Comments on: Open2save.in – A Retail Aggregation Model. The Amazon Anti - Thesis http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/04/open2savein-%e2%80%93-a-retail-aggregation-model-the-amazon-anti-thesis/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:06:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Aashish http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/04/open2savein-%e2%80%93-a-retail-aggregation-model-the-amazon-anti-thesis/#comment-10578 Aashish Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:00:59 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/04/open2savein-%e2%80%93-a-retail-aggregation-model-the-amazon-anti-thesis/#comment-10578 I really think the concept though new to india but it will have very long term and positive impact on the indian consumers and the way they perceive the buying at present.The way these persons are working is really a remarkable. The one suggestion i want to share is to include the financial offers like insurance and others to this site so that the consumers can actually take a best deals in this area too......... I really think the concept though new to india but it will have very long term and positive impact on the indian consumers and the way they perceive the buying at present.The way these persons are working is really a remarkable.
The one suggestion i want to share is to include the financial offers like insurance and others to this site so that the consumers can actually take a best deals in this area too………

]]> By: Harshil Karia http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/04/open2savein-%e2%80%93-a-retail-aggregation-model-the-amazon-anti-thesis/#comment-7552 Harshil Karia Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:04:07 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/04/open2savein-%e2%80%93-a-retail-aggregation-model-the-amazon-anti-thesis/#comment-7552 Thanks Sridhar - valuable insights - harshil(dot)karia(at)gmail(dot)com - we should be in touch. I think the amount u've put in merits a seperate post :D Thanks Sridhar - valuable insights - harshil(dot)karia(at)gmail(dot)com - we should be in touch. I think the amount u’ve put in merits a seperate post :D

]]> By: Sridhar Turaga http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/04/open2savein-%e2%80%93-a-retail-aggregation-model-the-amazon-anti-thesis/#comment-7550 Sridhar Turaga Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:41:56 +0000 http://www.watblog.com/2008/06/04/open2savein-%e2%80%93-a-retail-aggregation-model-the-amazon-anti-thesis/#comment-7550 Harshil - Thanks for featuring our service. Appreciate the positive comments, and more importantly the suggestions for improvements. We will implement them in our future releases. To address your questions ... (a) Less than 10% of in-store deals are published today ... hence we include public deals as well ... so consumers have one place to go to for easy reference (Window shopping is extinct !!) (b) Yes, 20% of our deals are exclusive to open2save ... and you can expect to see more acion here soon (c) We have 800+ retailers in our network and the largest collection of offers live at any time ... However, we can't rest on that, we plan to continue to improve both the quality & quantity of deals If I could add to your point on the concept, and elaborate on our basic strategy at AeNwis. As our CEO said in a recent interview in SIFY ... "India is structurally different from Western countries, because population densities in Tier I cities is very high; there are stores in most categories within 5 km radius for most people and there is already a very low-cost distribution model for most companies. E-commerce companies will need to be able to beat that model comprehensively in terms of value to the customer. Digital channels like the internet have played a more significant role in most markets in influencing the consumer's buying decisions, than being a sales channel (over 60% of consumer buying decisions in US are influenced by internet). We believe that it will be even more so valid in India and internet will be a powerful influencer, than just a sales channel." open2save is first among potential services we plan to launch that help consumers decide "what to buy and where to buy" ... while businesses (large and S/M) have a powerful channel to link online-and-offline worlds. Great site ... keep it going. Harshil -

Thanks for featuring our service. Appreciate the positive comments, and more importantly the suggestions for improvements.

We will implement them in our future releases.

To address your questions …
(a) Less than 10% of in-store deals are published today … hence we include public deals as well … so consumers have one place to go to for easy reference (Window shopping is extinct !!)

(b) Yes, 20% of our deals are exclusive to open2save … and you can expect to see more acion here soon

(c) We have 800+ retailers in our network and the largest collection of offers live at any time …

However, we can’t rest on that, we plan to continue to improve both the quality & quantity of deals

If I could add to your point on the concept, and elaborate on our basic strategy at AeNwis.

As our CEO said in a recent interview in SIFY … “India is structurally different from Western countries, because population densities in Tier I cities is very high; there are stores in most categories within 5 km radius for most people and there is already a very low-cost distribution model for most companies. E-commerce companies will need to be able to beat that model comprehensively in terms of value to the customer.

Digital channels like the internet have played a more significant role in most markets in influencing the consumer’s buying decisions, than being a sales channel (over 60% of consumer buying decisions in US are influenced by internet).

We believe that it will be even more so valid in India and internet will be a powerful influencer, than just a sales channel.”

open2save is first among potential services we plan to launch that help consumers decide “what to buy and where to buy” … while businesses (large and S/M) have a powerful channel to link online-and-offline worlds.

Great site … keep it going.

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