This Bakrid, goats and sheep are being sold online via shopping portals like Quikr and Olx. The traders have gone hitech and animals are sold for anything between Rs 10,000 and Rs 3 lakh online.
Alibaba.com was among the first internet traders to offer “High Quality Live Sheep”. Various types of goat and sheep are put on the online block by the traders.
“I knew that anything can be sold on Olx. I decided to put up an ad, and within a week I sold about 80 sheep online,” said Mohd Moinuddin, trader.
In the city, goats and sheepwith high-priced are sold in Toli Chowki, Mehdipatnam, Mir Alam Mandi, Karwan, Darulshifa, Malakpet etc. The prices range from Rs 30,000 to Rs 3 lakh. Traders said prices have gone up by Rs 2,000 compared to last year.
The Mirza Farm, in Chevella, near Vikarabad, is the only farm in the city which sells sheep imported from Australia, Canada and China. Apart from this, some sheep also come from Agra,Kashmir, Madurai and other parts of India. Australian variety is the most expensive.