Qwikcilver Solutions, India’s pioneering Gift Card Company has announced the launch of Woohoo.in, India’s First Fully Integrated Mobile Responsive Online Gifting superstore. The platform aims to be a one stop destination for consumers for personal and occasion based gifting, and will allow them to choose from a wide array of gift card brands.
With the upbeat sentiment in the economy and the increasing aspirations of consumers and their willingness to experiment and spend on consumer products and experiences, the signs of a revival in the Indian economy is showing up across segments, ranging from consumer goods and automobiles to air travel and tourism.
GiftBig.com, run by Bangalore-based QwikCilver Solutions Pvt Ltd, has been re-branded to Woohoo.in, as it seeks to morph into a mobile-first online gifting superstore for consumers. “The (new) platform offers a mobile gifting experience with a wide range of gifting options, instant gifting delivery and multiple modes of gratification. Giftbig.com, the e-commerce site for gift cards will seamlessly migrate into Woohoo.in. The consumer base of Giftbig.com would be redirected to our new Woohoo.in site,” said Pratap TP, co-founder and CMO of QwikCilver. The company will continue to provide the back-end technology for B2B transactions related to plastic gift cards, loyalty cards, code programmes and social media gifting of various brands, said Pratap. Moreover, the desktop version of woohoo.in will also lend itself to gifting transactions. Pratap further stated that Woohoo is looking to add more than 1,000 new brands across categories in the next one year. Woohoo.in provides consumers with gift cards of reputable brands that can be redeemed at online and offline stores.
It has been another exciting month for us at Qwikcilver. Our recently launched mobile app, Woohoo, continues to make waves in the market with lots of press coverage, rave reviews and user downloads. Qwikcilver also made its presence felt at ReTechCon 2015, the retail industry’s annual technology event.
Woohoo app is one of the most useful apps for people who need to carry out more financial transactions. But, it also assists you when you need to pay at your preferred restaurant or making an online payment.
Woohoo App Review: One Place for All Your Cards and Virtual Wallets Digital Wallets like MobiKwik and Oxigen are steadily becoming more useful, whether you want to send money to someone you know, or you have to make a payment at your favourite restaurant. Others like Paytm and Freecharge are also popular for recharges, or for using services like Uber taxis, or making payments on sites like BookMyShow and Foodpanda.
What if someone said you could collect the long forgotten Bank Royalty points, Corporate Reward points and e-Wallet cash, and splurge it on shopping, dining or that vacation you were planning? Woohoo lets you do just that. It’s an app that aggregates multiple payment options in a single platform for consumers to transact at various online and offline retail outlets. The company has currently partnered with 50+ brands. This lets a Woohoo user access 3000+ stores and portals. The list includes apparel and accessories stores like Allen Solly, Westside, Fastrack, Hidesign, Restaurant chains like Noodle Bar, Mani’s Dum Biryani, or Entertainment and leisure outlets like PVR, Cleartrip and others
It has been a wonderful month for Qwikcilver this month with 5 major Gift Card Program launches and the Retail Distribution really taking off with the addition of Cuppa to its distribution channels. The coming months promise to be interesting with more new launches coming up .
Loyalty points aggregator Qwikcilver Solutions, which has taken the gifting model to another level in the country during its six years of existence, is expanding its workforce and plans to open a new office in the Middle East. In an interaction with Deccan Herald, Qwikcilver Solutions Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder Kumar Sudarshan said besides expanding its footprint in the country aggressively, the company is also marketing its Woohoo app to give a seamless experience to customers.
The Indian gift card market is expected to receive fresh funding of up to $50 million which will enable key players such as Amazon-backed QwikCilver Solutions to ride the next wave of growth in digital cards. Increasing consumer adoption of gift cards over the last two years, especially digital gift cards over physical cards, has seen QwikCilver’s sales growing 300 per cent year-on-year. The ₹3,000-crore Indian gift market card is expected to touch ₹9,000 crore by FY-2018.