{"id":3205,"date":"2020-07-01T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T05:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rzpwp.blog\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T07:32:20","slug":"offineeds-empowering-organisations-to-create-brand-ambassadors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/offineeds-empowering-organisations-to-create-brand-ambassadors\/","title":{"rendered":"Offineeds &#8211; Empowering Organisations to Create Brand Ambassadors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, companies are so engrossed in their day-to-day business operations that they rarely consider the brand identity they are projecting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brand building is often perceived as a knotty task. As a corporate gifting company, Offineeds helps organisations create brand ambassadors out of their employees, customers and business associates.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe believe custom merchandise is the simplest and most cost-effective way to empower them to lead conversations about the brand.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offineeds offers a B2B dynamic catalogue to many major organisations and plans to expand to major cities. But in the B2B sector, payment collection is a tedious task. Following up via phone, email, reminders, etc can be tiring.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Razorpay <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/payment-links\/\">Payment Links<\/a> helped Offineeds achieve a significant improvement in the average time to collect payments. For non-corporate payments, the collection time came down from 18 days to just 3 days.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment Links was an easy substitute for point-of-sale payment methods and directly integrated into Offineed\u2019s ecosystem to enable the best experience for their <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/what-is-a-business-model\/\">business model<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Payment links can be a quick replacement for all your cash-on-delivery customers. Simply put, payment links are easy-to-use, versatile and mobile enough to manage all your online payments. It allows your customers to share the payment link via SMS, email, WhatsApp and social media, and they can pay through their preferred payment options.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith Razorpay, it became as simple as ABC. The benefit of zero entry fee, a great easy-to-use UI got us started with Razorpay and we have never looked back.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collecting several payments was a big hassle for Offineeds. Razorpay provided the most convenient and customisable solution for Offineeds\u2019 e-commerce brand stores. Compared to competitors, Razorpay proved to be the most reliable solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offineeds is growing through the franchise route. The company aims to own 100+ franchises across India and serve major corporates in all cities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Offineeds reduced Collection Time by 3 Days with the help of Razorpay | The Game Changers\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QVr2TNjlRsE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q&amp;A with Srikanth Acharya, CEO, Offineeds<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a corporate gifting company, what is your mission statement?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our mission is to help organisations create brand ambassadors out of their employees, customers and business associates. Marketing and Brand Building is at the core of any business and its employees, customers and dealers are its primary brand ambassadors.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell us about your offerings<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offineeds currently operates in Bengaluru and Chennai, where we have six experience centres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Companies can choose from our two broad categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OffiNeeds.com: a B2B dynamic catalogue displaying 4000+ products suited for corporate gifting<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrandStore: an e-commerce store that we set up for our clients to offer their custom merchandise to their employees and clients\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the challenges that your company is trying to solve?\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say there\u2019s an event in an organisation, and they need corporate gifts with their branding. And, browsing through an entire catalogue to find the right product can be difficult.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even if they shortlist a product, presenting it to their management can take a substantial effort. With our advanced search, we enable our customers to download the selected catalogue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you see your company growing in the coming years?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We plan to have Offineeds experience centres across all major cities or locations and aspire to increase our brand stores by 2022. <\/span><br \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\n  \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"VideoObject\",\n  \"name\": \"Offineeds reduced Collection Time by 3 Days with the help of Razorpay | The Game Changers\",\n  \"description\": \"Use Razorpay Payment Links to accept payments without a website: https:\/\/hubs.ly\/H0mPCmZ0  Srikanth Acharya, CEO of Offineeds, talks about how integrating with Razorpay Payment Links helped them reduce collection time from 18 days to 3 days.  Integration with Razorpay\u2019s products-Payment Links and Payment Gateway was super easy for them.  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