| Business Basics |
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| Company Name |
MeriCAR.com |
| Founded in |
2008 |
| Headquartered in |
Gurgaon |
| Company website/URL |
http://www.mericar.com |
| Industry |
Auto Servicing Industry |
| Stage of the company |
Have first customer |
| Source of idea |
Systematic search for business opportunity |
| Awards & honors |
None |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
Car Servicing Workshops Dealers |
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| Business description |
| MeriCAR.com is a first-in-India web portal dedicating to the car servicing auto industry. MeriCAR.com is creating awareness and providing a web tool to car owners and car workshop dealers for online advance booking and sharing common car problems. Customer feedback and reviews are helping car workshops / dealers to improve their services. |
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| How does the business make money? |
First-in-India Concept. There are many web portals for sell and buy car, but nobody has a FULLY explored internet potential to help car servicing workshops to sell their services online.
Unique features are: searching for neighborhood workshop, book a car service, get advice for car problems, add vehicles, get e-mail and SMS alerts, buy car spare parts online, post review for car service dealer.
Some of the advanced features are under progress. |
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| Team information |
| Kriti Sidana (Director) |
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
Few car servicing dealers have their own websites; Vipual and Honda have a system that allows online booking. |
| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Substitutes that differ in function |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
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| By The Numbers |
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2006 |
2007 |
| No. of employees |
Did not exist |
6-15 |
| No. of locations |
Did not exist |
0-1 |
| No. of customers |
Did not exist |
2-5 |
| Turnover |
Did not exist |
pre revenue |
| Profits |
Did not exist |
preprofit |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Personal savings |
| Raised institutional capital? |
No |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
| Customers have a great web tool to communicate with car dealers for hassle free advance booking online. |
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
| Arranging bookings for customers by contacting the car service dealers they have selected. Tie ups with car dealers for annual subscriptions. |
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