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| Company Name |
Cafegadgets |
| Founded in |
2006 |
| Headquartered in |
Gurgaon |
| Company website/URL |
www.cafegadgets.in |
| Industry |
IT/ Internet/ Software |
| Stage of the company |
Scaling up |
| Source of idea |
Systematic search for business opportunity |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
-76 brand owners including Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo, Fujifilm, Acer, Nikon, Plantronics etc
-Powers IT Category for 63 Ecommerce ...> Read more.. |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
-76 brand owners including Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo, Fujifilm, Acer, Nikon, Plantronics etc
-Powers IT Category for 63 Ecommerce websites
-Punjabi University - to power their E-commerce
-35 Corporates - For Employee welfare & Referral program
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| Business description |
Cafegadgets.in is a B2C company enabling more than 75 brand owners in the IT and Digital Lifestyle category to sell their products online. It's a one-stop-shop for gadget lovers, offering them more than 4000 branded products with the manufacturer's warranty at their doorstop within the shortest possible time.
Within 1 year of operations, Cafegadg...> Read more.. |
Cafegadgets.in is a B2C company enabling more than 75 brand owners in the IT and Digital Lifestyle category to sell their products online. It's a one-stop-shop for gadget lovers, offering them more than 4000 branded products with the manufacturer's warranty at their doorstop within the shortest possible time.
Within 1 year of operations, Cafegadgets has become the largest e-tailer of IT & digital lifestyle products and has partnered with 63 E-commerce websites in India to power their IT category. Direct association with brand owners enables Cafegadgets to offer exclusive deals & best prices to over 1,20,000 customers.
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| How does the business make money? |
| Transactions, Brand store, Ad sales & physical presence in major metros
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| Team information |
Sachin Singhal, Head - IT
Bharat Khani - Head - Operations
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
Indiaplaza.in, Futurebazaar.com
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| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Identical or close substitutes available abroad |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
Focussed on IT & Digital Lifestyle products (the largest selling category after travel); Sells only Branded products with Original Manufacturer War...> Read more.. |
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| By The Numbers |
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2006 |
2007 |
| No. of employees |
0-5 |
16-25 |
| No. of locations |
0-1 |
0-1 |
| No. of customers |
over 50 |
over 50 |
| Turnover |
pre revenue |
1-5 crore |
| Profits |
preprofit |
6 to 15 lacs |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Family & friends |
| Primary source of additional funding |
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| Raised institutional capital? |
Yes |
| Amount (INR) |
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| Investor |
Crazypricing Online Services Pvt Ltd |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
-One stop shop for all IT & Digital lifestyle products, 76 brands & 4000 products.
-Powers IT category for 63 Ecommerce websites in India, reducing customer acquisition cost to negligible.
-First E-tailer in india to launch SMS based product & price search.
-First E-tailer to provide customized Corporate E stores for Employee Welf...> Read more.. |
-One stop shop for all IT & Digital lifestyle products, 76 brands & 4000 products.
-Powers IT category for 63 Ecommerce websites in India, reducing customer acquisition cost to negligible.
-First E-tailer in india to launch SMS based product & price search.
-First E-tailer to provide customized Corporate E stores for Employee Welfare program.
-First E-distributor of IT & Digital Lifestyle products in the country.
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
Enthusiasm & passion to execute well. We treat each & every customer on Cafegadgets as the 'Only' customer.
Vision to build up a 'Process Oriented company' is another driving force.
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