How 2 Yrs Old Indian Opensource Project Got 25k+ Downloads and Generated USD 300k Revenue
Business Wire India
Bagistois anopensourceeCommerceplatformbuiltonLaravel.Startedas a communityprojectbyWebkulin October2018,theplatformhasamassed25k+downloads,2800+GithubStars, 0 to 100kuserbase,1500+Communitymembersandhasgenerated$300k+revenue in justtwoyearstime.
Webkul is aneCommercegiantthathasbeenworkingonvariouseCommerceframeworkslikeMagento,WooCommerce,OpenCart,Shopifyandmanyothersformorethan10years,mostofwhich is opensource.Whileworkingontheseplatforms,thereweresomehiddendifficultiesliketheease to usetheseplatforms,developers to easilycustomisethemandthelargelearningcurve.Thisled to thedevelopmentof a newplatformwhichfulfilstheseaspectsandwillbeeasy to workonevenforsomeonehavingexperienceonthepopularMVCarchitecturebasedframeworklikelaravelwhichled to theinceptionofBagisto.
Bagisto is notjustanothereCommercesolutionbutmoreofplatform-drivencommerce. Its a postcommercesolutionbywhich one canbuildmarketplaces,POS,PWA,Dropship,Multi-Tenantandotherapplicationaround it. Builtwiththemostadvancedtechstackusinglaravel & vue.js,theplatform is highlyscalable,customisableandeasy to use.“WithBagisto,wearenotfighting a warwithothereCommerceplatforms,buttrying to providethebestplatformfordevelopersandmerchants to makeuseof,”saysSauravPathak,VP- ProductandSales,Bagisto.
Theever-growingcommunity,70+add-ons to beusedwithandbackedbyoneofthebiggesteCommercecompaniesofAsia,theopensourceplatform is here to stayandexpand. In thelatestreleaseofv1.2.0,theplatformhasreleasedinnovativefeatureslikeBladeTracer,ModuleGeneratorandOne-ClickUpdate to easethewayhowdeveloperscustomiseandupdatebagisto.Theplatform is looking to pivotinto a solutionprovidingnativesupport to machinelearningandaugmentedrealityfeaturesusingTensorFlowasopensource to furtherimprovethemerchant-customerexperience."Bagisto allows you to build the next generation eCommerce store on the popular PHP framework; Laravel," says Jitendra Singh, VP - Technology, Bagisto.
“People in Indiaareworkingonopensourceprojects,butthesehavenotoriginated in India.Ourattempt is to changethisscenario.Wedonotknowwhetherwewillsucceed,butweareconstantlytryingourbest to workonopensourceprojects. In theend,Indiashouldbetheplaceoforiginforglobalopensourceprojects,”saysVipinSahu,CEOofWebkul
TheplatformhasreceivedwidespreadcoverageonvariousplatformslikeLaravelNews,OpensourceforUmagazine,Aatmanirbharbharat,IndiaOStalks to name a few.Thefutureplansofincludingmicro-services,GraphQLAPIandbelike a BusinessApplicationPlatformspeaks a lotofplatform’svisionaryroadmap.