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| Company Name |
Picsquare |
| Founded in |
2005 |
| Headquartered in |
Bangalore |
| Company website/URL |
http://www.picsquare.com |
| Industry |
IT/ Internet/ Software |
| Stage of the company |
Scaling up |
| Source of idea |
Wanted it as an individual customer |
| Awards & honors |
Award PC World Web Award 2007
Recognition for Best Designed Website
Category Online photo printing
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| Business description |
"Picsquare is an online portal for photo printing, sharing and creating personalized photo products. Picsquare enables its users across the globe to connect with their friends and family in India by sharing photo prints with them or sending exciting personalized photo gifts."
Picsquare users can order for photo prints from anywhere in world and...> Read more.. |
"Picsquare is an online portal for photo printing, sharing and creating personalized photo products. Picsquare enables its users across the globe to connect with their friends and family in India by sharing photo prints with them or sending exciting personalized photo gifts."
Picsquare users can order for photo prints from anywhere in world and get it delivered anywhere in India. The biggest advantage of Picsquare is that it enables sharing photos with people who are not connected through internet.
Users can also create personalized photo products like t-shirts, mugs, calendars, greeting cards, photo books, mouse pads.
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| How does the business make money? |
| "There are two main revenue sources for Picsquare:
*Customers ordering for photo prints
*Customers ordering for personalized merchandise like t-shirt, calendar, greeting card, mug etc."
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| Team information |
| CEO and Co-founder- Manish Agrawal, COO and Co-founder- Kartik Jain
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
Snapfish.in, Zoomin.com
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| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Identical or close substitutes available in India |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
"We feel a customer will come to Picsquare as compared to other available options for:
*Convenience, especially in big cities, where the option of...> Read more.. |
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| By The Numbers |
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2006 |
2007 |
| No. of employees |
0-5 |
6-15 |
| No. of locations |
0-1 |
0-1 |
| No. of customers |
over 50 |
over 50 |
| Turnover |
Under 10 lacs |
Under 10 lacs |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Angel investors |
| Raised institutional capital? |
No |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
The biggest hot factor about Picsquare is that it enables photo sharing between people who are connected with net and even with people who are not connected through internet. Using Picsquare, users can either share their photos on the net or order prints online to get them delivered anywhere in India.
Picsquare also allow users to personalize s...> Read more.. |
The biggest hot factor about Picsquare is that it enables photo sharing between people who are connected with net and even with people who are not connected through internet. Using Picsquare, users can either share their photos on the net or order prints online to get them delivered anywhere in India.
Picsquare also allow users to personalize sets of merchandise like t-shirts, mugs etc. which can be used either as memorabilia or as gifts. Photos, being very personal to anyone and carrying a lot of emotions, these personalized merchandise provide an effective way to users to express themselves with the help of photographs, creativity and personalization. The tool is designed in such a way that it allows anyone to be creative.
The young and dynamic team of Picsquare creates a fun, enjoyable and productive environment for everyone involved with Picsquare.
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
The thought of un-satisfied customers keeps the team awake at night and on their toes by day. The team is focused on providing world class services to Picsquare customers. This covers every aspect of customer interaction - be it user experience on the website, payment mechanism, interacting with the support team in resolving queries, product quality and service after that- to have customers coming back to Picsquare. |
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