Comments on: Interview with Aloke Bajpai of iXigo http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/ Catching the Internet wave in India Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:48:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: abhishek manocha http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-61880 abhishek manocha Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:36:33 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-61880 I do feel there is great deal of category B customer in India as poineted by Vivek. And well, transaction or no transaction both basically work, the point is to do any one model right. I am an avid fan of ixigo UI for the record. And search do seem faster and cheaper (as they say on home page, in reverse order) I do feel there is great deal of category B customer in India as poineted by Vivek. And well, transaction or no transaction both basically work, the point is to do any one model right. I am an avid fan of ixigo UI for the record. And search do seem faster and cheaper (as they say on home page, in reverse order)

]]> By: Abhishek Manocha http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-61411 Abhishek Manocha Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:46:53 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-61411 I love ixigo, mainly because I do get rates cheaper there. And I feel there many many such in India, As mentioned I might fall in category b mentioned by Vivek garg. Good Luck. Abhishek http://www.easysquarefeet.com I love ixigo, mainly because I do get rates cheaper there. And I feel there many many such in India, As mentioned I might fall in category b mentioned by Vivek garg.
Good Luck.

Abhishek
http://www.easysquarefeet.com

]]> By: Siddharth Puri http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-29503 Siddharth Puri Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:27:11 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-29503 Their is a huge potential in travel metra search engine space as differentiation factor will come in based on new analysis oriented model being generated. But i feel people should clearly look at search built up or travel planning segment to include railways and bus as important medium to increase the reach down to B & C category towns. Their is a huge potential in travel metra search engine space as differentiation factor will come in based on new analysis oriented model being generated. But i feel people should clearly look at search built up or travel planning segment to include railways and bus as important medium to increase the reach down to B & C category towns.

]]> By: Rajiv http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-29267 Rajiv Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:59:48 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-29267 Ashish. I saw a good comparison analysis of travel search engines done on trak.in at http://trak.in/Tags/Business/2007/08/26/indian-travel-airfare-ticket-search-startup/ Cheers, Rajiv Ashish. I saw a good comparison analysis of travel search engines done on trak.in at http://trak.in/Tags/Business/2007/08/26/indian-travel-airfare-ticket-search-startup/

Cheers,
Rajiv

]]> By: Ashish http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-29102 Ashish Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:59:24 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-29102 I guess there are more than five travel search engines if you count yahoo farchaser, tolmol.com and a few more. Has anyone done a comparison analysis of these solutions. It would be intresting to know who is the leader. I guess there are more than five travel search engines if you count yahoo farchaser, tolmol.com and a few more. Has anyone done a comparison analysis of these solutions. It would be intresting to know who is the leader.

]]> By: iLeher » Interivew with Sandeep Murthy at Cleartrip.com Catching the Internet Wave in India http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-28116 iLeher » Interivew with Sandeep Murthy at Cleartrip.com Catching the Internet Wave in India Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:00:18 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-28116 [...] We recently interviewed Aloke Bajpai of iXigo. The following interview is with Sandeep Murthy, CEO of Cleartrip.com. The interviews themselves reflect the difference in beliefs of how to address the market. [...] [...] We recently interviewed Aloke Bajpai of iXigo. The following interview is with Sandeep Murthy, CEO of Cleartrip.com. The interviews themselves reflect the difference in beliefs of how to address the market. [...]

]]> By: iXiGO Team http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-25288 iXiGO Team Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:02:38 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-25288 Wow .. what a lively discussion we have here :-). Thanks for all the comments and feedback everyone. @Vivek - Thanks for your wishes. At iXiGO, we are channelizing our energies to build a platform that helps consumers discover where the best deals are (in a fast, accurae and transparent manner) as opposed to enabling the transaction, which any offline/online travel agency can do already. To get the point, try a Delhi-Madurai search or a Bangalore- Ranchi search on all travel portals in India today and let us know who can find the cheapest option and what the difference in price is. Regards, iXiGO Team Wow .. what a lively discussion we have here :-).

Thanks for all the comments and feedback everyone.

@Vivek - Thanks for your wishes. At iXiGO, we are channelizing our energies to build a platform that helps consumers discover where the best deals are (in a fast, accurae and transparent manner) as opposed to enabling the transaction, which any offline/online travel agency can do already. To get the point, try a Delhi-Madurai search or a Bangalore- Ranchi search on all travel portals in India today and let us know who can find the cheapest option and what the difference in price is.

Regards,
iXiGO Team

]]> By: Vivek Krishna http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-25140 Vivek Krishna Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:04:00 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-25140 The big question to ask is this. Does not taking the 'risk of enabling transactions' offer any value add to the customers? Are they able to search better or provide better service or significantly lower costs( in terms of $$ and intangible effort expended in information retrieval) because they are not burdened with the task of enabling transactions? So far I dont see anything better that has been achieved by offloading the 'risk'.The others in the space enable transactions and still provide the same UX as ixigo.com I hope the promoters have something up their sleeve to lure consumers Good luck to them The big question to ask is this.

Does not taking the ‘risk of enabling transactions’ offer any value add to the customers?

Are they able to search better or provide better service or significantly lower costs( in terms of $$ and intangible effort expended in information retrieval) because they are not burdened with the task of enabling transactions?

So far I dont see anything better that has been achieved by offloading the ‘risk’.The others in the space enable transactions and still provide the same UX as ixigo.com

I hope the promoters have something up their sleeve to lure consumers
Good luck to them

]]> By: Gaurav Kotak http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-25045 Gaurav Kotak Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:29:45 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-25045 Neeraj, I agree with you that it is not the job of a 'meta-search' provider to take primary risk. But I think the market is nascent enough and companies are new enough that a meta search provider today could change their underlying business model to adapt to the needs of the market (as they develop) Neeraj,

I agree with you that it is not the job of a ‘meta-search’ provider to take primary risk. But I think the market is nascent enough and companies are new enough that a meta search provider today could change their underlying business model to adapt to the needs of the market (as they develop)

]]> By: SuperFlier http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/comment-page-1/#comment-25034 SuperFlier Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:17:33 +0000 http://ileher.com/2007/07/22/interview-with-aloke-bajpai-of-ixigo/#comment-25034 I think what the comments fail to capture is how iXiGO sits on the top of the pyramid by not doing transactions. This allows them to aggregate content across competitors and give consumers a wider choice to look across. I think what the comments fail to capture is how iXiGO sits on the top of the pyramid by not doing transactions. This allows them to aggregate content across competitors and give consumers a wider choice to look across.

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