NAINITAL: Combo schemes, free home delivery, huge discounts and full refund if the product is returned are terms that online buyers would associate with clothes, gizmos and other merchandise. These tempting offers on various online websites are however meant for buyers of sacrificial goats. With Id-ul-Zuha or Bakr Eid round the corner, online portals like OLX, Quikr, Goatindia and Dumbabakra are flooded with images of goats on sale. "I will now upload the best pictures online and wait for buyers to call me," Noorani says. "While the virtual platform is giving tough competition to traditional open markets, manual selling and buying still dominates the trade.

Source: Times of India September 12, 2016 17:43 UTC