So many places to visit
Event discovery Disrupting the world’s events apps
in the era of meta search
It is likely that when you book your holiday this year you will use a website like Expedia, Cheapflights, or TripAdvisor
You likely will spend time comparing
options easily and cost-effective.
Meta-search has rapidly emerged as a mega-trend in recent years to become one of the leading methods for consumers to find the cheapest deal for flight or hotel accommodation resulting in significant change to the distribution landscape for hotels and airlines.
Globally there are many suppliers for this typ
e of service
Aggregators
How does it worrrrk?
Funnel
You need
Box Sieve
Push & Pull APIs UX & AlgorithmsData Model &Mapping Logic
things3
+ Analytics
…and execute on a defined process
Contract Source content
Verify status
Caches & Algorithms
Supplier to consumer
Consumer to supplier
Web/app traffic
Search inputs
Aggregate & Display Referral
Great content With greater speed and convenienceWithin Context
And this matters because
is great
that’s great!
…and how do these companies earn money?
Merchant Model: In this model, hotels sell rooms to the aggregator in bulk at discounted or wholesale prices. The aggregators then sell them to customers at a markup price. This is the most commonly used model, and it benefits both parties.
…and how do these companies earn money?Agency Model: This is a commission-based model wherein hotels give aggregators commissions based on business bought. In this model, the hotels list their services, and the aggregators don’t have to buy anything up front. This is beneficial for hotels, as it gives them the freedom to price their rooms as per the demand scenario.
And that is important why?!?!!
The fight for the customer interface
Something interesting is happening.
where the costs are and interface with a huge
number of people where the money is.
Aggregator
Suppliers
CustomersAggregators are working on thin layers that sit on top of vast supply systems
The one who controls what the customer sees controls the world
Hypothesis
So why does the same thing not exist for Events?
… actually there is
Mind blown!
As consumers are used to having the Internet in the palm of their hands and want the information that they are looking for quicker than ever before, less and less consumers, want or feel the need to trawl through several sites for the best deal, they expect to find it all in one place and for events, that place is now
drop!in allows consumers to search for events across several sites by consolidating the results in a
comparative format for example price and distance which simplifies the buying decision for the consumer.
to offer consumers a better accessibility of events than if a consumer spoke with the organizers on their own.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drop!in/id1038351294?mt=8