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| For New Comers |
| Guide To New Comers |
| Sapnaonline is a one-stop shop in the virtual world. With our past experience we believe in providing the customers with an unparalleled range of products in each section. You can click on the below mentioned links to take you into the in-depth details regarding them. |
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| # Sapnaonline Books Corner |
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| # Sapnaonline Music Corner |
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| # Sapnaonline Multimedia |
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| We will now guide you from ordering your first product to completion of the same. |
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| Time to Browse |
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| Welcoming our customers we make ordering from our online shopping easy & simple. You need not create an account now. You can do it later, just before the “Buy now” option. Customers can just browse through or directly go to search for items you would like to order. Search boxes are located on the top of almost every page of our site. Further option for advanced search is also given on every page. This is for a search of an item if you are more specific with the details. Below each item we have “More info.” icon. Clicking on that will give more information on that particular product. |
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| Time to Order |
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| After you have selected the desired item, click on “Add to cart” button, which is available just below every product. Once this is done you can click on “OK” button for further browsing. Once you feel that you have bought all the desired products, click on “View Cart” button. Here, option to change the quantity or delete any product is given. If you have done so click on the “Re-Calculate” button to get updated amount. Once you are finished shopping click on “Buy Now” button. |
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| Time to Sign In |
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| Once you press the “Buy now” button you will be shown the "Sign in" page having three option if you have not logged in: |
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| Already Registered Customer Login |
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| If you wish to Register click on “Sign Up” |
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| An already Registered Customer will be only asked to verify the shipping address. If the new customer wishes to register he will be asked to enter the necessary information like your name, address, location, e-mail id, Password, subjects of interest etc. This password will be unique & personalized only for you. This password will help you later on, to maintain your personal account information. Sapnaonline has a unique feature that makes our site user friendly. You can buy an item even though you do not want to register yourself. |
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| Your personal information will not be sold / rented to any other third party. Kindly read the policy for more information. |
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| Submitting Your Order |
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| The final amount will include the shipping charges also. You will be asked to choose the suitable payment option, which will enable us to complete the ordering process by clicking the “Order Now” button. An order confirmation email will be sent to you once we receive the payment authorization. |
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| FAQ's |
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| Can I check / track my order. |
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| Yes, Sapnaonline user will be able to check and track his previous orders by clicking Order Tracking button. By punching the Order no., the user can view the order status and related information |
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| What are the different stages of “Order Status”? |
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| Sapnaonline users can know these different stages of “Order Status”: |
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1. Pending Order - We have received the order from you and are waiting for the authorization from the bank or in case of DD / CHEQUE / MO it is till we realize the same. |
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2. Processing Order - After we receive the payment approval from the bank we will start processing your order after the necessary procurement of the products. |
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3. Completed - After the procurement of the products we have given it to our logistics partner to be delivered it to you. |
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4. Delivered - The order has been delivered to destination specified by you. |
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| What are my payments options? |
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We are accepting all Master & Visa credit cards (both Indian & International),
VPP(Outstation Only), MO, CHEQUE & DD. Shortly we will also be able to honor American Express (Amex), Diners Club, ICICI bank debit cards & HDFC bank debit cards. |
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| Is it safe to use my credit card? |
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| Needless to say the usage of the latest encryption (128 bit) technology ensures the shopping fully secured & the payment information transmits safely over the Internet on a secure socket link (SSL). To make things more secure we also have installed, the digital certificate from Verisign Inc (the world’s authority of secure digital certificate issuing company). |
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| Can I cancel my order after submitting it? |
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| You can cancel an order provided it has not reached the “completed status”. This can be known if you click on the “Order Tracking” button. The “cancel an order” link will be available only till the order status shows “Pending Order”. |
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| How do I contact Sapnaonline? |
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| Please click here to contact us. We will be in touch with you as soon as we receive your mail. |
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| What is your policy? |
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| At Sapnaonline we are committed to safeguard & protect your privacy. We have provided a user-friendly site for easy shopping. Please click here to see further details of our policy. |
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| How much does a shipping cost? Shipment charges |
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| We value our customers. To give our customers a better value for shopping with us we are subsidizing the shipping rates. These rates will include packing, forwarding, freight and delivery all in one. These rates are the same regardless of any destination, within India |
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| Hence we have made the shipping charges as minimum as possible. |
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| Sl no Description Rate per Item |
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| 01. Books Rs.20/- only |
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| 02. Music cassette / CD Rs.20/- only |
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| 03. CD-ROM Rs.35/- only |
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| Calculation of the shipping charges is Rs. 20/- for every item you purchase. For instance if you have ordered 4 books + 2 cassettes + 1 CD-ROM, the total shipping charges for your order will be 80/-+40/-+35/- = Rs.155/- equal to Rs.155/- only. Thus for 7 items the shipping will be only Rs.155/- only. |
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| As a policy decision any order valued at Rs.100/- & less will be charged a separate processing fee of Rs.30/- plus the shipping charges of Rs.20/- or Rs.35/- depending on the product. |
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| Why shop from Sapna? |
| We have over 85,000 titles in Books, 10000 titles in music & 5000 titles in CD-ROM for the online shopping. We specialize in computer, engineering, medical books, management & fiction /non-fiction books. |
| The unique feature of the store is that you need not be a registered user of our site or need not register for buying a product from us. This makes our site user friendly. |
| Apart for the virtual shop we also have the largest physical bookstore at Bangalore & true to the fact we have been listed in Limca book of Indian records. |
| We represent & stock for almost 2000 Indian & International publishers. |
| Since our core business is retail store possibility for an item to go out of stock is minimum. |
| Since we have ready stock due to our retail store the shipping is done immediately due to which the delivery of an item is faster. |
| We have regular discounts and promotions for you. |
| We have a special corner just for you called the bargain corner. Here discounts range up to 80% on items that are available. |
| We have almost 100 new titles added daily for you to browse & buy. |
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| Store Features |
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| The Books Corner |
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| We have ensured that our customers have no difficulty for searching any items under any sections in sapnaonline.com. Search boxes are present on top of every page in our Books corner. Search can be made by these modes: |
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| By title |
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| We also have the facility of “Authors listing” by which you will be taken to a particular author arranged in alphabetical order. For e.g. when you click on J all authors with the letter starting from J will listed. Then by choosing Jeffery Archer all books authored by him will be displayed for view. |
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| We also have the option of the advanced search. This is used when the customer knows either part /full of the authors or title of the Books or only the ISBN no |
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| The customers can also browse by subjects. |
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| Apart from these you have the other options like: |
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| Best sellers - Here the list of top 10 selling books on our site & at Sapna Book House & their franchises are displayed. |
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| Special Bargain - This particular corner consist of Books at unbelievable prices. The discounts are up to 80%. This corner has Books on various subject & encyclopedia too. |
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| New Arrivals - Here you will find the latest arrival of Books from various subjects. Please check this section for latest arrivals. |
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| The Music Corner |
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| Like in the Books corner our music has also a wide collection of cassettes & CD’s from different languages & various tastes. |
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| Search boxes are present on top of every page in our music corner. Search can be done by this mode: |
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| By Artist |
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| Facility to “Search by Artist” is also available. As soon as you go to the option “search by artist” you will be taken to a particular artist arranged in alphabetical order. For e.g. when you click on K all artists with the letter starting from K will be listed. Then by choosing Kumar Sanu all albums sung by him will be displayed for view. |
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| We also have the option of the “Advanced Search”. This is used when the customer knows either part /full of the artists name or album name. |
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| You can also browse by different sub-categories in the music corner. |
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| Apart from these you have the other options like: |
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| Best sellers - Here the list of top 10 selling music albums on our site & at Sapna Book House & their franchises are displayed. |
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| Special Bargain - This particular corner consist of music albums at unbelievable prices. The discount ranges up to 50%. |
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| New Arrivals - Here you will find the latest arrival of Music albums from various languages. Please check this section for latest arrivals. |
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| Multimedia Corner |
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| The multimedia corner has a wide collection of CD-Rom’s serving the Children, Adults & Students. Our multimedia corner has a variety of cd-rom for you to select, such as Games, Language learning, Mytholical cd’s, General knowledge, ISP service, computer tutors, Educational cd’s & much more. |
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| Most of the CD-Rom needs the following basic requirements & we also suggest the same: |
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| Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000, Me or windows NT 4.0. |
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| Pentium 133 MHg or higher processor |
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| 32 MB ram min. CD Rom drive. SVGA monitor/display card. Mouse, sound card and speakers recommended. |
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| Search boxes are present on top of every page in our multimedia corner. Search can be done by keying in the title of CD-Rom. |
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| Part or full title of the CD can be keyed in the advanced search to find the same. |
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| Apart from this you have the following options. |
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| Best sellers - Here the list of top 10 selling CD-Rom on our site & at Sapna Book House & their franchises are displayed. |
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| Special Bargain - This particular corner consist of CD-Rom at unbelievable prices. The discount ranges up to 50%. |
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| New Arrivals - Here you will find the latest arrival of CD-Rom of various categories. Please check this section for latest arrivals. |
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| Payment Information |
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| Payment options |
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We are accepting all Master & Visa credit cards (both Indian & International),
VPP(Outstation Only), MO, CHEQUE, DD (Only for Shipment Delivery in Bangalore). Shortly we will also be able to honor American Express (Amex), Diners club, ICICI bank debit cards & HDFC bank debit cards. Needless to say the usage of the latest encryption (128 bit), technology ensures the shopping fully secured & the payment information transmits safely over the Internet on a secure socket link (SSL). To make things more secure we also have installed, the digital certificate from Verisign Inc (the world’s authority of secure digital certificate issuing company). |
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| Shipping Info |
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| Shipping Procedures and Charges |
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| Confirmation of Order |
| Delivery Period |
| Shipping Details |
| Shipment Charges |
| Tracking Order status |
| Shipping Locations |
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| Confirmation of order |
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| As soon as an order is authorized for payment, you will receive e-mail confirmation for the same. This will indicate your order no, which you can refer later for checking the online status of your order. |
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| Delivery period |
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| Generally the item is shipped in 2-4 working days from our logistics to you depending on the place of delivery. Before this Sapna’s delivery to the logistics will be made in 48 hours. Please note that no shipments will be made from us on Sundays & public holidays as our logistic partner make no pick-ups on these days. |
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| Shipping details |
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| A “Dispatch Confirmation” mail will be sent to you on shipment of your order. This will contain the consignment number & all other details of your order. |
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| Shipment charges |
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| We value our customers. To give our customers a better value for shopping with us we are subsidizing the shipping rates. These rates will include packing, forwarding, freight and delivery all in one. These rates are the same regardless of any destination, within India |
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| Hence we have made the shipping charges as minimum as possible. |
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Books Rs.20/- only |
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Music cassette / CD Rs.20/- only |
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CD-ROM Rs.35/- only |
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| Calculation of the shipping charges is Rs. 20/- for every item you purchase. For
instance if you have ordered 4 books + 2 cassettes + 1 CD-ROM, the total shipping
charges for your order will be 80/-+40/-+35/- = Rs.155/- equal to Rs.155/- only.
Thus for 7 items the shipping will be only Rs.155/- only. |
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| We have made it as a policy that if the order value is less than Rs.100/- a separate processing fee of Rs.30/- will be charged to the customer. |
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| Tracking Order Status. |
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| Sapnaonline user will be able to check and track his previous orders by clicking “Order Tracking” button. By punching the Order no., the user can view the order status and related information. |
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| Shipping locations |
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| Currently shipments are done only in India. Through our logistic partner we are able to ship to round about 800 locations across India. |
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| Our Return Policy |
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| Returning of defective / damaged item |
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| If you receive a damaged or a defective item please return the same without any hesitation to us in a proper package. Kindly enclose a note stating the reason for the returns. Also state your order no., and send it to us via a trusted courier or mail. As soon as we receive the defective item we will send you a fresh replacement or refund the amount as per your choice. In your return note please advice us weather you would like a replacement or a refund. If we don’t receive any note inside then by default a replacement will be sent. |
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| This facility is only for goods bought from us. Return of any defective / damage item should be done within 7 days from the date of the receipt of the shipment to our working office: |
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| Sapna Infoway Pvt Ltd |
| Thunga Complex |
| Opp Thribuvan Theater |
| Gandhinagar |
| Bangalore - 560 009 |
| Karnataka - India. |
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| Your Personal Account Info |
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| Registered users can avail the following details. Once you register at our online shop you become a part of our organization! All information stored in your personal account enables you to see / modify the different categories in it. You will be able to see the following sub-links under the personal account information. |
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| Alter your personal details |
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| Here you can alter / change the personal details like billing and shipping address, e-mail id etc. |
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| Alter your Password |
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| Here you can change / alter your password. |
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| Inspect Your Earlier Purchase |
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| It is your account and so you have the liberty to inspect all your earlier purchases made from us. You will get to know details like past orders, date of purchase, total amount, qty of each product, previous purchase orders etc. |
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| Cancel An Order |
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| You can cancel an order provided it has not reached the “Completed Status”. This can be known if you click on the Order Tracking button. The “Cancel an Order” link will be available only till the order status shows “Pending Order”.If you wish to
cancel your order please contact our Customer Service Department. You may also email
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| Highlights of Sapnaonline |
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| Shopping cart |
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| Shopping cart is where you place your purchased items. This button is displayed on the right hand top corner, & displays the no of items and the net value before shipping. The cart stores & displays the items you intend to buy. Items can be moved to the shopping cart simply by clicking on the button add to cart. Here you have the option to alter the qty or delete an item. If you do so you can press the button “Recalculate”. Once you are through this procedure click on the “Buy Now” button, which is at the bottom. |
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| More Info |
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| More info button can be found under the all the sections i.e., Books corner, Music Corner & Multimedia Corner. On clicking this you can avail information about that particular Product. |
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| User Friendly |
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| The unique part of the site is that the browser may go ahead buying products even without getting registered. This means even if a customer has forgotten his registered password the site does not hold him in buying any of the products. |
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| Largest Collection |
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| Sapnaonline has got the largest collection in their respective products. Nearly 85,000 titles in Books, 10,000 titles in Music & 5000 titles in Cd-roms. |
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| Availability |
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| Sapna Book House who has the largest showroom in India at Bangalore has promoted Sapnaonline. The showroom has been listed in the Limca Book Of Indian Records. Hence there is an advantage in shopping from Sapnaonline as the products are readily available and so the delivery is guaranteed. Also the risk of non-availability is reduced. |
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| Search |
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| The Books Corner |
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| We have ensured that our customers have no difficulty for searching any items under any sections in sapnaonline.com. Search boxes are present on top of every page in our Books corner. Search can be made by these modes: |
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| 01. By title |
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| 04. All |
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| Advanced Search |
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| We also have the option of the advanced search. This is used when the customer knows either part /full of the authors or title name or only the Isbn no. her part /full of the authors or title name or only the Isbn no. |
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| Search by authors |
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| We also have the facility of search authors by which you will be taken to a particular author arranged in alphabetical order. For e.g. when you click on J all authors with the letter starting from J will listed. Then by choosing Jeffery archer all books authored by him will be displayed for view |
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| The Music Corner |
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| Like in the Books corner our music has also a wide collection of cassettes & CD’s from different languages & various tastes. |
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| Search boxes are present on top of every page in our music corner. Search can be done by this mode: |
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| 01. By Album |
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| Search by Artist |
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| Facility to search by artist is also available. As soon as you go to the option search by artist you will be taken to a particular artist arranged in alphabetical order. For e.g. when you click on K all artists with the letter starting from K will be listed. Then by choosing Kumar Sanu all albums sung by him will be displayed for view |
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| We also have the option of the Advanced Search. This is used when the customer knows either part /full of the artists name or album name. |
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| You can also browse by different sub-categories in the music corner. |
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| Multimedia Corner |
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| The multimedia corner has a wide collection of CD-Rom’s serving the Children, Adults & Students. Our multimedia corner has a variety of cd-rom for you to select, such as Games, Language learning, Mytholical cd’s, General knowledge, ISP service, computer tutors, Educational cd’s & much more. |
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| Search boxes are present on top of every page in our multimedia corner. Search can be done by keying in the title of CD-Rom. |
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| Part or full title of the CD can be keyed in the advanced search to find the same. |
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| Apart from this you have the following options. |
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