The much awaited Xiaomi Mi3 went up for sale earlier today and within
minutes everything has gone awry. Online site Flipkart.com, the
exclusive partner for selling Xiaomi products
in the country has shown its true colours yet again with the site
crashing down on more than 100,000 pre-ordered customers looking to find
their way through to buy the Mi3.
This is not the first time we're hearing about Flipkart crashing owing to heavy traffic issues as similar incident occurred when Motorola decided to take the online-only route with Moto E and Moto G smartphone in the country earlier this year. And now, the same has occurred owing to high-traffic reading on the site for buying the affordable Xiaomi Mi3.
The curious part about this mishap for Flipkart reflects on the company's inability to weather the storm which was predicted much earlier than it actually occurred. Just last week, Flipkart announced that more than 100,000 customers have registered/ pre-ordered the Mi3 on their site which was going to be made available from 22nd July i.e. today. Much reminiscent to the Indian Railways booking site, IRCTC.in, Flipkart goes for a toss, the moment anyone tried to make the payment for Mi3 and instead of getting the expected message of "You purchase was successful", all one can see is this error message
This is not the first time we're hearing about Flipkart crashing owing to heavy traffic issues as similar incident occurred when Motorola decided to take the online-only route with Moto E and Moto G smartphone in the country earlier this year. And now, the same has occurred owing to high-traffic reading on the site for buying the affordable Xiaomi Mi3.
The curious part about this mishap for Flipkart reflects on the company's inability to weather the storm which was predicted much earlier than it actually occurred. Just last week, Flipkart announced that more than 100,000 customers have registered/ pre-ordered the Mi3 on their site which was going to be made available from 22nd July i.e. today. Much reminiscent to the Indian Railways booking site, IRCTC.in, Flipkart goes for a toss, the moment anyone tried to make the payment for Mi3 and instead of getting the expected message of "You purchase was successful", all one can see is this error message
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