Comments on: MeriCar – Online Car Service Booking

By: Year One Online

Year One Online — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:42:51 +0000

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By: abhi

abhi — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:19:42 +0000

my idea rocked i dont know why did they dint select it….much better then all these traditional stuff…

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:51:56 +0000

Thanks for the comments.

We are already asking car owners to send comments along with booking, but making a list to “tick” for car servcing can be added easily for online service diary. Dealer members also need to send information to record it.

PS: MeriCAR.com is shortlisted for second phase elevator pitch for funding.

By: Santhanam

Santhanam — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:33:52 +0000

Dear Riya,
Sorry for the typographical error in my post. It is actually Bajaj Auto’s website.

Please visit http://www.bajajauto.com/1024/user/huloginmain.asp?action=unauthorizedaccess&ref=hsmydiaryhome

Thank You
With Regards
Santhanam

By: riya

riya — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:34:28 +0000

@santhanam : couldnt find the baja site u mentioned in ur comment…

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:03:43 +0000

Thanks for comments. MeriCAR has value proposition for dealer to “manage” bookings online and getting “new leads”. For car owners, “comfort and awareness” to find best car dealers in their neighborhood at the best price. To build car owners trust, MeriCAR is helping car owners to resolve problems with assigned MeriCAR car dealers.

To retain car owners for the second time, MeriCAR offers free services, discount offers and some other benefits from MeriCAR associates.

It is true that car owner would be interested to go to one best car dealer. So MeriCAR suggests car owner to choose one from a list of MeriCAR dealers. Premium car owner membership is paid membership.

Some car owners are still not aware about neighborhood workshops. They just visit to same dealer who sold them a car even they are far away. (Some cases I noticed).

Maintaining “online service diary” is good suggestion to give another feature for car owners.

Your suggestions are always welcome. Please keep posting here.

Pranav, thanks for featuring MeriCAR.com on your blog.

Regards,
Rakesh K. Sidana
Founder
MeriCAR.com

By: Santhanam

Santhanam — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:48:56 +0000

Dear Pranav,

I agree with your opinion that whether this type of web offering will work out in India.

But I feel that if MeriCar had an online service diary (similar to one in Baja’s website) where both the vehicle owners / car service dealers can create/update the service details of the vehicle & also vehicle owners/car service dealer can get automated reminders about preventive maintenance via mail/sms, then MeriCar can retain both vehicle owners/car service dealers.

Thanks
With Regards
Santhanam

By: Saket

Saket — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:33:55 +0000

I read it somewhere.. Their target segment is those who have moved to a different locality and are not well versed with it.

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:56:25 +0000

Working for a company doing something similar (but in US) I can say that this is a great service for users. However, I don’t see it being used by folks in India with its current position. IMO, SMO might help them get rolling a bit.

Servicing/repairs have a lot more factors than just the price a mechanic/auto shop charge you.