China’s DDcoupon Sees Nearly 10 Million Downloads So Far
DDmap.com, who claim to be China’s largest lifestyle information website, has recently concluded its $40+ million round of funding. We blogged about it about a while ago but it seems that the company is looking to recycle the news or to get more coverage among English media. Well, this “recent” announcement does have some more juicy stats worthy to share at least.
ライフスタイル情報を提供する中国最大のウェブサイトをうたうDDmap.comは最近、4000万ドル超の資金調達ラウンドが終了したことを発表した。我々はそのことについて少し前にお伝えしたが、同社はそのニュースをリサイクルして再発表している、もしくは英語メディアの間でもっとたくさん取り上げられるのを待っているようである。いずれにせよ、この「最近の」発表には少なくとも共有する価値がある面白いデータが追加されているのだ。
DDcoupon, a mobile coupon app under the care of DDmap, has attracted nearly 10 million downloads across Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and Symbian platforms so far. The app claims to have over 50,000 coupons ranging from food to beauty for users to download across 40 first and second tier cities in China.
While group-buying deals are on the down side, digital coupons look to be gaining momentum. A similar startup in India, Freecharge.in, announced its $4 million funding round earlier this year. Coupons apps aren’t the sexiest business to be in but it’s undeniable that users still enjoy deals. I think most users would prefer not to go through the hassle of the group-ordering process and at times feeling disappointed with the sub-par offering from group deals merchants who are looking to reduce losses.