mumbai homegrown marketplace snapdeal has added over 5000 manufacturersellers on its platform so far this year most of them in the september quarter exceeding the target it had set for itself earlier in the year a top company official has saidthough it began onboarding new manufacturers directly as sellers from january majority of the signups have taken place in the september quarter the official said thanks to the lockdowns and the resultant shift in consumer behaviour it can be noted that every online sellerservice provider has benefited from the lockdownsadding new sellers will help the etailer to ramp up its diwali sales plans as direct shipment to buyers help manufacturers move stocks faster to customersthe leading valuefocused marketplace has over 5 lakh registered sellers and over 70 million visitors every month who can buy from over 213 million listings and its network covers over 26000 pin codesa large chunk of the new manufacturersellers are into kitchen gadgets like juicers food processors steel copper utensils crockery items bed linen fashion accessories like watches wallets and a wide range of apparel including kidswear sarees and suits and regular use items like tshirts track pants among others according to the companythere are also many manufacturers who offer a range of fitness equipment like tummy trimmers resistance bands weights etc most of these manufacturersellers are from small towns manufacturing hubs like meerut ludhiana tirupur jaipur panipat surat and rajkotahead of its festive sales push snapdeal recently opened 25 logistics centres in major metros like mumbai delhi and bengaluru as well in small towns like surat jaipur panipat gurugram bahadurgarh yamuna nagar rajkot bhiwandi agra noida and mathurasnapdeal allows manufacturersellers to ship directly to buyers which means that their stocks are not stuck in the warehouses of online platforms