[1][2] Flipkart introduced Shopsy in July 2021[3][4] as a mobile app that allowed people in India to launch their own online reseller business.

[13] Shopsy was earlier helmed by Flipkart's SVP – Growth & Monetisation, Prakash Sikaria until July 2022.

[14] In the same month, Adarsh Menon, senior vice president, and head of new businesses at Flipkart, took over the leadership at Shopsy.

[16] In September 2022, the company launched Grand Shopsy Mela for direct customers and eventually introduced a vernacular search for addressing the non-English speaking demographic.

It is a digital commerce initiative by Flipkart, the Bengaluru-headquartered and Walmart-owned e-commerce company with over US$7.7 billion in annual revenue (FY 2022).