Buyhatke

BuyHatke
Type Private
Founded 2012 (2012)
No. of locations Bangalore, India
Area served India
Founder(s)
Key people Prashant Singh, Srikanth Sethumadhavan & Gaurav Dahake
Industry Internet, Price comparison
Products buyhatke.com, Browser addon,
Services Price comparison
Slogan(s) The Ultimate Shopping Experience
Website compare.buyhatke.com
Alexa rank Increase 4778; 392: India (April 2015)[1]
Type of site Comparison shopping
Advertising yes
Registration Optional
Available in English
Launched 2012 (2012)
Current status Online

BuyHatke.com is a price comparison portal for online shopping in India. According to Alexa Internet, it is among the top 700 websites in India.[2]

History

The idea to build a price comparison website was conceived by now founders Gaurav Dahake, Prashant Singh, Srikanth Sethumadhavan and Rohit Shah who were students at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The Beta version of the website was launched in July 2012.[3]

Product and Services

BuyHatke

A price comparison portal that gives a price comparison between different websites offering the same product so that a consumer can decide which website is offering the lowest price.[3][4] The website also has a dedicated section for books.[5]

Comparehatke

CompareHatke is a browser add-on that the company launched. The add-on finds the optimal time to purchase products from various stores, automatically applies coupons, set price drop alerts, and provides price comparison for a plethora of shopping portals.[6][7][8][9][10]

Compare mobiles

Compare mobiles is a mobile research portal that helps consumers decide which mobile is the a better choice for them. The product does a specification by specification comparison for mobiles and explains the difference between the specifications in a comparative context.

Recognition

The venture won the judges' choice award for the top 5 student startups at the TATA First Dot, an organization that aims to showcase student entrepreneurs.[11] The venture has received media recognition from mainstream news media like TimesofIndia,[3] Thehindu,[12] Livemint,[13] Economic Times,[4] Startup news websites like Nextbigwhat[5][8][14] and Trak.in[7] have covered the venture.

Tech news sites like Techgig[15] and technology magazines like Thinkdigit[6] have covered the technology behind the venture. The founders have been interviewed with Coolage[16] and Geektech.[10] Mattermark a startup analysis firm from San Francisco compiled a list of top 10 startups in India and named BuyHatke in a tweet from its official Twitter profile.[17] Buyhatke was also awarded the second position in seedstars startup competition.[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Buyhatke.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  2. ↑ "Buyhatke.com Site Info". Alexa.com. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  3. 1 2 3 "Buyhatke.com, one portal for all e-commerce websites - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  4. 1 2 "Innovations that will change the way you shop online - The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  5. 1 2 "Now, Compare Books At BuyHatke, Set Price Alerts On Its Chrome Extension". Nextbigwhat.com. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  6. 1 2 "Shop online smarter with the Compare Hatke browser extension | Digit.in". Thinkdigit.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  7. 1 2 "A Chrome Extension Every Online Shopper Should Have To Avail Best Product Prices". Trak.in. 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  8. 1 2 "Buyhatke Wants You to Save Money While Shopping Online With It's New Chrome Extension". NextBigWhat. 2013-09-09. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  9. ↑ "News Roundup: Buy from Snapdeal, Get Data from Aircel Free; New Additions to BuyHatke’s Price Comparison Addon". Nextbigwhat.com. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  10. 1 2 Bangera, Abhijit (2014-03-29). "Geek Tech Exclusive Interview: Gaurav Dahake and Prashant Singh, Founders of BuyHatke | Geek Tech". Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  11. ↑ "TFD Judges’ Choice Winner - BuyHatke". NENOnline. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  12. ↑ Yashasvini Rajeshwar (2013-01-23). "Dreaming big". The Hindu. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  13. ↑ Arundhati Ramanathan (2013-01-27). "A website to help price-sensitive consumers get the best deals". Livemint. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  14. ↑ "News Roundup: Buy from Snapdeal, Get Data from Aircel Free; New Additions to BuyHatke’s Price Comparison Addon". Nextbigwhat.com. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  15. ↑ "Buyhatke.com, one portal for all e-commerce websites - Tech News | Latest Technology News". Techgig.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  16. ↑ "Founders of Buyhatke speak on starting up young, their venture and more - CoolAge". Coolage.in. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  17. ↑ "Twitter / Mattermark: Top Indian startups 1". Twitter.com. 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
  18. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/features/smartbuy/tech-news/scandid-wins-seedstars-startup-competition/article6234467.ece

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