Jasper Infotech buys Grabbon – consolidation starts in Group buying and deals sites
By Manoj Govindassamy at 29 June, 2010, 2:04 pm
The latest web trend – Social/Group buying and saving money via deals, which are picking up heat and heavy investments in US, Europe and China is seeing similar roaring in Indian space too. … Grabbon , a bangalore based group buying site which is ramping up faster in this space got acquired by Delhi based marketing company – Jasper Infotech .. Wanamo got acquired by “Fashion and You” and got rechristened to “Deals and you”. Taggle, yet another bangalore based group buying site ..
Read More >>MyDala.com offer – 81% discount on Baskin Robbins ice creams!
By Manoj Govindassamy at 2 June, 2010, 10:03 pm
Yes, you can do it, provided you are students who have scored over 65% in their XII board exams this year, who can enjoy their ice-creams at Baskin Robbins outlets in Delhi NCR, Mumbai and Bengaluru. mydala.com, India’s first online and mobile group buying portal, is giving you a never-before treat for passing out with flying colors. … ..many old friends part ways to pursue different career options. mydala is offering a great reason for all XII pass-outs to go out and celebrate this momentous occasion with their friends and beat the summer heat as well.
Read More >>MyDala.com ramping up fast – soon in Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad – Social Networking for money saving
By Manoj Govindassamy at 28 January, 2010, 3:02 pm
While at Centra Software, she gained insights into web-based applications by managing strategic partnerships with leaders in the e-learning space such as Oracle, Microsoft, Saba, Blackboard and Skill soft. MyDala has already partnered with more than 60 popular businesses across India and is in active discussion with many more. These deals would be available for casual dining and fast-food restaurants, shopping (clothing, handbags, shoes, etc.), health and beauty (massages, salons, gyms, etc.), recreation (movies, paintball, bowling, etc), services (drycleaners, cooking classes, dancing lessons, etc), and events (live music concerts, cricket matches, etc).Explaining how mydala.com is changing buying behavior among consumers, Anisha says,…. MyDala offered 50% at Chi restaurant, 50% off at Tabula Rasa, 65% off on authentic traditional Kerala Ayurvedic spa for 2 people, and 60% off on pedicure, manicure and facial, full-body waxing, bleach et al from the celebrated Blossom Kochhar’s Pivot Point Academy…. Facebook, Twitter, Orkut and on blogging sites, to promote awareness to get more people to form ….
Read More >>MyDala.com – The power of Group Buying – save money by group deals
By Manoj Govindassamy at 6 December, 2009, 6:43 am
… With social media picking up steam in India, MyDala , which leverages the power of social networking to help find unknown friends who will group together to get deep discounts by buying in bulk – not meager 5% or 10% discounts, but a minimum of 35% and up to 80% off!… So, the theme is “Why pay more when you can bargain collectively?”Can you brief us on some of the possible deals ?What if you could get Rs 1500 worth of drinks, cocktails, wine and world cuisine at Saket’s upscale restaurant & lounge, Tabula Rasa, for just Rs 750?… Each of them can then use the ayurvedic spa any time in the next 6 months.Where does the famous Chi Restaurant offer you a cool 50% off on your entire food bill of up to Rs.1000/-?… Those are just some of the daily deal examples of how MyDala is trying to harness the power of group buying in this era of social networking – making possible huge discounts (generally 35% to 80%) on nothing short of the best-of-the-best brands in restaurants, shopping, health & beauty, optical, dry-cleaning, movies, events, and much more. While the retailer gets minimum guaranteed sales to be able to offer bulk discounts, the consumer gets the best discounts by joining that group of minimum number of people needed …
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