abof.com posts Rs 100 crore Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) within 90 Days of launch

Aditya Birla Group's online fashion portal abof.com has clocked an annualized gross merchandise value (GMV) of INR 100 crores within 90 days of launch. abof.com – all about fashion, the fashion ecom portal from the house of Aditya Birla Group is a one-stop-shop for the millennials offering apparel, footwear and accessories for men and women went live in mid-October 2015. The brand serves 6000 pin codes catering to 500+ cities in the country.

 

abof.com claims reaching several industry first milestones after its launch in October last year. These milestones includes 15% return as compared to 20-25% industry standard in return orders, more than 20% orders from repeat customers in such a short time span, largest private label range with over 1200 products available on the platform of its own brand abof, abof branded merchandise contributes to 40% of total business.

“We take great pride in being India’s first fashion portal to significantly upgrade the online shopping experience for our customers though our curated collection, proprietary fashion content and advanced technologies which are amongst the world’s best,” said Prashant Gupta, President & CEO, abof.com. “The Topline we have achieved in our first quarter of operation is very promising and is validated that our TG is resonating with us completely and that we are on the right track.” he added.

abof attributes this to three key strategies which have helped the company reach the INR 100 Crore mark. First is sharp segmentation and focused targeting. The glam-led platform is targeted at millennials and offers latest styles, personalized fashion content and style tips. The highly curated multi-brand portal offers the trendiest looks of the season through its own brand ‘abof’ and selected products from handpicked brands. The personalized fashion feed ‘What’s Hot’  has very high consumer engagement, e.g., nearly 10 min of time spent by every visitor. Second is best of breed technology which includes best tech partners and also introduced one of its kind features like 3D trial room and visual search. Third area is Customer Experience. abof treats its customers like celebrities and has designed its CX to enrich their experience at every one of more than 50 touch-points. abof uses premium packaging and offers superior delivery services like delivery across 365 days a year (including Sundays and holidays), refund on pick up, spot exchange and many more.

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Payoye™ partners with Gratification Card Company ‘Injected’

Payoye^TM will enable INJECTED’s 2500+ merchants to receive and make payments online hassle free

 Payoye™, India’s first CashCardContact™ less unified payment platform, has partnered with Gratification Card Company, Injected.  INJECTED EGC is a Pune based company  enabling “Mobility“ towards the daily Expense and Purchase elements by offering instant gratification  or on the spot discount cards.

 

Payoye™ which is a mobile based payment platform that enables payments through any instrument i.e. credit/debit/cash card, internet banking & e-wallet at any place, anytime, anywhere by anyone uses an OYETag™ (QR Code) as a medium to accept and receive payments through mobile phones. Injected will now use this OYETag™ in their gratification cards.

 

INJECTED EGC is in the process of integrating Payoye’s^TM online shopping feature for purchase of EGC cards. This will enable interested users to scan the OYETag™ and make payment with their choice of payment instrument.

Payoye's  mPOS app will be used by INJECTED partners/merchants to scan OYETags^TM on INJECTED EGC cards which will help them to verify card holder details. The mPOS app will also enable INJECTED EGC merchants to receive payments from their customers through any of the payment instruments (credit/debit/cash cards, internet banking, e-wallets etc.).

Payoye’s^TM registered user can skip the registration process as user details will be shared with INJECTED EGC to enroll Payoye’s^TMusers.

 

This partnership between the two companies mean that Payoye^TM will enable INJECTED’s 2500+ merchants in Goa and Pune to receive and make payments online hassle free.

 

Navneet Chauhan, Founder and CEO, Payoye™ commented, “With this partnership, INJECTED will be able to create more value for its merchants and user by enabling them with our unified payment platform. Our platform also provides BI insights, customer/merchant management capabilities and consumer usage behavior.”

 

 

Injected will also use Payoye’s real-time dashboard for data analysis on the usage INJECTED EGC card penetration, usage and user behavior.

 

On the partnership, Mathew Kordolia, CEO of INJECTED commented, “To make sure that our vision “Livelihood simplified” stays transparent to our beliefs, we are more than honored to have partnered with Payoye. The simplicity they bring to the payment platform, in time will prove to be a unique payment infrastructure apt both for urban and rural India.”

With Payoye™, anything and everything, including ecommerce sites/normal websites, magazines, brochures, pamphlets, hoardings etc. becomes a Point-Of-Sale, increasing sales for the merchants and giving convenience to users. It is easily configurable and highly secured way of payments. Unlike any other payment method available in the market today, Payoye™ addresses offline (grocers, small shop owners, premium outlets in malls, restaurant, taxi bill payments etc.) and online (e- commerce/normal/mobile sites) market for the users.

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PayUbiz transforms mobile payments ecosystem with the launch of its ‘Magic Retry’!

Have you ever felt the fear of getting error message while doing online transaction? If yes then PayUbiz has come up with a solution if you are doing transaction from their platform . It is to ease this particular pain point for online shoppers that PayUbiz, India’s leading enterprise payment gateway, has launched its revolutionary ‘Magic Retry’ feature. PayUbiz will now allow consumers to retry a failed transaction by simply picking up from the point where the last error message appeared. Now experience smoother, hassle-free mobile transactions like never before with PayUbiz’s unique offering!

Specifically designed for mobile online payment, the ‘Magic Retry’ feature is first of its kind development in the digital and electronic payments ecosystem in the country, marking a paradigm shift in the way mobile transactions are handled and obviating the need to re-enter details in case of transactional failure. Not only does this offer a more refined, seamless and hassle-free user experience to online shoppers, but will also help PayUbiz’s enterprise partners retain business by decreasing cart abandonment rates.

Speaking on the launch, Mr. Rahul Kothari, Head - Business, PayUbiz, commented, “Despite the fact that most of the online shopping now occurs over mobile devices, online transactions through mobile phones are still susceptible to payment failure due to network signal loss or a random error. With the launch of our ‘Magic Retry’ feature, we have done away with the hassles which have been traditionally associated with mobile payments. As there is no other payment service provider that offers this level of transactional ease at present, we are confident that our latest feature will benefit both businesses and consumers immensely by saving a lot of time and effort, and will mobile payments a truly wonderful experience.”

A product of PayU India, PayUbiz is a payment gateway used by large enterprises. Its payment services are currently being leveraged by several prominent online businesses such as Snapdeal, Jabong, Bookmyshow, Ola, Cleartrip, Redbus, GoIbibo, Zomato etc.

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Gifting Ideas this festive season

Festivities have begin and so is the time to exchange gifts with your loved ones. While you can get generic gifting items from any gift stores, sweet shops, stationary shops these days for generic junta, for our loved ones we find ourselves in dilemma to select something unusual , unique and useful. We have tried to help you out this time with a list of items you can gift to some one tech geek, music lover or gamer.

1. For a gamer who is absolutely engrossed in either their play stations gaming away to glory, which crackers, pujas and sweets do the rounds. for these maniacs, we have the best gift ever. A set of Logitech gaming accessories especially designed to enhance the gaming experience. Take for example the G502, gamers dream- this should definitely be on your list.

G502 Gaming Mouse

2. If you want to gift your parents, siblings or friends a phone equipped with latest tech and doesn't dig a deep hole in your pocket , then YU Yunique must be checked out. Yunique is the most affordable 4G smartphone in the market as of now and runs on Android Lollipop 5.1, also user can install Cyanogen OS if they would like to. The 4G smartphone comes with a 4.7 inch HD screen, 1.2 GHz quad core processor,1GB RAM; 8GB ROM and more, making it the most unique gifting option. Also, the 8MP rear camera and 2MP front camera for selfies, will make sure that each moment captured this Diwali produces more detailed; clear results and the memories can last for long now. The phone is priced at Rs 4999/-

3. For that workaholic Bhaiya or younger sister who can be seen sticking to his/her smartphone or laptop every time. This kind of species always have something urgent to deliver from their gadgets and can be seen struggling to type on these touch screens and often typing multiple times correcting whatever they typed earlier. For them you can go for wireless keyboards. Logitech K480 bluetooth keyboard can connect to three devices simultaneously and a knob controls which device to use.

Logitech  K480

4.  For music lovers you have hell lot of options lying out there in market from Bluetooth speakers, to headsets, earphones everything is available with a wide range of variety and price. Bluetooth speakers from JBL, Amkette, Philips and Logitech are available online. If you are planning for a party with loud music, then Logitech UE Boom speaker should be checked out, for party using double up mode you can connect two UE Boom speakers to create a surround sound effect and that loud party feel.

Sennheiser Urbanite XL Wireless

For the one who like to enjoy music by themselves, Sennheiser comes to my mind as the best companion. While HD-201, HD-200 are lighter on ear headphones, the latest Urbanite series headphones defines the youth style with correct bass and Sennheiser quality sound.

YUPIX

5. Then there are the selfie lovers, gifting selfie sticks is a good idea but how about presenting your loved ones with a compact printer which fits on your palm. Click your selfies, groupies and many more pictures and print them with YU Yupix, the portable printer. Connect your compact printer with your devices and print photos anywhere, anytime to create that perfect collage of best moments clicked this Diwali. At price of Rs. 6999/- this is the best pick of the season

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PayUbiz making mobile payments easy for shoppers via Express Checkout Browser

PayUbiz known for mobile wallet PayUmoney and one of the most acclaimed payment gateways announced launch of iOS Express checkout browser in India. Express Checkout Browser is aimed at providing seamless payment integration for mobile apps developed using the ready SDK provided to merchants. Once integrated with any application Express Checkout Browser it designs a completely a new payment experience for the consumer.

Express Checkout Browser 

The iOS Express Checkout Browser comes with salient features that makes it perfect for mobile transactions.

Every bank payment page is mapped – Every bank has a separate payments page which presents its own limitations. The custom browser has mapped the payment pages of all banks to ensure a seamless experience in case the consumer chooses to pay through any bank.

Store card feature – The store card feature ensures that users don’t have to re-punch card details in the app. The feature stores the card details ensuring a hassle free payment experience from the next transaction onwards. 

Auto Zoom – The irritation of a small window screen to punch in the password during net banking payments has always been a common pain point. With custom browser experience one can get a default zoom window facilitating easy punch in of passwords for users.

Apart from the features designed for the iOS version, Express Checkout Browser’s android version also boasts of a unique feature which is of Auto OTP read and submit.

Auto OTP read and submit option – It is really tricky to stay on the same page while juggling to read the SMS we receive when we click on the ‘generating OTP’ option. This feature in the Custom Browser reads the SMS automatically, and fills in the required details simply asking the consumer to click ‘approve’ to confirm the payment. 

Leading online applications like Big Basket, Grofers, Ola, Nearby, grocermax etc have integrated the product into their current payment systems and that speaks about the successful adoption of the product.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Rahul Kothari, Business head, PayUbiz said, “India is all set to overtake the US as the second largest market for smartphones globally. This deep penetration of smartphones in India has inspired leading players like Flipkart to move towards an app only strategy. While adopting such strategies one must consider, that any app designed for selling products will be able to progress only if it offers seamless payment experience to its customers. Our product Custom Browser is specially designed for mobile payment collection process that can take mobile commerce to new heights. While we developed this for Android much earlier, we are proud to be the first to launch this for IOS”

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Pre-book iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S plus on Zopper and save upto Rs 6000

Zopper, India's leading hyper local mobile marketplace announced pre-booking of iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus on its platform from today. Booking is currently live on Zopper's platform, users using Zopper to pre-book these iPhone models will also get a discount of INR 1000. Additionally users using mobile wallets for payments will get an additional advantage of INR 5000 in the form of cashback upon delivery.

Zopper

The much awaited smartphone is powered by a 64-bit A9 chip which promises to deliver an extremely powerful user experience with 70 percent faster CPU and 90 percent faster GPU performance. With a 12 megapixel iSight camera, iPhone 6S allows users to capture high definition photographs and videos. Additionally, there are several other unique, innovative features that are set to establish the iPhone 6S in a class apart from its competition.

Speaking on the announcement, Neeraj Jain, Co-Founder & CEO, Zopper, commented, “iPhone is one of the most sought-after mobile phones in the world. By making iPhone 6s and 6S Plus available for pre-booking on our platform, Zopper is providing the Indian consumers a great chance to be amongst the first proud owners of this feature-laden smartphone. Moreover, our value-driven discount and cashback offer will ensure our users get the best deals at the best prices.”

The delivery for the pre-booked iPhone 6S sets will be made by Zopper on 16^th October, the first day of its India launch.

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Sneak peak into Flipkart's Big Billion Days sale - 2015

As Flipkart is gearing up for its biggest sale of the year for this festive season, we bring you a sneak peak into the sale offers you are going to get during the sale which will be commenced from 13th October, 2015 to 17th October, 2015. This time its Big Billion Days sale which will be hosted for 5 days unlike last year's sale "Big Billion Day" which was a single day event. By this time you might be aware that, this time it will be app only sale which have irked many of the customers and tech circles. Let's have an overview of what you can expect from this event.

As per official mailer from Flipkart, a new category will be introduced every day and great deals and offers from these categories will stay till the end of the sale, which means offers introduced on day 1 are likely to last till day5, similar is the case for offers introduced on successive days.

Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale

13th October: Sales will kick off with discounts and deals on Fashion Category, along with that online shoppers will get extra 10% Off* with State Bank Debit & Credit Cards | Min Txn Amount is Rs 2000 ; Max cap of Rs 750 per card. Offer will be applicable only on Fashion & Lifestyle products.

14th October: On second day of sales, existing offers will be accompanied by offers on "Home & Appliances" Category. Along with these offers users will also get extra 10% Off with State Bank Debit & Credit Cards , Min Txn Amount is Rs 7500 ; Max cap of Rs 1750 per card. Offer will be applicable on ALL categories / products.

15th October: Third day might be the busiest day for Flipkart as "Mobiles and Accessories" categories will join the deals section, which is one of the highest selling category for complete online market in India. To add cherry on the cake, this is the day when there will be offers running from 3 different banks for only one day. Offer details are as below.

• Extra 10% Off with Citibank Credit Cards , Min Txn Amount is Rs 10000 ; Max cap of Rs 2000 per card . Offer will be applicable on ALL categories / products.
• Extra 10% Off with Standard Chartered Bank Debit & Credit Cards , Min Txn Amount is Rs 10000 ; Max cap of Rs 2000 per card. Offer will be applicable on ALL categories / products.
• Extra 10% Off with YES Bank Debit Cards , Min Txn Amount is Rs 5000 ; Max cap of Rs 2000 per card . Offer will be applicable on ALL categories / products.

16th October: 4th day of sale will be joyful for Electronics and Automotive buyers, as this category will be added to the biggest sale event of Flipkart. This will include laptops, Cameras, Automotive parts etc. Bank offer on this day will be same as of 14th October (see above).

17th October: Last day of sales will add Books and other category items to the list. Along with discounts on books, discounts on previous categories will continue as mentioned earlier. Bank offer on this day will also be same as of 14th October (see above).                         

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Flipkart is back with big billion day sale, but its app only this time

India's leading online retailer Flipkart has  announced dates for its Big Billion sale which will be a four days affair this year unlike last year's Big Billion Day Sale which was hosted only for one day and drew a lot of flak from customers and online community for outage, poor handling of volume of visitors, giving discount on hiked prices etc. This year it will also be app only sales which will disappoint many users.

Big Billion Day Sale - 2015

Last year we got a mail from the founders regarding the big sale and a good reason to why it was held on 6th of October as the duo started working in a flat numbered 610 on Flipkart and to mark that day it was decided to have it on 6 October (10). However its not big billion day but big billion days sale and will span across 5 days as mentioned earlier. We still didn't understand the rationale behind the dates and number of days when the first such event was explained in a detailed manner. 

The sales also coincide with start of festive season in India, as per the press customers can shop across range of categories including fashion, electronics, jewellery, toys, laptops, furniture etc during these five days. Myntra will also be part of this sale and will be presenting a curated selection from iconic fashion brands at never before offers said the release.

Announcing ‘Big Billion Days’ shopping festival, Mukesh Bansal, Head of Commerce Platform, Flipkart & Chairman – Myntra, “India shops the most during this time of the year. With over 75% of traffic coming via mobile, we expect this app only sale to be the biggest shopping event of the year. Bigger and better as compared to last year, we have worked towards ensuring a seamless shopping experience for our customers. We have also ramped up our technology and supply chain support to ensure all our 50 million customers have the best ever mobile shopping experience. Infact, to cater to the massive customer demand; we have opened new fulfillment centers across the country to guarantee efficient delivery. We are also happy that Myntra will be participating in ‘Big Billion Days’ to make our customers experience better this year.”

With that said, we feel going app only for such a big sale can irk your 25% of customer base many of whom believe in researching on different websites before buying anything in hurry in name of huge discount pressured by limited time offers. Mr Mukesh Bansal said that they have ramped up their technology and are fully prepared with logistics support , hope this works well this year for the users as well as the company and Flipkart doesn't gain any negative publicity. By the way old saying says, no publicity is bad publicity right?

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When someone 'Ping' while they shop you know they are Shop'Ping' on FlipKart

India's leading online retailer 'Flipkart' yesterday launched one of its kind service named 'Ping'. As the name suggest its an interactive feature that lets users to create their own shopping group within the Flipkart app to discuss among the group members about any product available on the store, the service has interesting use cases and is truly innovative idea converted into reality, the feature is developed solely and purely by Flipkart in India and that gives us another reason to fellow Indians to be proud of having Flipkart.

   "Shopping is primarily a social activity and going for it with friends and family has been the norm since time immemorial. Online shopping, on the other hand, has largely remained a solo experience. ‘Ping’ aims to transform online shopping by allowing users to talk to each other real time in order to make decisions and decide on what to buy!” said Flipkart’s Chief Product Officer, Punit Soni

Flipkart Chief Product Officer - Mr. Punit Soni

Since the time I was exposed to internet one of the best things that has happened to me is Flipkart, this Indian startup has done what no other company had done earlier. Flipkart made us comfortable doing online shopping and reached to millions of customers with services like Cash on Delivery and 30 Days return guarantee with no questions asked. Ecommerce industry in India we see today owes much to companies like Flipkart. Flipkart seems to keep up the expectation and is certainly a leader on its own.

The new service from the ecomm giant is no marketing gimmick it is pure technology and excellent use case solution. So far we see online shopping as a convenience where in we don't have to stand in queues, no going out, no walking from counter to counter , shop to shop but did we ourselves ever thought what we are missing doing all the stuff online? Perhaps most of us didn't and just enjoy the convenience it offers sacrificing the core happiness of shopping but Flipkart did thought about that is here with a real working solution that not only solves this problem but also gives you lot more than what you would have expected.

So what it is all about?

Let's start with an offline shopping scenario, what you do when you visit a shop or mall physically? First thing, you most probably go with a friend, relative or with a group; you look for various options available, you select something, you buy it ? No.. you ask for opinion from the people around you isn't that obvious, and after lots of discussions about your choice, their choice , item's price etc etc you finally decides to buy the product. Don't you miss this while shopping online, or how many times you have shared a link with your hubby to tell "hey this top is looking good on flipkart, should I buy it now?" and by end of the day you hear the same response "Oh! aaj to maine FB/Whatsapp dekha hi nahi" (Oh! today I didn't checked FB/Whatsapp). So now you know the problem lets head on to the solution now.

The 'Ping' is a new feature of the app which lets users to select members from their contact list to form a group and start a discussion about shopping. To be clear this is not a social messaging app it is just a feature built within the Flipkart app.  Now you can just long tap on a product and drag to already existing groups and start a discussion on the same. The beauty of the service is that when the member from other side clicks on the product from the 'Ping' it directly opens the same page without searching the product again. Or if you want to buy something for a friend just create a group selecting your other friends from your phonebook and brainstorm on the best possible gift and that will be a perfect place to hide from the friend who is going to receive the gift.

Flipkart Ping

The service doesn't just stop at discussions you can do a lot more with it you can add a product from you recent visited products or wishlist or cart, you can share your screen, share from your gallery or even use your camera to capture something on the fly and start discussing about that, isn't that cool.

Flipkart also launched its image search feature which allows users to take a photograph of the desired item and select category (not required always) and will get all matching products from Flipkart. You can then always narrow down your results based on color, size, price etc.

Something technical

Flipkart's Chief Product Officer Mr. Punit Soni, emphasized a lot on the technical aspects of the feature gave us an insight about what has gone behind the scenes in creating these world class features. For starter the Flipkart app consumes 1/6th of your data as it compresses the content that gets delivered on your phone which gives users who are still on 2G networks similar services as the users on advanced networks experience. The chat feature which involves a floating icon is actually built from scratch as the default apis provided by Android needs version 4.1 or higher to support that feature. When a company invests so much energy and time giving user experience as ultimate priority it really tells what kind of services you can expect from them.

How to get it?

Flipkart has already updated its application, however to use the 'Ping' feature you need an invite which will be released by Flipkart in different phases. Once you get the invite you can further invite 10 of your friends from your phone book and thus the organic growth is what Flipkart is seeking at this point of time.

Have any questions, comments, reviews of the features feel free to comment on the post and we will be happy to respond in our best capacity.

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How a simple hack turned $5 Amazon dash into multi purpose IOT device

Amazon recently launched its $5 dash buttons which allows you to order your house hold goods with just a click. These buttons are physical hardware buttons which can be set up to order a particular SKU on Amazon with just a click. The device makes it easier to order household goods like detergents, paper towels, diapers, personal care items etc. One device can be set up to order only one SKU, but CloudStitch CTO Ted Benson had other plans in his mind. He just hacked this petty device and found a way that can make these devices do pretty much everything he wants.

Ted, has detailed in a post on medium.com how he hacked the device to track his child's poops. He mentioned that impressive way to do this would have been to rip open the device  and reprogram it, however being a lazy dad he chose the other option of sniffing his wifi network whenever a device requested for a connection and then record a data point when it hears some.

By this time if you haven't clicked on the link above to see the detailed post, here is a summary of actions how this hack was done.

• First step is to configure your Amazon dash button as per the instructions provided except the last step where in you are asked to give the SKU of product you want to order. This will ensure that your device connects to your network and is ready to trigger some action when you push the button.
• Run a small python code written below to sniff your wifi network, to get details when the dash button is connected to wifi. 

	from scapy.all import *
	def arp_display(pkt):
	if pkt[ARP].op == 1: #who-has (request)
	if pkt[ARP].psrc == '0.0.0.0': # ARP Probe
	print "ARP Probe from: " + pkt[ARP].hwsrc
	print sniff(prn=arp_display, filter="arp", store=0, count=10)

• Note down the mac address of devices you connected as shown in below pic.

• Now modify the above code with the MAC addresses got from the above step.

  	from scapy.all import * def arp_display(pkt):
  	if pkt[ARP].op == 1: #who-has (request)
  	if pkt[ARP].psrc == '0.0.0.0': # ARP Probe
  	if pkt[ARP].hwsrc == '74:75:48:5f:99:30': # Huggies
  	print "Pushed Huggies"
  	elif pkt[ARP].hwsrc == '10:ae:60:00:4d:f3': # Elements
  	print "Pushed Elements"
  	else:
  	print "ARP Probe from unknown device: " + pkt[ARP].hwsrc
  	print sniff(prn=arp_display, filter="arp", store=0, count=10)

• Finally modify your python script's code to do whatever you want. Below is the working demo video uploaded by Ted on Youtube.
  

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Get most out of Amazon Freedom sales this year

Amazon is well known for its quality service and equally good advertisements be it the "Aur Dikhao" ad or the latest one "10 ke baad". The advertisements are so catchy that immediately people get engaged with the brand and that's what the purpose actually is. As India has no Black Friday or Cyber Monday we are actually in a very good position to get the similar level of discounts from different online retailers any time of the year, literally that's the beauty of India a festive nation where festivals don't wait for anything, remember Flipkart Big Billion Day sales it was on 6th October (mind you not 2nd October a public holiday in India). Now a days lesser known websites like shopclues.com is also giving discounts every day in "6 se 9 ki Sale" (the 6 to 9 sale). Amazon India too is gearing up for a big sale this year dubbed as Amazon Freedom Sale. You might think its obvious that Freedom sales is going to be on Indian Independence day i.e. 15th August, 2015 but to disappoint you, you don't have to wait for that either. The sales starts on 10th of August and will be held for three days till 12th August, 2015.

Amazon's has asked to push everything "#10KeBaad" and their advertisement display the same where a father post pones his son's birthday to catch up with the sale.

As we know , during these sales its tedious task to know which item should we buy and what are the best deals among the offers given by the retailer, to help you out here are three tips which we would like to share with you to get most out of this sales.

1. Check hourly deals at start of hour: Amazon.in generally comes up with hourly deals and during such sales these deals lasts for very limited time. To not to miss any great deal check the hourly deals section at start of the hour, set a timer or alarm or whatever you feel like but check it at start if you can't do that , don't complain that the deal you were looking ended so fast.

2. Make a list of items you actually need: Sometimes it might so happen that you engaged yourself in a great deal but the item wasn't really required and on other hand you miss out what you wanted to buy in that very sale offer. So shortlist few items you need, check for their prices before hand and when the sales day approaches you will have better idea what benefits the e-tailor is giving to you. A price alert mechanism is the best friend.

3. Compare the prices and know about deals before hand : Don't let any one fool you in the name of sales, compare the prices and get to know about Freedom Sale deals before hand to be one step ahead from others from price aggregators such as mysmartprice.com .

4. Research on web, shop on App: To promote mobile applications now a days online retailors offer extra discounts on purchase made through their mobile application. So whatever you are buying check on mobile app too for any extra discount to add cherry to the cake.

So are you ready with your wish list, if not then make it now and share your shopping experience with us via comments section to help fellow readers.

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Saving Money with Mobile wallet Offers

Remember the old days when the only way to transact was either cash or via cheque? Memories are still afresh when I used to stand in a long queue in bank to withdraw cash. Later getting an ATM card was a huge relief and standing in queues in the bank was no longer required, however, today I find myself standing in an ATM queue :) 

Mobile Wallets

Fast forward to current era where most youth has internet access and are moving towards a virtual world of social friends, online shopping and online payments; an ecosystem which facilitates all this with a few simple clicks. The major player in this cyber space development is the e-commerce segment and other segments mostly revolve around it or have become a part of it. One such service is mobile wallets. In December, 2014 RBI directive has allowed mobile wallets to accept deposit, basic saving and provide remittance. This directive also allowed such payment banks to issue ATM-cum-debit cards to access funds, restricted to a max amount of INR 100,000. 

What is a mobile wallet?

In simple terms, a mobile wallet is a system where users load money into their mobile wallet accounts and then use it at predetermined group of merchants online without need of exposing the banking details to each merchant. But the functionality is not limited; let’s see what India's top mobile wallets have to offer. 

Mobile Wallet

1. Paytm: Paytm Wallet is India's largest online payment service platform with more than 40 million wallets, a number which surpasses total number of credit card holders in India. Paytm started in 2010 providing mobile recharge and utility bill payment services, currently funded by China's Alibaba group and has its own product store similar to Flipkart, Snapdeal etc. Paytm wallet allows user to make purchase on Paytm as well as other leading online sites such as Uber, Bookmyshow etc. Users also get instant cash back as part of promotional offers into their Paytm wallets.

MobiKwik

2. Mobikwik: Mobikwik was founded by Bipin Preet Singh and Upasana Taku in 2009 initially for resolving problems faced by people doing online payments. Today Mobikwik has over 15 million users. Mobikwik allows users to recharge mobiles, DTH, pay bills, buy stuff all just with your wallet. Mobikwik lets you to store sufficient amount in your wallet so that you don't need to go through payment gateways every time you shop. Mobikwik not only helps you to transact on web but also you can pay via smart phone app, SMS or IVR. While shopping online you can even save more money by apply coupons which can be easily found here http://happycheckout.in/mobikwik.com

Oxigen Wallet

3. Oxigenwallet: Oxigen services India Pvt Ltd was founded in 2004 and over a period of 10 years it has created a retail footprint of over 1,30,000 outlets pan India. Oxigen is the first virtual wallet in India to become a part of NPCI (National Payments Cooperation of India). Oxigen wallet makes your wallet even more secure by providing OTP for every transaction to your registered mobile number. As said earlier you can also get extra discounts with the help of Oxigen wallet offers.

With such a huge number of subscribers for these mobile wallets, the day is not far when many of the banking services will be served by these wallets. Banking for customers on the go is the future. Until then, enjoy online recharge, bill payments, and money transfer from any of these wallets and get extra discount by finding out the right coupons for your needs.

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MySmartPrice : A platform for online shopping research before you actually buy

Today internet has become a part of our life, its like breath and water to many of us. No doubt most of us rely on internet for most of our needs from booking movie tickets to pay phone bills, buy gadgets , clothes etc.
With huge number of online retailers its difficult to know which one is the best for a particular product; price wise, shipping and customer satisfaction wise. There are many websites which makes your job easy in comparing the prices for different products.

We came across MySmartPrice  a complete solution to above problem. MySmartPrice is a Hyderabad, India based tech startup. It is a platform which gives platform to customers to discover the best products across various segments such as Mobiles, Electronics, Computers, Fashion and LifeStyle, Cameras, Books, Appliances and Personal care for the best price. MySmartPrice was founded in 2010 by Sitakanta Ray and Sulakshan Kumar with the goal of creating the best online shopping research and discovery destination.

MySmartPrice's price comparison engine helps you finding best price and deals from India's major e-commerce stores.

We searched for some mobiles and got below details which is sufficient to help a buyer to select the phone and the seller.

Price:  Along with the price you get details on Shipping charges, coupon codes if any, Feedback rating, return policy, Cash On Delivery option, EMI, Expected delivery time and variants.

Specifications:  As the name suggests , specifications tab contains detailed specification for the selected product.

Alternatives: In Alternative tab one can find products which are similar to selected product in terms of specifications and price.

User Review: Under User Review tab, one can find reviews of the product from various users which is very important as it comes from end user. One can find avg rating, individual users review and rating with pros and cons suggested by other users, which can help a lot to take a go or no go decision.

Expert Review: Under Expert Review section one can find review from the various tech experts and link for full review of the products on their websites. It also lists review for individual component or feature as shown in below figure for Samsung Galaxy S3.

MSP - ExpertReview

Video Review: Under this section user can find review videos from leading tech websites/bloggers at one place to help them judge better about the product without making much effort. So no need to go to youtube to find different reviews for the product you can get it all at one place now.

Price Graph: One of the most interesting feature of MSP is the Price Graph. Price graph gives you the details of the price of the products from the time its launched you can enter the from and to date to compare the prices and see the trend , zoom over one month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year or complete time period. User can also see how much % of price dropped or increased in last 30 days, 90 days, 180 days, or since launch.

Below is an example of Samsung Galaxy S3 Price Graph.

Samsung Galaxy S3 - Price Graph - MSP

With all this information handy for particular product it becomes really easy to select the product and the seller. So before you plan to buy anything online dont forget to check it on MySmartPrice to get lowest prices with maximum satisfaction. Happy Shopping :)

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[Updated] Much Awaited Moto G set to launch in India on 5th Feb, Pre Order soldout on SnapDeal

Much awaited Moto G from Motorola  is set to launch on Flipkart in India on 5th Feb 2014.  Mid price segment Moto G comes with impressive specifications and reasonable price.

Moto G sports 4.5 inch LCD display with resolution of 1280x720 HD display, powered by 1.2 GHz qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC processor, 1 GB RAM , 8GB/16GB internal storage. Adding to this you also get 64 GB of cloud space when you buy Moto G. On imaging front Moto G comes with 5 MP  rear camera and 1.3 MP front camera and is powered by 2070 mAH strong battery.  Adding to that Moto G runs on 4.3 Jelly Bean and comes with a guarantee to be upgraded to 4.4 KitKat. On top of it Moto G is full water proof. Keeping with current market trend Indian version of Moto G will come with dual sim support .

In a press release Snapdeal confirmed that preorders for 1000 units were sold out in just two hours. For first two weeks Moto G will be available exclusively on Flipkart, from 3rd week onwards it is expected to be available on other retailers. However import data suggests that , Motorola has imported 5600 units of 8 GB version of Moto G and 5000 units of 16 GB version. Looking at pre order records and imported number of units it seems that it will be tough to get one. So guys if you are planning to buy one keep watching on Flipkart and order it as soon as it is made available.

Price of Moto G is not known yet but it is expected that 8 GB version will cost around INR 13000/- and 14500/- for 16 GB version.

Both Flipkart and Snapdeal are offering freebies with purchase of Moto G.

Freebies from Snapdeal : Receive Free Airtel 1GB 3G Data code via Email within 7 days of product delivery + Free 1 Year Accidental Warranty + Free 1 Year Extended Support Warranty + Free Back Panel Case

Offer from Flipkart:  Rs 500 off on eBooks, 1000 off on clothing, 70% off on Moto G covers + chance to get 100% cashback as store credits.

Update: 

8GB version is listed for Rs 12,499/- on Flipkart.

 

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