Finished implementing phonePe in my company and to my surprise total merchant traffic of phonepe was more than of Paytm, Amazon Pay, flipkart seller and Bharatpe all combined. we may be using Gpay or Paytm for day to day transactions but it's PhonePe
Your thoughts on building Super App like Gojek, Paytm, Phonepe etc.
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Udyamee
StealthĀ ā¢Ā 4m
Phonepe was acquired by Flipkart in 2016.
Later
In Dec 2022, PhonePe separated from Flipkart, but both companies are still owned by Walmart.
So, why need another UPI app?
A few days ago, Flipkart introduced its new UPI service, Supermoney.
ā®ļøThe interesting part: Let's go back a few years -
Dec, 2015: 3 former Flipkart exec's start PhonePe.
Apr, 2016: Flipkart acquires PhonePe for $20 M.
Aug, 2018: Walmart acquires
Google Pay + Paytm = PhonePe š„
What made PhonePe succeed in this market with such competitorsā
Reply what you think about it š¤š
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Luhas Datta
StealthĀ ā¢Ā 17d
Many Indian startups mirror American giants:
Flipkart (Amazon)
Ola (Uber)
Paytm (PayPal)
Zomato (Yelp)
While adapting ideas for local markets has driven success, when will we see a truly original global startup from India?