Comments on eNidhi India: Business through missed calls

Thanks for sharing your experience Jyoti

2010-11-11T21:22:05.183+05:30

Thanks for sharing your experience Jyoti

Yeah, miss call feature is a very popular one. I r...

2010-11-11T16:45:51.247+05:30

Yeah, miss call feature is a very popular one. I remember back in college, during summer break, my best friend used to go off to her place Delhi. We used to miss each other a lot. So when ever one of us misses the other, we used to give a missed call stating that "I miss you" :)

may be some technology should allow only 1 missed ...

2010-11-02T11:37:23.571+05:30

may be some technology should allow only 1 missed call per number...?

Using missed calls for Voting may not work out wel...

2010-11-02T10:59:48.062+05:30

Using missed calls for Voting may not work out well. As in practice, one can just send a message and forget about it. But if one tries to give a missed call to a number as a vote, its very likely that the number would be busy\engaged as people all around would be trying to vote. It would just be a matter of patience until one aborts the idea of voting itself.

:)

2009-07-31T11:59:22.835+05:30

Nice Business trick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-07-28T18:54:55.623+05:30

Nice Business trick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Namratha, Thanks for sharing. I guess lots of frie...

2009-07-10T12:07:35.756+05:30

Namratha,
Thanks for sharing. I guess lots of friends, couples use missed calls for such communications.

Yes, maintaining quality and revenue while responding to everyone who gives miss call can be tough.

Anon,
thanks for alerting us on that. Try writing to railway officials and mobile operators seeking an explanation.

Your mention of overpriced SMSes brought one thing...

2009-07-09T14:59:35.482+05:30

Your mention of overpriced SMSes brought one thing to my attention: I sent some SMSes to 139 (railways enquiry number) to enquire about PNR status. In my latest mobile bill, I have been charged for some "international" SMSes. I was a bit surprised since I never send international SMS in this age of IMs and twitter. guess what, the SMSes sent to 139 to enquire about PNR status were

My fiance n me used to miss call each other for &#...

2009-07-08T12:46:05.228+05:30

My fiance n me used to miss call each other for 'started from home-be ready', 'reached office', 'reached home safely' and sometimes as reply for 'yes/ok', 2 mc for 'no' :D

But its surprising people use it for business. Would work really well if used in the right business situations (like the tea vendor). I don't think it wud work with '

Mohan, Can't agree more. Mridula, Wherever m...

2009-07-07T18:01:27.611+05:30

Mohan,

Can't agree more.

Mridula,
Wherever money savings is involved, businesses will be quick to grab it.

Shank, All the best.

All: Adding few updates. Check the post again.

Wow, the chennai tea vendor was a smart chap. I ha...

2009-07-07T11:24:34.010+05:30

Wow, the chennai tea vendor was a smart chap. I have not used missd calls much but sure looks like an interesting idea. I am starting to think

2009-07-07T11:21:36.541+05:30

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We all use this feature (my nephews would give me ...

2009-07-07T10:19:46.706+05:30

We all use this feature (my nephews would give me missed calls that means I need to call back) but taking to a business idea is new for me!

Certainly a very good business model can evolve th...

2009-07-07T09:18:11.189+05:30

Certainly a very good business model can evolve though missed calls. But the fact is all these media companies or channels miss out out making money, so they opt out :)

Interestingly, for many it is more of a protocol to establish a communication. I am pretty sure, everyone has such protocol... just that haven't put their practices in words!