Rapidly growing football networking portal The Football Mind has officially launched an E- commerce section on their web portal.
With an ever growing interest for the game, the Football Mind has augmented networking of football in India and the world. This integrated e-commerce portal will avail all kinds of products needed in the football ecosystem. “The Football Mind Store was made to cater to various entities in football, especially in India. Through a vast variety of products and merchandises, Local and national level football clubs in India will now have a medium to connect with fans through their merchandises and gain some revenue.” said Rohit Narayan, COO – The Football Mind.
The Pune based sports networking firm has roped in various vendors from across the nation and getting on board all products which are needed in a football based ecosystem. These are targeted to all entities related to football, be it fans, local clubs and players.
Speaking about the launch, Pranesh K, CEO – The Football Mind said, “10,000 plus fans and players across the globe network on The Football Mind every day. We plan to take this number to more than 100, 000 by end of 2016. Adding E- commerce within the network gives us a huge advantage to build value addition for vendors and clubs, while giving our users an option to shop for the best products while networking”
Local football clubs will be able to buy basic training material for their sessions and drills. Player oriented products like cleats, shin pads, speed ladders, arm bands etc. will be targeted to amateurs as well as professional players. Apart from these, club merchandise is also available through which clubs can promote their products.
This will be the first time ever where all your footballing needs will be catered under one roof. Over 3.5 billion people follow football across the globe. With companies like Microsoft, Cisco making huge investments in this domain, this will be an interesting space for investors and startups.