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For gamers major titles like Lords of the Fallen, The Evil Within, etc have discounts ranging from 40 to 75% on Steam.
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday have been a big time for shopping in other places of the world but not so much in India. This year, India will also be able to benefit from some of the amazing discounts as Steam, eBay India & Namecheap among others portals are offering these sales in India as well.

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day and marks the start of the Christmas shopping season. Cyber Monday is the day after Black Friday (November 28) on which people are encouraged to shop online. This sale has already started in some places and will continue till Monday (December 1).

eBay has put its international products on sale and unlike the Big Billion Day sale by Flipkart, will offer a guarantee on all products bought by Indians in the upto 80% sale category. "We are delighted to provide Indian consumers easy access to the best of Black Friday deals on products available in the US and that too in real time," Vidmay Naini, director and business head, eBay India was quoted as saying.

For the gamers major titles like Lords of the Fallen, The Evil Within, Watch Dogs, Company of Heroes 2 & Civilization: Beyond Earth have discounts ranging from 40 to 75% on Steam.

"Some of the most hardcore members of the gaming community are between the age of 17 and 25 and usually cannot buy games themselves without borrowing money from their parents. This sale puts games as low as 4 USD or Rs250, allowing them to buy multiple games. The developers benefit a large amount from these kinds of players getting access to games because they talk about games, build encyclopedias and fan fiction around them which in effect forms one of the most effective methods of marketing today," said Akhilesh Maitra, Game Developer at a Ragnarok Emulation Software, rAthena

"It's a big time for gamers in India. The prices are low enough that even the average middle class, can afford to get access to some of the best games in the world. I know a lot of people that are going to be looking to buy this years major releases like last months release, Lords of the Fallen for 50% off. Digital distribution makes this sale accessible to anybody, anywhere," said Chinmay Parikh, a gamer and engineering student.

For those looking to set up websites of their own, this is the best time. Namecheap, one of the biggest and best domain registration companies is offering 9 outstanding deals on domains, hosting, SSLs, and email. With domain registrations, private email and SSL as low as 0.98$ or Rs 60, people all over will be setting up websites. Many international e-commerce websites like Amazon owned Book Depository, AliExpress, Dealextreme and ASOS will also be offering big sales and free shipping to India.

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