flipkart sales

It was pegged as the mother of all sales, and it had the shoppers salivating. But when the D-day arrived, there was a barrage of consumer criticism that dwarfed the scale of the sale itself. The complaint: most of the shoppers failed to get the goodies.

Of the one billion who visited Flipkart, 998.5 million came back empty-handed. If you too were among those disappointed, here are some pointers that can help you prepare better the next time you want to binge on such a sale.