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The concept of Couple friendly hotels is no more alien to India. Thanks to this Startup.

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LuvStay is India’s first budgeted couple-friendly hotel chain that offers affordable rooms to couples (married/unmarried) as well as travelers.

Founded in September 2016, LuvStay started with the mission of enabling unmarried couples in the country to get safe and secure rooms at affordable rates without any hassle as the concept of a ‘love’ hotel is still new in India. Inspired by the Love Hotels of Japan, LuvStay is the ‘celebration-of-love’ destination for couples and secret lovers who wish to keep things discrete, and travellers who need a place to crash. The company also offers special short-stay rates where rooms are charged based on 12-hourly tariffs.

Working on a simple platform, the LuvStay app / website takes a person directly to the list of properties as soon as they enter the location, date, and time of stay. The reservation and payment process too are equally easy to get through. What makes LuvStay so popular is the fact that they offer exclusive amenities like special birthday cakes, bespoke love kits, flowers, and other customizable gifts which are delivered to the room. Another point where LuvStay scores amidst fierce competition is their rigorous quality control (QC) and selection process. Every partner hotel is shortlisted after screening through a checkpoint of 40 carefully selected parameters. They also have a strong QC team, which assesses and audits every property from time to time.

The company has only grown since inception with more than 500 partner hotels onboard and a wide presence in over 40 cities. LuvStay has been positioned not as a business but as a social movement to bring about a change in the mindset of people, especially in a country where moral policing is common and where unmarried couples and casual flings are still frowned upon. As per the founder, India is ready to explore into this avenue. The concept of love hotels is set to outgrow that of conventional hotels in the next 4 to 5 years. The initial demand only shows that India is more than ready for Love Hotels as there are many takers for the idea.

For this innovative bootstrapped startup, funding was not a challenge in feeding its voracious growth. What started off with just 3 people has now grown to a team of 8 in a matter of 24 months. The company now has its own development team and is expected to achieve an in-house strength of 25 in the coming year. The startup has grown by leaps and bounds to touch the USD 10million mark in the last financial year. The website boasts of 4000 to 5000 page views per day, and more than 1000 daily hits. LuvStay served more than 10,000 couples last year and is set to extend its unique service to more than 50,000 couples this year. The company is also targeting at expanding its presence in all major Indian cities (including Tier2 and Tier3) by the end of this year. Deriving from the fancy outward appearance of their Japanese counterparts, LuvStay wants to foray into commercial ownership to facilitate infrastructure development based on special love themes.

Pricing being an important factor in a developing country like India, LuvStay aims to service only the budgeted hotel niche and not the luxury hotel segment, such that their service can be availed by the common working class as well. The competition in this segment is intensifying but LuvStay has already captured the market. While how conservative India is about the concept of Love-stays remains debatable, LuvStay is definitely here to stay as there is a huge consumer base for this business.

About the Founders:

Sumit Anand

Sumit Anand is the Founder and CEO of Luvstay, India’s first budgeted couple-friendly platform. He started his career as a business development executive at Modi Mundi Pharmaceuticals in the year 2009. Sumit went on to assume the position of Marketing Partner at Gateway Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd where he handled the strategic management, marketing and sales operations and business development aspects.

Later, as a manager at Meros Technologies, he handled the marketing and sales operations, branding and identity, strategic consulting and channel partner management of Cappuccino, the company’s flagship project.In the year 2012, Sumit co-founded Whitelight Consultancy Services, a venture that managed, organized, controlled, and directed events related to marketing,branding,promotion, and advertising.

Thereafter, Sumit took on the responsibility of a project manager at Jubilant IT Services Pvt. Ltd, where his work spanned across areas such as acquiring new projects and business planning to client feedback and technical support.

Karan Mago

Karan Mago is the Co-founder and CEO of Luvstay.com. He is an experienced marketing professional with a demonstrated history of working across various sectors and possesses the entrepreneurial drive and to identify white spaces for leveraging untapped business opportunities.Karan started his career as a business analyst with Evalueserve in the year 2008 where his work spanned across areas such as providing business insights to recommendations to senior personnel on performance and potential areas for action.

Later, as a marketing analyst at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Karan undertook a project on administration in hospitals; and marketing analysis in primary health centers.He also worked briefly with the Kirat Youth Foundation in the capacity of a vice president. It was in the year 2016 that he co-founded Luvstay.com. As the CEO, his responsibilities at the venture include devising strategies to drive online traffic to the company website; developing and managing digital marketing campaigns;overseeing the social media strategy for the company along with SEO; business development;managing core operations of daily business; and evaluating customer research, market conditions and competitor data; among other things.

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This startup helps you fight fake coupon codes

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Finding the right coupon code can be incredibly tough. After all, we’ve all been there; just about to click the checkout button on our shopping cart when we’re prompted to enter a coupon code! Of course, who’s going to turn down that type of offer—a lot of money can be saved on purchases with the right coupons, but if you don’t have any to hand then the chances are that you might have started doing a little research into coupon codes that you could be using.

 

Now, that’s a great idea—in principle, anyway. In reality, though, the coupon codes that you find online simply are too good to be true; many are expired codes or, worse yet, never even existed in the first place and were instead used merely as clickbait for you to visit a website!

 

This can be a frustrating situation to find yourself in, and for those dedicated individuals who continue trawling the web for a working code, also a time wasting thing to do. And it was this fact that led to the creation of the coupon search website, GoMontana.

What is GoMontana.com?

GoMontana.com offers a nifty service that will surely help you to save money on your next purchases! Unlike all of the old and outdated coupon code websites that you might find while browsing the internet for those rare working codes, GoMontana offers some of the very best valid codes around! After all, none of us have time nowadays to be throwing away valuable time looking for coupon codes that may or may not even exist!

 

But how does GoMontana.com work anyway? Simply put, it uses both editorial oversight and AI to help you filter through the thousands of potential coupon codes to find the working ones, and then goes one step further to select the codes that will save you the most money possible on your purchase! This helps you to save on every transaction, without the hassle and stress of trying to manually find a working, redeemable coupon code.

Who Benefits from Coupon Shopping?

GoMontana is great for both merchants and shoppers alike. It is a well known fact that coupons are an excellent way to encourage shoppers to make a purchase, meaning that the lower profit per product on coupon promotions is more than made up for thanks to increased sales and revenue overall. As such, it is evident that coupons are a great form of marketing; highly effective and with great conversion rates, especially compared to other advertising mediums. Furthermore, the cost savings for the shopper also means that using coupons is truly a win-win for all parties involved—why wouldn’t you be shopping online without coupon codes?

 

A vast sum of money can be saved through the use of coupon codes. This is especially true for those shoppers who often find themselves looking to spend their money online; for these individuals, being able to automatically apply a promo code at the checkout is truly something priceless that will help to take the edge off of expensive modern living. And the savings surely add up, too; with coupon code shoppers averaging $32 per month in savings, that could quite quickly add up to a short break or stay in a hotel.

Are GoMontana Coupons Right for Me?

Evidently, there are numerous benefits associated with using coupons in your online shopping. However, with finding relevant coupons getting more and more difficult for a plethora of reasons—the most notable being coupons expiring and websites offering coupons as a way of getting people to click through—software that can automatically find and apply active coupons is increasingly important. Indeed, websites such as GoMontana are specifically created so as to make sure that you never have to miss out on getting the best discounts going, so why would you miss out?

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Here’s why this app can be one of the coolest apps you have seen in a long time

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What if you could see how those lovely beaches in Malibu looks while sitting at your home in Singapore?

At First Fate, the users have ‘superpowers’ much like these, to make their social experiences more real and fulfilling.

So how does First Fate work?

First Fate Social App allows you to connect with people around the world. One can view and Share Photos & Short 10 second video nano-tales, find cool hangouts and travel spots near you or abroad as recommended by your friends, and insta connect with the most fun people around you, in a viral, cool and popular way. Using FF Discover, users can stumble upon creative and innovative moments, stories and promoted content shared by users around the world, making this must have, the coolest and the best social media app.

The way First Fate works is Pretty simple, like Pokemon Go. But in a way more than Pokemon Go i.e. by making Pokemon Go meet social networking. Users open the app and scan the location via their phone camera, and the app shows markers about various moments/memories that happened near that location, including the ones they shared, till date. These update based on your location and the type of moments you are looking for – your own Throwbacks, By Followers, Secret/Private Left just for you, or Public ones.

First Fate recently added a feature to their android app  related to Augmented Reality, which enables users to share their memories ( private or public) with their followers using a feature called TimeLoop Moments. Time Loop Moment allows users to create private, public or secret moments/messages for Friends, which can only be seen when they visit that place via AR.

What are some of the coolest features of this App?

  • Lookies: This feature lets you know instantly how a place looks like at this very moment. You can Request LIVE Lookies on First Fate, and receive Lookie replies from others instantly.
  • Augmented Reality TimeLoop Moments: One can Create Private, Public or Secret Moments/Messages for Friends, which can only be seen when they visit that place via AR.
  • MapMyJourney : You can add a place you loved to your MapMyJourney  along with other places you would recommend people to visit there. Place can be anything as simple as a cafe or as hard as a Trekking Spot.
  • You earn Profile Badges everytime you accomplish something.
  • You can also create and participate in social Events around you, both public and private. You can RollCall your presence, which tracks your actual location to tell the Event organizer that you actually showed up.
  • You can view and share their favorite hangout places with friends and followers directly on their First Fate social profile.
  • You can add 3D Photo Albums in form of First Fate Stories. Users can flip through the pages, like reading a Book.
  • You can also post moments and tag them to real LIVE locations in form of Lookies. You can add images, videos and audio as your LIVE lookies of any place, anywhere, anytime.
  • You get a chance to discover thousands of new stories, ideas, content, innovative products or services shared by other users everyday on First Fate, and express your interest.
  • You can also Create Photos of yourself using RealTime Virtual Tattoo feature through 400+ funny and visually appealing designs and sketches.
  • One can promote a Business, Startup, Service or Product via First Fate Discover by reaching out to users who express their interest in your Business, Product or Service.

Android  users can download First Fate app here.

iOS users can download First Fate app here

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TOS venture Fabrito will aim at solving the problems of digital service based marketplace

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Fabrito

Launched on 13th January 2018, a TOS(Times of Startups) Venture, Fabrito is an online marketplace for digital goods and ServicesFabrito is an online aggregator where sellers can register their digital services for free and buyers can purchase them from all around the world.

Fabrito aims to solve the most fundamental problem of a digital marketplace. What if you have made payment to a service provider online for a service but you are not satisfied with the quality of work? Do you have options? In most of the cases you don’t. What if the Seller or the Service provider receives payment only when you accept the order and are satisfied with the quality of work? Fabrito brings this unique feature where Fabrito will take take care of the hard earned money of the buyer and deliver it to the Seller only when the buyer is completely satisfied with the service quality as discussed over Fabrito chat services.

Online marketplace is a tricky place. Many a times buyers are cheated when it comes to the quality of the goods or services delivered. The situation becomes worse in case of digital services. Fabrito will try to address these issues by becoming an aggregator and making sure that both buyers and Sellers adhere to their terms.

How Fabrito Works?

  1. Signing up : The first step, of course is signing up on the platform.
  2. Once you successfully register yourself on the platform, you get an opportunity to either buy a Service or sell a service.
  3. Browse through various service categories and choose the one you are looking for. You can also use the search functionality. For example, if you are looking for “WordPress” , “logo design” “Search Engine Optimization Services (SEO)” or Resume writing services in India, you can use these keywords in the search box or browse through various categories.
  4. Once you find the service you are looking for, you contact the seller and share your requirements in detail.
  5. Once you place the order , the seller receives notification and starts working upon your order. The money is still with Fabrito and not the seller.
  6. Once the seller delivers you the order, you have the option to accept it or reject it. If you accept the order, you get a chance to review the order and rate the seller. Only after your acceptance, the money you spent on the order gets delivered to the seller.

Fabrito has already added various services under some bestselling categories like SEO optimization, WordPress, Resume writing, Website and app development etc. It gives an opportunity to Indian freelancers who wish to earn good bucks while doing what they love.

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