{"id":16277,"date":"2016-03-18T08:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T02:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officechai.com\/?p=16277"},"modified":"2016-03-18T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T05:07:21","slug":"snapdeal-uber-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/news\/snapdeal-uber-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapdeal May Soon Allow Uber Bookings On Its App"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking to capture a bigger pie of Indian ecommerce that extends beyond retail, Snapdeal is reportedly<\/a><\/span> in talks with commutech giant Uber. <\/span><\/p>\n

If the partnership goes through, Snapdeal customers will be able to book an Uber ride through the Snapdeal app.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(artist’s impression of the Snapdeal Uber integration)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Snapdeal, through its acquisition of Freecharge 2 years ago, already has brought telecom recharges, bill payments and a wallet into the fold. Though, this development comes close on the heels of Snapdeal integrating<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Zomato, Redbus and Cleartrip into the app through which a user can now book bus tickets, order food and make travel arrangements, other than shopping on Snapdeal\u2019s etail platform, all on the same app. This was rolled out to a few select customers at first, and then to all. The Uber integration is also likely to follow the same model. \u00a0The Uber partnership will also be the first Indian – International partnership for Snapdeal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Though the company is yet to make an official announcement on the Uber deal, the move fits perfectly in Snapdeal’s aim to become a one-stop- shop app, which lets its users do more than just shop for products, while for Uber, the deal might just provide a philip against local rival and cabs-app leader Ola, whom it claimed it can beat “in a month”. Curiously, Snapdeal’s co-founder was all praise for Ola recently.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Great experience using OLA Prime today! Came fast. Nice, clean car w\/ courteous driver. @Olacabs<\/a> @bhash<\/a><\/p>\n

— Kunal Bahl (@1kunalbahl) March 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n