IIL started its operations in 1996 and has stood its ground even in the toughest times. We had a profitable business even when other companies in this domain found it hard to sustain. Today, we operate from a 18,000 sq. ft. office in Noida (near Delhi), and have 24 branch offices spread all over the country. Our team includes over 850 professionals from diverse backgrounds, bound together to serve over 15,000 customers.

Milestones

2005-06

• IndiaMART.com completed ten successful years (1996-2006)
• Crossed 10,000 clients mark
• Launched MDC, a four-page online catalog for clients
• Implemented corporate-wide WEBERP
• Acquired new office at B-6, Sec 8, NOIDA
• IIL's Indian Gifts Portal (IGP) team hit the charts with Rs. 1.3 crores

2004-05

• Became the first ISO 9001:2000 company in its domain
• Launched an online payment gateway ABCPayments.com
• Crossed 8000 clients

2003-04

• Launched TrustSEAL to bridge the trust gap in B2B trade
• Crossed 3000-clients mark
• Touched 26 million pageviews per month, generating more than 3 lac business queries.

2002-03

• Moved operations to state-of-the-art NOIDA development center
  
• Launched Online Hotel Reservation System
  
• Launched Exim.indiamart.com
  
• Crossed 2 lakh business queries mark with 12 million pageviews

2001-02

• Declared as "the only profitable Indian Dotcom, with positive cash flows" by Business World - Cover Story: 14 May 2001 issue
• Added to its service portfolio - Electronic Trade Offers, and Request for Quotation / Request for Proposal
• Recognised by CNBC India as one of the only profitable dotcoms in India based on report by McKinsey

2000-01

• Touched 5 mn pageviews/month
• Crossed 1000 clients mark
• Crossed 100,000 business queries/month
• Accomplished Online projects for HHEC, Jindal Organization, ModiCorp,
• Won Britannica (BIG) Award for Travel.indiamart.com
• New Branch Office in Chennai
• Profits increased by 128% over last year

1999-2000

• Accomplished 'Bharat On Line' - MTNL's online portal project
• Launched auto industry channel
• Opened branch office in Mumbai
• Crossed Rs 1 crore revenue mark

1998-99

• Launched Handicraft, Apparel and Finance channels
• Workforce increased to 40
• B2B marketplace network crossed 1 million pageviews/month mark

1997-98

• Crossed 100 clients mark
• Launched Travel.indiamart.com (India's largest travel portal today)
• Initiated franchisee network building

1996-97

• Launched Indiamart.com as India's first online B2B directory
• Successfully introduced the concept of freelisting and free-query forwarding to familiarize Indian SMEs with the benefits of Internet for business promotion
• Accomplished India's first e-commerce project for Nirula's (http://nirulas.com)
• Broke-even within six months of launch