For those that don't know my company, I am building an app that is made for travelers. The app lets you pick where you want to go and when you'll be there and then select what types of travel interests you like. Once that is complete, you are given trips that match your interests and preferences best. The trips are created by locals who know the city and businesses the most. The trips are provided in a "tinder" format, where users either swipe left to dismiss the trip or right if they like it.
The app will be free for users. We will make money by charging businesses for "sponsored" advertisements on our app. They will choose the business they want to advertise and how long they want to advertise for. We will then take that business info. and distribute it through our app depending on the location of the business and where users select to go. For example, if someone wants to travel to NYC and the business is located in NYC, then we might push that information in front of the user.
The main opportunity that I have to work on for my company is the "magic" behind matching peoples' interests to a particular trip. When people use Uber, it's so simple and quick that it really does feel magical. It is an extremely complicated process behind the scenes, yet Uber makes it so easy to use. Another important factor for my company is not providing businesses that don't apply to the preferences a user is selecting. Yelp has been in the news recently for forcing businesses on users because those particular businesses pay them a lot of money. We will focus on quality content for our users and not force paid content on anyone. The third factor to my business is providing trips to anyone, no matter where the go. Some travel apps only provide trips for major cities, however, we would create trips for any city in the world. This consistency will help grow our user count. My business service is an app, so I can't do the amazon product search portion for this assignment.
Hey Drew,
ReplyDeleteI think that you have a very cool idea. It's great how you let locals organize the trips because they are the people who know the best places to go outside of just the tourist attractions. It also seems very accessible and easy to use because of its TInder format. The advertising concept is great too because it is useful for the consumer in addition to the business. I'm interested to know if the people who make the trips on your app will be compensated at all for making them. Great business concept! Feel free to check out my blog post here: http://wsentrepreneurship.blogspot.com/2016/03/amazon-whisperer.html
Hey Drew! I remember reading about your idea in the beginning of the semester. It is incredible how awesome and efficient it turned out to be! It's really cool. I know I have said this before, but I would totally use your app. The way you will earn money is really interesting too! Sort of like Pandora. I love how the locals will organize the trips too because they will know where the best places are for the people who are interested in something in their local area. Overall, great idea, it's the best one yet. http://itsmyblogforentc3003.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteHey Drew!
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea because I travel a lot. I also like that your not going to force a business on anyone because that is extremely annoying when Apps like yelp do that. I also have a service company so I couldn't do the amazon part of this assignment.
You can check out my blog here! http://darby95.blogspot.com/2016/03/amazon-whisperer.html