To Take On Amazon, Flipkart To Launch “Big Freedom Sale” On August 10

Flipkart has announced “The Big Freedom Sale. The online retailer giant has stepped further and revealed that its next big sale is in anticipation of the coming India’s 72^nd Independence Day. The timing announced is between August 10-12, 2018. But the offer details are not out as of now, while the company has said that it will be holding all those blockbuster deals, price cash offers, rush hour deals, hourly deals and The Freedom Hour during the 72 hour sale period. In the same way Amazon India is also conducting its Freedom Sale that will kick off a day earlier, on August 9 itself. The sale is expected to run until August 12.

Under the Flipkart’s The Big Freedom Sale, users will have the facility to avail a cashback of up to 10 percent with Citibank credit cards, however the upper amount limit for the cashback is not yet known. Flipkart has unveiled blockbuster deals and price crash offers that will be held every eight hours during the sale period. In addition to that, a ‘rush hour’ with ‘revolutionary deals’ will also be held between 12am and 2am on August 10, i.e, at the start of the Flipkart sale.

Apart from that, hourly deals will also be held during the entirety of the 72-hour period, in a way similar to the Lightning deals that have previously been held during Amazon India’s sales. As a last one, a ‘Freedom Countdown’ will be held on all three consecutive days of the Flipkart sale, between the timing of 7:47pm and 8:18pm, with a total of 31 minutes of price drops on products across categories.

As of now what little has been revealed about the Flipkart sale is that there will be offers on smartphones from famous brands such as Xiaomi, Samsung, Apple, and more. More than 80 percent discount is also expected on select type of laptops, audio equipment, and cameras from manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, Google, and more.

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To stay prepared for the coming Flipkart sale, the e-commerce website recommends measures like adding your favorite products to the wish list, saving credit/ debit card details to your own account, and updating your delivery address at first.

As announced last week, Amazon.in is also hosting its ‘Amazon Freedom Sale’ from August 9-12. The sale has got previewed deals on smartphones such as OnePlus 6, Realme 1, Moto G6, and others. There will be a total cashback of 10 percent on purchases made using SBI credit and debit cards.

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