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What Others say? I think this is a great initiative and can be very useful for car owners. With more service centers registered in their database and having more and better information about them can really help car owners to decide and book for servicing accordingly.
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MeriCAR Servicing Reminder (MCSR) software is free for all, will retrieve contact details in order to keep owners updated about servicing dates. Later, they can keep reminding these users about their other services. This was they don’t have to keep tying up time and again to draw user attention. Effective estimation, isn’t it?
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MeriCAR Reminds You to Service Your Car. Car owners can setup reminders for their next car servicing due date. The MeriCAR Servicing Reminder (MCSR) is a beta release with version number 1.2.7. It is available free to use for car owners all over India. The web tool sends alerts in SMS and email with details of vehicles.
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The internet has seen many players participating to promote new launches and their products which apparently didn’t see as much success as they did online. Another opportunity in the online space for cars, seems to be available with the online booking for car servicing. Recently, MeriCAR.com was in news for their tie up with SPEED Car Helpline Service in Delhi, NCR region.
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MeriCAR.com promoter has made it to the first cut-off of The Power of Ideas 2010 - The Economic Times Initiative
MeriCAR.com promoter, Rakesh Sidana, has made it to the first cut-off of The Power of Ideas 2010 - An initiative by The Economic Times in association with the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and the IIM Ahmedabad's Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE).
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India focused web portal on car servicing and repair, promoter Mr. Rakesh Sidana has made it to the first cut-off of The Power of Ideas 2010. MeriCAR.com is creating awareness about car servicing and promoting muti brand concept in India. The venture is helping car owners to search for the neighborhood car workshops using web and mobile technology.
The Power of Ideas, is India's largest entrepreneurial platform that encourages, nurtures and grooms business ideas by connecting them with relevant mentors, incubators and investors. The Power of Ideas 2010 is an initiative by The Economic Times in association with the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, and the IIM Ahmedabad's Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE).
As per the news, The Economic Times (3 Sep, 2010, 01.26AM IST,ET Bureau) the 850 ideas, which made it to the first cut-off of The Power of Ideas 2010, will now progress to the second phase of the initiative. After sifting through a record 16,242 business ideas, evaluating panel has arrived at a mix of pure dreamers as well as budding start-up entrepreneurs.
"The Power of Ideas 2010 would be a great help for my team to take this idea to next level by evaluating and mentoring process. India needs focused platform like MeriCAR.com to organize car servicing business. Apart from investors, we are also looking for strategic partners to join our team who believe in our idea and concept." says Rakesh Sidana, founder, CEO, MeriCAR.com
The Economic Times Source:
http://www.ideas.economictimes.com/cut-off1
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Corporate-Trends/articleshow/6482544.cms
Notes to Editor
MeriCAR.com is first in India, dedicated car servicing web portal with a network of neighbourhood car workshops. MeriCAR is creating awarness about car servicing and helping car owners to connect them to the right car workshops, auto repair service centres and giving independent and unbiased advice based on user ratings, reviews and feedbacks. MeriCAR has 73 Premium Car Workshop members in New Delhi and NCR (Faridabad, Noida, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad). MeriCAR has search web directory of 500 verified car workshops all over India. More detail, please visit http://www.mericar.com and http://search.mericar.com
MeriCAR.com partners with Radiant Car Care Plus for car detailing services at doorstep
MeriCAR.com™, the first in India, car servicing web portal partners with Radiant Car Care Plus to offer doorstep car detailing services to individuals in Delhi and NCR.
Gurgaon, Haryana, May 12, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- MeriCAR.com, the pioneers in online car servicing booking web portal, is now associated with Radiant Car Care Plus Pvt. Ltd. to provide door-to door car detailing services to car owners anywhere in New Delhi and NCR.
Car owners need to send enquiry at MeriCAR.com and Radiant Car Care Plus will do required car detailing services. Services undertaken at the doorstep are Car Spa services with German Technology which include Dry Cleaning of the car interiors, under body wash, foam wash, Teflon Coating and Scrubbing and Polishing along with delivery of branded accessories with advice for fitment and functionality at your doorstep.
Radiant Car Care services are conceptualized with a vision to create a niche in the market by providing the customer with a bouquet of "Quality Car Care Services" at your doorstep. Radiant Car Care Plus is promoted by The Radiant Group, which is a professionally managed group currently operating one of India's leading car rental services in the NCR with partners across twelve cities.
"Car detailing services at the door step provides the car owner the comfort of being at home, on a familiar turf and the satisfaction of his vehicle being taken care of in front of his eyes. It saves time and money. Partnership would also help MeriCAR customer's to avail other value added services offered by Radiant services in their membership program" says Rakesh K. Sidana, CEO, MeriCAR.com™
"In today's time and age, it is about time, money and convenience...Radiant Car Care Plus was created precisely keeping these three cardinal points in mind. The company strives to provide end to end car care solutions at the customers' doorstep and where a particular service requires the car to be taken to a workshop, we recommend the best possible solution and get it executed with significant cost savings" says Roopak Jakhmola, CEO Radiant Car Care Plus
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About MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com™, the first-in-India dedicated web portal for online booking for car servicing. The web portal is creating awareness about car care products and providing a platform for car owners to make easy contact to neighbourhood car workshops. Associated with Authorized Service Station and Multibrand Car Repair Service Center in Delhi and NCR. MeriCAR.com also has exclusive web search portal to find any car workshop anywhere in India. Visit http://www.mericar.com
About Radiant Car Care Plus
Radiant Car Care Plus is a leading complete car care solution company, offering membership based end to end car care solutions to make car ownership experience convenient and absolutely hassle free. Radiant Car Care Plus unveils its services backed by a team of veterans and experts drawn from various verticals of automobile industry.
MeriCAR.com launches Exclusive Search Directory to find any car workshop in India
MeriCAR.com launches a focused search directory which allow car owners to find any neighbourhood car workshop and connect them easily using web and mobile technology.
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated car servicing booking web portal, developed exclusive web based search directory of car workshops all over India. Car owners can search and send enquiry to any car workshop in their city at url http://search.mericar.com
The portal has already been successfully providing personalized support to car owners in New Delhi and NCR region. The search directory would be great help for car owners all over the country. The search portal is covering major cities Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai.
Verified contacts, post reviews and recommendations are unique features on this search portal. The team would be helping visitors by providing them recommendations for the right car service centers.
The customer can also get benefits of online car servicing booking and servicing reminders web tools.
“The portal would focus on search and connect to verified data of car repair and service centers all over India. In future, the team can also help suggesting car service centers based on reviews, feedback and standard criteria for quality car servicing.” says Rakesh K. Sidana, Founder, MeriCAR.com
The search directory is beta release and inviting users to send feedback.
MeriCAR.com launches First in India SMS Alerts and Reminder for Car Servicing
MeriCAR.com launches a unique web based tool which can send sms alerts and reminder automatic to car owners to remind forthcoming car servicing due date.
Gurgaon 05 Jan 2010:
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated car servicing booking web portal, developed a unique web based tool named MeriCAR Servicing Reminder. Car owners can fill up the web form to setup reminder for next car servicing due date. The web tool sends alerts in SMS and email with detail of vehicles. Currently it would be reminding car owners about next servicing date 5 days before actual date.
The MeriCAR Servicing Reminder (MCSR) is beta release with version number 1.2.7. It is available free to use for car owners all over India. The user can reset car servicing date or pause alerts in advanced version. The technical team has already developed online car servicing booking software last year which is helping car owners to send enquiry to neighbourhood car workshops.
"The automatic reminder web software would not only help car owners, but it would also help car workshops to manage reminding services to retain existing customers." says Rakesh K. Sidana, CEO, MeriCAR.com
About MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated web portal for online booking for car servicing. The web portal is creating awareness and providing a platform for car owners to make easy contact to car workshop. MeriCAR.com is associated with Maruti Authorized Service Station and Bosch Car Service car workshops in NCR and doing an effort to focus on total car care services in India.
MeriCAR.com launches unique directory to facilitate car servicing booking online
MeriCAR.com launches two different directories with a list of Maruti Authorized Service Station and Bosch Car Service Centres to book car servicing online.
Gurgaon 17 Dec 2009:
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated car servicing booking web portal, helping car owners to connect to car workshops in their neighbourhood. The team has developed unique directory. It is focused to help car owners to send enquiry easily to any Maruti Authorized Service Station in NCR and Bosch Car Service Center in India. MeriCAR.com has already been sending enquiries to MASS and BCS in NCR and expanding its reach to all over India.
Maruti has its service centres in over 1200 towns across the country. Currently they have around 2628 workshops to provide maintenance support to customers.
Bosch is renowned worldwide for over 100 years in the field of automotive technology. Bosch Ltd. has 260 multibrand Bosch car service centres in India.
“MeriCAR directory meets the requirement for all makes. The team is promoting multi brand concept in India to bring Bosch Car Service centres on the portal. We also have updated MASS directory for Maruti car owners who still prefer Maruti Authorized Service Station.” says Rakesh K. Sidana, CEO, MeriCAR.com
About MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated web portal for online booking for car servicing. The web portal is creating awareness and providing a platform for car owners to make easy contact to car workshop. MeriCAR.com is associated with Maruti Authorized Service Station and Bosch Car Service car workshops in NCR and doing an effort to focus on total car care services in India.
On Road Car Breakdown Assistance SPEED partners with MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com partners with SPEED to provide 24x7 on-road car assistance membership to car owners in NCR.
Gurgaon 12 Oct 2009:
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated online car servicing booking web portal, is now associated with SPEED Car Helpline Service in NCR region. Car owner members can avail on road assistance membership while saving at MeriCAR premium workshops.
The SPEED has its own dedicated fleet of repair vans and two wheelers which are spread strategically across Delhi and NCR. A fully computerized customer care which takes care of customer calls and logs all the complaints. The control room manages the allocation and movement of the vans based on customer calls. All vans are well equipped with trained mechanics, required tooling, spare parts etc and are in 24 hrs contact with the control room through wireless sets.
“The partnership would help car owners to avail total car care services. On-road breakdown assistance would be value added service for MeriCAR members.” says Rakesh K. Sidana, CEO, MeriCAR.com
“Speed members require repairing their vehicles at workshops. The association would help them to have on road assistance with workshops using MeriCAR.com" says Neeraj Kumar Naveen, CEO, SPEED
About MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated web portal for online booking for car servicing, associated with Authorized Service Station and Multi-brand car workshops in NCR. The web portal is creating awareness and providing a platform for car owners to make contact with workshops. MeriCAR.com promotes car workshops and doing an effort to focus on total car care services in India.
About Micro Retail Ltd.
The SPEED Car Helpline Service is promoted by Waris Auto Services Pvt. Ltd. The SPEED has its own dedicated fleet of repair vans and two wheelers which are spread strategically across Delhi and NCR. Annual Membership benefits includes On-road repairs, towing of car and crane services. Apart from New Delhi Speed services is covering area of Ghaziabad, Kundli Border, Gurgaon, Gurgaon to Faridabad, Faridabad, Noida.
Anti-Theft Car Security Devices for members on MeriCAR.com, partners with Micro Retail Ltd
MeriCAR.com promoter partners with Micro Retail Ltd. to offer anti-theft car security devices to car owner members.
Gurgaon 28 April 2009:
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated web portal on car servicing, is now associated with Micro Retail Ltd. to offer an anti-theft vehicle security system to car owner premium members. Visitors can buy Micro VBB car security product on the web portal.
Micro VBB is an anti-theft vehicle security system. The crux of Micro VBB lies in the various sensors installed in your car. The moment there is an unauthorized activity in your vehicle, you get an SMS alert on to your mobile, or an email. Simple to operate and easy to use with mobile GSM / CDMA technology, you can use Micro VBB thwart off intruders from your car as it detects unauthorized intrusions, communicate with your driver conveniently, track your car wherever it goes, immobilize your vehicle with a simple SMS.
"The web portal would create awareness about GSM / CDMA technology based car security system in India and the offering would add value to car owner members.” says Rakesh K. Sidana, Founder, MeriCAR.com
"Micro Retail Ltd. is aggressively in the mode of marketing of its exclusive range of products and MeriCAR.com will prove to be an ideal platform. This will not only entice the customers to buy an innovative range of security products but will also spread an awareness about the latest technology driven vehicle security products”, says Vijay Merchant, Micro Technologies.
About MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated web portal for online booking for car servicing. The web portal is creating awareness and providing a web tool to car owners and car workshop dealers for online advance booking. MeriCar.com is doing an effort to focus on total car care services in India.
About Micro Retail Ltd.
Micro Retail Ltd, a subsidiary of Micro Technologies (India) Ltd, a company engaged in the area of retailing the range of Electronic Security, Software and messaging Products for vehicle, premises, and other assets developed by Micro Technologies (India) Ltd. It is one of the most valued security solutions across the globe and has been accorded with several Global and National Awards like for its Revenue, Research & Development. Micro Technologies aims at displaying not just the technological innovation and prowess but also the product diversity in various segments of vehicle, premises, mobile and other assets.
MeriCAR.com Offers Free SMS for car owners
MeriCAR.com, India's 1st web portal on car servicing is offering free SMS for car owners to create awareness about car servicing in India.
Gurgaon 13 January 2009: MeriCAR.com, India's 1st web portal on car servicing is offering free SMS for car owners. Car owner needs to register with it to avail this offer. Members can send SMS for free to anybody in India.
Web and Mobile are new trends in car servicing in India. Web portal is doing an effort to create awareness about car servicing booking online. MeriCAR recommendation feature allows car owners to send enquiries to suggested car dealers using email and mobile technology.
Presently, most of the car service dealers are not associated with any company in particular for enquiries, but some of them are listed in yellow pages. Use of the website for car service enquires and getting reminders for car service due date are new concept in India.
"Car service dealers can not avoid use of web and mobile technology for car servicing booking when car owners have access to it. MeriCAR.com is helping car owners to send enquiries to near workshop easily.” says Rakesh K. Sidana, CEO, Amoeba Webware Pvt. Ltd.
FREE SMS offer is available for limited period, car owners only need to log on to www.MeriCAR.com to avail this offer at no cost.
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About MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated web portal for online booking for car servicing. The web portal is creating awareness and providing a web tool to car owners and car workshop dealers for online advance booking and sharing common car problems. Car insurance is a new section to keep web portal focus on total car care services.
Source: http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/auto/2009011317936.htm
Mobile messaging for car servicing on MeriCAR.com, partners with ValueFirst
Gurgaon 16 December: MeriCAR.com, an online car servicing web portal, is now associated with ValueFirst for providing facilities to car owners to send enquiries using Mobile Messaging. With MeriCAR.com you can easily search for a dealer in your locality, register and send enquiries. MeriCAR.com will be using ValueFirst’s application to then send SMS to its customers. This ensures easy accessibility to car servicing solutions.
ValueFirst, a leading provider of enterprise mobile messaging services, proposed a solution based on API (Application Programming Interface). ValueFirst APIs would work with MeriCAR application layer to send enquiries on the SMS to car service dealers. Car dealers would be informed about car servicing enquiries through SMS and email.
Mobile messaging for car servicing truly makes MeriCAR services device-agnostic, enabling millions of car owners to access dealers on the move, with just an SMS. The use of this application is revolutionary as till date mobile messaging for such applications has been a niche activity in India. Mobility has become a necessity and MeriCAR.com has mobile-enabled its customers to ensure cost-efficient and timely service using ValueFirst’s enterprise application.
"Mobile messaging would help car workshops dealers who do not check emails regularly. It would be quick and easy for car owners to be in contact with car service dealers” says Rakesh K. Sidana, CEO, Amoeba Webware Pvt. Ltd.
"Large enterprises where the requirements are too complex and varied can incorporate the API function calls in their CRM / ERP applications. This SMS gateway API will enable high performance of MeriCAR.com. This application is Cost Effective, using IP connectivity to reduce costs and dependence on any specific mobile network. It also enables high bandwidth connectivity and provides customers with high message security through the implementation of 128 bit algorithm based encryption for all traffic. We at ValueFirst are delighted to handle all complex messaging requirements that MeriCAR may have”, says Vijay Shukla, Co-founder & Country Head for India, ValueFirst.
About MeriCAR.com
MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India dedicated web portal for online booking for car servicing. The web portal is creating awareness and providing a web tool to car owners and car workshop dealers for online advance booking and sharing common car problems.
MeriCar.com has re-launched website with new features and keeping focus on “car care services”. Car insurance and ask the expert for car problems are new sections.
About ValueFirst
ValueFirst is a leading provider of enterprise mobile messaging services. It empowers its customers to communicate between varied IT back-end systems and mobile phones using SMS services. ValueFirst provides a unique, end-to-end, global carrier-grade mobile messaging services platform that includes configurable software applications, custom development and application hosting, as well as connectivity with over 500 mobile operators across the globe.
Source: http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/auto/2008121616911.htm
Relaunch of MeriCAR.com - Focus on Total Car Care Service
Gurgaon 10 December : Today MeriCAR.com has been re-launched with new sections and features.
To meet objective of "total car care services", MeriCAR.com has added new section Car Insurance. Ask the expert for car problems is improved section.
Design of MeriCAR.com is more focus with just three option broadly - Car Service, Car Insurance, Car Problem. The team may be just running around these three options to get revenue from the portal (and keeping an option for advertising in future.)
Car Service section has major improvement over just simple sending enquiry form. Now customer has two options while sending enquiry with MeriCAR.com recommendation.
"MeriCAR recommendation
will improve services at car dealers side and give benefits to customers of competition." says CEO, Rakesh K. Sidana
It was seen that popular car dealers do not care about customers and MeriCAR recommendation will help customer to get car service done in time (when car dealer's driver just forgot picking up customer's car and customer was just waiting - it was funny).
Having implemented Mobile SMS along with Email for password verification are great improvement over last version.
MeriCAR.com would be planning to have reviews from customers to help car dealers to improve their services.
MeriCAR.com nominated for TATA NEN Hottest Startups Awards
Gurgaon 20 October : MeriCAR.com, a first-in-India web portal for online advance booking for car servicing, from Gurgaon has been nominated for the coveted TATA NEN Hottest Startups Awards.
The First ever ‘Public Choice’ awards to recognize India’s new wave of growth, the TATA NEN Hottest Startups is an online contest where people can nominate companies & vote for them both on internet & through SMS.
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.
MeriCAR.com has unique features of searching for neighborhood workshops and book a car service online. There is a facility for getting advice for car problems, add vehicles, get an e-mail and SMS alert, buy car spare parts online, post review for car service dealer.
“There are many web portals for sell and buy car, but nobody has fully explored internet potential to help neighbourhood workshops and car servicing dealers to sell their services online. MeriCAR.com is an effort to help car owners and dealers to communicate through web.” Says CEO, Rakesh K. Sidana
The TATA NEN Hottest Startups Awards are designed to engage the public in the selection process. People can nominate and check out the nominations online. Voting can be done online or via sms. Comments can be shared online about the Nominees – people can campaign for their favorite startup, get their friends to vote and participate in Hottest Startup events
For more detail about nomination of MeriCAR.com for the TATA NEN Hottest Startups Awards award, please visit link:
http://www.hotteststartups.in/viewandvote.do?method=fetch&businessFn=viewandvote&startupId=768
- About Amoeba Webware P. Ltd. -
A web portal solution provider. Amoeba Webware Pvt. Ltd. has developed web portals which are unique and new in concept in India. The promoters has contributed its best to the conceptualization, development and management of web portals for International companies from UK, Australia and USA before making presence in India.
PR Release: http://www.indiaprwire.com/pressrelease/auto/2008102014455.htm
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MeriCAR.com is listed with Indian Web Startups
29 Oct 2008
IndianWebStartups.com
Category: Web App - Utilities
"MeriCar an online car booking and service center booking website is really a great initiative. Auto Industry needs online solutions like this where people can search for car dealers and service workshops. The reviews present an overall picture of a workshop's facilities and service standards." - Indian Web Startups
Source: http://www.indianwebstartups.com/StartupDetails.aspx?startupId=119
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