thedealspoint.com – A Deal Site Only For Corporate Employees

Companies whom thedealspoint.com have aboard include GE, Aricent, Mu Sigma and HCL among others since its inception in January 2011. When thedealspoint.com signs a contract with any company, it gets access to send credentials and mails to the employees on their official email ID. And when the employee logs in to thedealspoint.com, they get access to the latest deals available on the portal. Explaining the marketing strategy, Partha says, “We send mailers once in a week to the employees informing them about the deals available. But to get the offers they have to through our site or redeem the coupon codes sent by us,” explains Partha. Deals could be like 5% off on Redbus.in or Rs 500 off on purchase worth Rs. 2,500 on Myntra.com. Vendors who want to create a niche market by targeting employees get a big market to sell goods and the employees get all the deals at a single shop.

Cofounded by two people, thedealspoint.com is a bootstrapped venture looking out for angel funding. K.C. Ramakrishnan, the other co-founder and an engineer by qualification, owned a software outsourcing company founding thedealspoint.com. The money doled out by angel investors will help them expand their business and the team which currently has four members. Based out of Delhi, the company hope to break even in February 2013. Talking about their revenue model, Partha shares, “When any service or product go through us, we earn a commission that has been agreed upon. We will be phasing out the commission model and are betting on the subscription model where we will focus on brand management. It will be a potential source of revenue for us in future.” thedealspoint.com also wants to build a mobile platform to tap the growing smartphone market in India. Offering more customised deals and telling consumers about the latest deals available on their credit and debit cards, is also on the cards, says Partha.