on Amazon India will benefit from a drop in selling fees ranging from 3% to 12% across various product categories.
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