http://www.watblog.com/2008/05/20/makaancom-adds-sms-app-while-pizza-hut-goes-mobile-with-its-campaigns/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:05:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.watblog.com/2008/05/20/makaancom-adds-sms-app-while-pizza-hut-goes-mobile-with-its-campaigns/#comment-5788 Ashwin Wed, 21 May 2008 18:25:53 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/05/20/makaancom-adds-sms-app-while-pizza-hut-goes-mobile-with-its-campaigns/#comment-5788 they have put up some details on www.makaan.com/mobile, and its actually a neat application...guess its for property sellers, and not really search...meant to give the power of the internet thru sms (and not gprs) to a property agent, who are not net savvy..neat! they have put up some details on http://www.makaan.com/mobile, and its actually a neat application…guess its for property sellers, and not really search…meant to give the power of the internet thru sms (and not gprs) to a property agent, who are not net savvy..neat!

]]> http://www.watblog.com/2008/05/20/makaancom-adds-sms-app-while-pizza-hut-goes-mobile-with-its-campaigns/#comment-5710 Credit Risk Wed, 21 May 2008 06:29:19 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/05/20/makaancom-adds-sms-app-while-pizza-hut-goes-mobile-with-its-campaigns/#comment-5710 The Makaan mobile application at this point is limited to advertisers and allows only property listing. This application doesn't allow property search yet. The Makaan mobile application at this point is limited to advertisers and allows only property listing. This application doesn’t allow property search yet.

]]> http://www.watblog.com/2008/05/20/makaancom-adds-sms-app-while-pizza-hut-goes-mobile-with-its-campaigns/#comment-5636 raghav soni Tue, 20 May 2008 13:37:41 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/05/20/makaancom-adds-sms-app-while-pizza-hut-goes-mobile-with-its-campaigns/#comment-5636 i have something to say about mobile marketing and property sites .....first mobile...the way many sites are registering users for mobile services i c it becoming and taking shape of mobile spam in future...today people dont understand the nuisance of registering for these services as they only c free sms....but tomorrow they would be caught in trouble as smses would keep coming and choking our memory on phone nd ur life....then people wud have to fork out money for sms banning services from mobile operators....thats really going to be the future of mobile.....................now lets cum to property classifieds........indian property market is on boom so no need to say it again but wat i really mean is today the home owners are not the subscribers for property site as they access to tenants very easy....the real subscribers of these sites are brokers nd real estate agents.......now picture this (a real incident) my mom told me to look after property in our area for buying....so i wont to 99acres.com which charges 500/classified....to serach 4 property.....nd i came across many classifieds wgich were putting a property of 20 lakhs for 8 lakhs.....after seeing this my mother was really happy...but i understood the scam...as there are no free lunches in this world i told my mother they just want to get in touch with u by giving lucrative offers though they dont have that property at that price so they ask u ur requirement nd u always broker deal from him....but she ignored me nd called......nd the same thing happened....the ans from broker was that property was sold nd he even asked wat was her budget for flat nd all.....now the cache is that properties listed on site the same day got sold...unbelievable....nd it would be killing the online property business i have something to say about mobile marketing and property sites …..first mobile…the way many sites are registering users for mobile services i c it becoming and taking shape of mobile spam in future…today people dont understand the nuisance of registering for these services as they only c free sms….but tomorrow they would be caught in trouble as smses would keep coming and choking our memory on phone nd ur life….then people wud have to fork out money for sms banning services from mobile operators….thats really going to be the future of mobile…………………now lets cum to property classifieds……..indian property market is on boom so no need to say it again but wat i really mean is today the home owners are not the subscribers for property site as they access to tenants very easy….the real subscribers of these sites are brokers nd real estate agents…….now picture this (a real incident) my mom told me to look after property in our area for buying….so i wont to 99acres.com which charges 500/classified….to serach 4 property…..nd i came across many classifieds wgich were putting a property of 20 lakhs for 8 lakhs…..after seeing this my mother was really happy…but i understood the scam…as there are no free lunches in this world i told my mother they just want to get in touch with u by giving lucrative offers though they dont have that property at that price so they ask u ur requirement nd u always broker deal from him….but she ignored me nd called……nd the same thing happened….the ans from broker was that property was sold nd he even asked wat was her budget for flat nd all…..now the cache is that properties listed on site the same day got sold…unbelievable….nd it would be killing the online property business

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