MARCH 2022 NEWSLETTER
Notable November
A truly Notable November indeed. With new program launches across countries from the Middle East Asia to Southeast Asia, it is exciting to see our product and solution suite being put to use by some of the world’s much-loved brands. On the Distribution front we are showcasing our powerful corporate reward solutions and how it helps large corporate in their business. On the Woohoo front, Woohoo engaged with consumers and ran exciting offers and contests for the Diwali season.
New Merchant Program Launches
IKEA Gift Card
Continuing with our commitment to the region we have expanded the much-loved IKEA gift card program to UAE. We had initially launched the IKEA Gift Card Program in Oman. The Program has now moved on to UAE where Qwikcilver will be managing wallet programs and gift cards in-house. This follows an omni-channel model wherein customers can purchase and use Gift cards both at Brick & Mortar stores and through the website and mobile app.
QwikBit about the brand
IKEA is a global home furnishing brand that brings affordability, design and comfort to people all over the world. The IKEA business idea is “to offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.” Today, IKEA reaches millions of hearts and homes all over the world. If the many thousands employed by their suppliers are included, around one million people are working with IKEA.
Singlife with Aviva Gift Card Store
A new brand and a brand new engagement in the Southeast Asia region for Qwikcilver. Qwikcilver is excited to announce the launch of the Gift Card store on the Singlife with Aviva. This Gift Card marketplace powered by the Qwikcilver API suite, will help Singlife offer their 1.5 million app users a choice of Gift Cards to buy and gift.
Apart from the B2C engagement, Singlife will also be making use of QwikServ – a Qwikcilver product designed to help large Corporates manage their large and bulk orders for Gift Cards from their partners and other large corporate buyers.
Qwikbit about the brand
Singlife with Aviva is a leading homegrown financial services company, offering consumers a better way to financial freedom. Through innovative, technology-enabled solutions and a wide range of products and services, Singlife provides a comprehensive suite of insurance plans, employee benefits, partnerships with Financial Advisor channels and investment solutions. First announced in September 2020 and valued at S$3.2 billion, it was the largest insurance deal in Singapore and created one of the largest homegrown financial services companies in the republic.
Philippine Airlines Gift Card Distribution
Taking off (pun intended!) from where we left - we are proud to announce that Qwikcilver now holds distribution rights for the Philippine Airlines Gift Card. As you may be aware of Qwikcilver powers the Philippine Airlines Gift Card and now we hold the distribution rights for the Philippine Airlines Gift Card in Philippines where in we can serve not only the individual customers but also facilitate Philippine airlines to manage their large corporate and bulk orders. We achieve this seamlessly using the Qwikcilver Distribution APIs. The proof of this seamless integration is that we already have an institutional buyer who has integrated our APIs to generate and fulfil for bulk orders.
Qwikbit about the brand
Philippine Airlines (PAL), a trading name of PAL Holdings, Inc. (PSE: PAL), also known historically (until 1970) as Philippine Air Lines, is the flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered at the PNB Financial Center in Pasay, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name. Out of its hubs at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Clark International Airport in Clark, Mactan–Cebu International Airport in Cebu, and Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao, Philippine Airlines serves 31 domestic destinations and 54 overseas destinations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Middle East, Oceania, North America, and Europe. Philippine Airlines operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft with Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Airbus A321neo, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, and Boeing 777 in service.
Yalla Toys Gift Card
One more much-loved brand hops on to the Qwikcilver bandwagon. We are thrilled to power the Yallatoys Gift Card program in Qatar. Yallatoys is the largest online toystore in Qatar and a hit with both children and their parents. The Yallatoys Gift Card program is an omnichannel program – with the launch in both their E-Commerce Store as well as their offline stores. In addition to this Qwikcilver will also power 3rd party Gift Card stores as chosen by Yallatoys to sell the Yallatoys Gift Cards.
Qwikbit about the brand
Yallatoys went live 5 years back in Qatar and have become Qatar’s most celebrated online toys store with a distinguished way of delivering state-of-the-art toys and kids accessories across the nation. Yallatoys has been able to capture the hearts of kids and parents alike by setting highest standards in product quality, on-time delivery, customer support and shopping experience.
Lulu Gift Card Store
A unique program that blurs the boundaries between Offline and Online Stores – for the first time ever we have launched a Lulu Gift Card store that offers customers a wide variety Gift Cards from other brands. The uniqueness of this store is that it is accessible for the customers at Lulu Hypermarket via QR codes placed around the store. Along with their routine purchases customer’s can now pick the Gift Card of their choice from their mobiles and the Gift Cards are delivered instantly over SMS and Email.
The QR codes are place at more than 30 strategic places across the Hypermarket and with plans to expand to Lulu Connect and Lulu Fashions stores in the mall. This program, building upon the existing engagement with the Lulu Group showcases Qwikcilver as partner driving the strategic Gift Card and Prepaid category for our clients.
Qwikbit about the brand
LuLu Mall, a division of the much-famed LuLu Group International headquartered in Abu Dhabi, is one of the largest as well as the first of its kind in India. The Group with its flagship retail chain of LuLu Hypermarkets and Supermarkets has operations spread over 34 countries and symbolizes quality retailing with 213 stores & has been a hit with the discerning shoppers across the Gulf region.
Zomato Gift Card
Food and Food Delivery Gift Cards have quickly become a preferred choice for consumers. Now birthdays no longer need to have too many cakes – Gift Cards help you solved that problem in a snap! One of India’s most loved food delivery platform – Zomato has now launched their Gift Card Powered by Qwikcilver. A Semi closed Loop Program, the Zomato Gift Card can be purchased across channels including Zomato’s own and Qwikcilver’s as well. With the integrated wallet that is the Zomato wallet, managing Gift Cards and Refunds are now a cinch and offer a single point of engagement for both the consumer and brand.
Qwikbit about the brand
Zomato is an Indian food delivery startup restaurant aggregator. It primarily provides concrete information, menus, and user reviews of the restaurants. Along with this, Zomato also has food delivery options from partnered restaurants. Zomato currently serves in 10,000 cities across 36 countries having 1.2 million popular restaurants with 80 million foodies every month.
ICICI iMobile Gift Card Store
Gift Cards are everywhere, and Gift Card Stores enable them to be everywhere. A fine example of that would be the Gift Card Store in the ICICI iMobile Pay – the primary ICICI Bank app. This is Gift Card store is powered by Qwikcilver and our seamless integration enables consumer facing brands like ICICI present wide variety of 3rd party Gift Cards that enables them to drive consumer engagement on their app.
Qwikbit about the brand
ICICI Bank is a leading private sector bank in India. It offers a wide range of banking products and financial services for corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels and specialized subsidiaries in the areas of investment banking, life, non-life insurance, venture capital and asset management. ICICI Bank currently has a network of 5,534 branches and 13,222 ATMs across India.
Jupiter Banking Gift Card Store
Neobanking is the latest buzzword is the world of banking especially in India. And Jupiter is probably the first name that springs to mind when one says ‘neobanking’. Keeping at the exciting yet challenging task of relooking at the traditional method of banking, Jupiter has now launched a full-fledged 3rd party Gift Card store on their personal banking app. It is only apt that Qwikcilver which is bringing future ready solutions in the world of prepaid and gift cards is the enabler of such a gift card store. Through this Gift Card Store, Jupiter aims to not just engage with their consumer but also provide them the latest and most exciting Gift Card brands and bundled offers.
Qwikbit about the brand
Jupiter is a digital banking app with one simple aim – to deliver a banking experience that keeps pace with users and consumers. They help you cut through the banking jargon, offer smart insights based on consumer spending, and provide them with a range of new-age features to enable the consumer to make sense of their finances.
New Distribution Program Launches
A Wholesome Channel Program for Wholesale Dealers
One of the world’s largest food and agricultural corporations, with a significant presence in India has launched their Dealer Rewards program specifically targeting Wholesale Dealers. We have implemented the QwikRewards solution for this engagement with the use of a Microsite. The microsite login is via the unique dealer ID and OTP.
The entire program was managed by the Qwikcilver Team and delivered delight to the both the client and their dealers.
A Fan-Tastic Consumer Promotion Program
One of India’s largest sanitaryware has now forayed into the household appliances and white goods space. This neccesiated a comprehensive consumer promotions program meant to engage and reward consumers when they make purchases. The consumer enters the contest by making a missed call and then sharing the details required through the link received via an SMS.The reward in this case is either through PayTM or AmazonPay. This choice is left to the customer. The success of the program is evident from the high redemption rates.
With Qwikcilver’s tried and tested Consumer Promotion solutions, designing, deploying and managing such a program is handled with so much ease that the brands can relax and see the success of their consumer promotions.
Woohoo News
The Festival Season in October saw some amazing offers on the Offers section of Woohoo.in as part of The Gifting Carnival. Diwali was ushered in with offers from some of the most loved brands across categories like Jewellery and Fashion delivered delight and happiness to all our consumers. For the latest offers on Woohoo – click Here
