Idea backgorund - The Existing online discount sites¶
All discounts and Deals at one place¶
There are many sites on the net which show all the discounts from eretailers in one place. Make them searchable and accessible to price conscious consumers who like deals and discounts. But the same kind of service is not available for the offline or in-store deals and discounts. I guess the following are the reasons
sample sites¶
1. Item level discount details¶
2. All coupons with out item info¶
- cupondunia - All cupons
- savemyrupee - All cupons It has wish list, if you give an item, they will find lowest price for you
online deals advantage¶
- online retailers provide apis. so easy to get data.
- Online retailers pay referral bonus
offline deals disadvantages¶
- too many interfaces and no api support.
- difficult to earn referral bonus.
Our Idea¶
To bring all offline discounts and deals to online just like the online discount sites.
challenges - our approach¶
- Product data - use webscraper
- Store data - build very simple publishing system for each store
- Referral bonus - right now focus on reaching consumers, later plan for revenue from,
- Ads
- Referral
- Analytic data
Our unique features¶
0. Discounts Guide¶
A discounts guide that tells you why the price is marked down.
1. Deal Rating¶
Also a rating for each discount which tells whether discount is good or not
2. Use Likes and Comments¶
Like/dislike and comments on each item and over all sale.
3. Reserve item¶
User can reserve an item for a day or 2 days and collect it from the store.
4. Wish List¶
User can make a wish list for an item at a certain price or discount percentage and we will send alerts
5. Location based Discount alerts¶
User will get alerts when he is near a store which matches his wish list. This is the most important feature.
6. Offline and Online price comparison¶
Compare the price offline, if the prod is avail online, show the comparison and give the customer a reason to visit the store.