Vaibhav Tewari and Sridhar Turaga are entrepreneurs who inspire comparison to great partnerships because of their offering. The Butch Cassidy and Sundance kid partnership springs to mind because these entrepreneurs are offering a “real steal” to their fellow Indians. After all getting a discount is always great and open2save promises greater discounts.

They explained their unique offering and venture saying “We are India’s largest multi-channel discount coupon service. Coupons and local deals are quite popular with consumers in all our channels (corporate, local, privilege and now online). We launched these online 2 months ago … prior to that for a year we have been managing coupons and privileges for over 500+ brands.”  Click here for rest of the story

- Vaibhav Tewari, open2save.com

That’s from an interesting interview with Vaibhav in webneetech … see here

Coupons for exclusive offers and deals in popular categories such as Pizza, Beauty, Clothes/Fashion, Grocery and Mobiles are now listed on the site. This will help consumers save money on their everyday spending – fulfilling the mission of the service Saving Simplified^TM in all ways !

Customers can register on the site for free membership and download the coupons either to their mobile or as a printable PDF e-coupon. The coupon can then be displayed at any of the participating locations to avail the offer. Select local deals and sales for TVs, Computers and other Electronics products are also listed on open2save.

The service has met with very positive customer response for the concept, presentation and the coupons. Initially the service will be available in Mumbai and Bangalore. NCR / Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad are being planned next.

“Our offline coupon service has been very popular with consumers and they have been using these coupons very regularly. With online coupons, we offer one more convenient channel to find, download and use their favorite coupons at their convenience.” added Vaibhav Tewari, CEO of open2save.

open2save has been a pioneer in paper (offline) coupons for corporates, privilege programs and select localities. The service has been very popular with consumers and effective for brands / retailers. Last quarter open2save distributed 5 Lakh coupons across 7 cities. Based on the success of “offline” coupons, the service has now been launched online.

About open2save

Started by Bangalore based entrepreneurs Vaibhav Tewari and Sridhar Turaga as their second venture, open2save is one of India’s first multi-channel discount coupons and consumer promotions service. With partnerships for exclusive offers from over 100 national brands, 200 regional chains and 1,000 + medium/small stores open2save offers every day savings for consumers in 7 cities across channels – corporate, privilege, local and now online.

open2save.com is an online coupon service where consumers can download the deals they like to their mobile or as a printable e-coupon.

For more information

Contact Chitra M., marketing@open2save.com

Call 09886226797 or visit open2save.com

So we list some of the best sales and deals (for now only in Mumbai and Bangalore) every week … one easy place to find any time. No more digging up old news papers or store hunting to find a deal you like. Here is one place you find the best sales from the convenience of your computer / desk and then go where you like.

Happy Saving !!

We expect to add more stores as we go along. open2save team is working to ensure our coupons are not just fun, but also useful in helping you spend less. Not all the offers in the Grocery section are exclusive to open2save, but then we thought why not find the best offers available from all sources and put them in one place for you – Saves you time and money !!

As ever, all you need to do it just download to your mobile or print a copy. Happy Saving !!

“Fantastic !!” yelled Santosh D., Bangalore

wrote Anuj

“The website is very precise, crisp and clear. Very simple yet very attractive. I like the concept and wish that it really grows big and works in India.” Juhi C., Bangalore, India

“Congratulations on putting up a new website! The design is very un-cluttered and simple yet effective. Putting the registration functionality on the home page is a good idea.” wrote Sitashwa, India

“This concept of coupon service is very good, best of all its easy to use. Infact i have forwarded the link to some of my friends too. Keep going.” wrote Subhashini R. from Bangalore

“WOW, finally here is a service which saves money for all in almost everything! Wondering why nobody did think of it earlier. Its a great service to both the seller & the buyer. may you guys prosper saving money for everybody.“ writes Subash from Bangalore

“This is pretty cool. It’s really simple… which is a good thing. You don’t have to cut anything out. I like it.”  said Bart S., Chicago, US

Arun S. from Texas, US says “I really liked both the concept and the website. Couple of big things that you have got right – 1) An attractive Web 2.0 like look (more akin a Twiiter or a Facebook) which I think is important – people in age-group of 18-49 segment (with disposable incomes and mobile phones) should really like spending their time shopping for deals on your website; 2) It is very user friendly – even a person who is not computer savvy can use it which I think is very important”

Greg H., CA, US wrote “The site looks great. The graphics are perfect (and I don’t use that word nearly as often as you do) and the interface is slick.”

Other posts include

“Known simple concept. The challenge is really implementing it and I think you guys have done a great job at that – both in terms of the site, the feeds and the coupon delivery”

“Really good and amazing”

“Delhi and NCR. A must for your site. ”

“Very good idea – if the first to open in India, then needs to quickly extend to all regions to capture what looks to be a valuable market”

“Pleasant UI.”

“I loved the concept, one place where I can get all the best deals in the city, its called a WOW factor!! “

95% of customers who gave feedback rated us 5 on 5 …

It feels good to have such a positive start … we are continuing to update the coupons in open2save and should have good first round of offers in place by next week. We will continue to try hard and ensure the feedback remains this positive and we can only build on it.

Thank You.

You can how download coupons and deals to a mobile or as a printable PDF. We worked hard to make life easy for you … so you will be able to see all coupons and deals in your city with our new minimalistic navigation.  The site now requires registration because most of the offers are exclusive.

You will also see a lot more coupons for popular categories like Pizza, Fast Food, Beauty, Health/Fitness etc.

The initial response has been phenomenal … but I leave it for every one to decide for themselves.  Take a look at open2save.com and give us your valuable feedback.

open2save.com

As a part of our mission we launched our first service open2save in February 2008.

The basic idea behind the online version of open2save is that information online can help you make better buying decisions. Given all the traffic problems in our cities, window shopping or comparison shopping is a nightmare every one wants to avoid. With open2save.in you can look up at the convenience of your home/desk various products and their prices – across 100s of stores in your city. The best part is you still buy in the store and not online – but you can now go for the best deal without searching thru 10 stores !!

We went live with www.open2save.in first in Bangalore. Since then we launched the service in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Chennai.

On popular demand we added a phone/email based deal expert team that you can contact and ask for a deal to handle specific needs you have. You can also click on CallMe, give your number and our team will call you.

In July we launched coupons in specific localities and in corporates. We now distribute discount coupons to over 2 Lakh customers every month – at home, at work and thru other channels.

So far the feedback and response has been very positive. But, we are looking for more input. Tell us what you don’t like and what we can do better.