BIGADDA was an Indian e-commerce website owned by Reliance Entertainment, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The site was a social network site.[2]
| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | Social network service |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Owner | Reliance Entertainment |
| Key people |  Rajesh Sawhney, President |
| URL | www |
| Advertising | Google, AdSense, Proprietary |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | August 2007 |
| Current status | Inactive since 2011[1] |
BIGADDA claimed that the top 20 cities account for 45% users from within India while 40% of the users come from Tier III cities like Tuticorin, Bhilai, Amritsar, Guwahati, Surat, Nasik.[3]
Dataquest, a popular IT journal also featured BIGADDA along with sites like IndyaRocks & BharatStudent as one of the top 25 web 2.0 start-ups in India.[4]
Features
editUsers could upload and share unlimited photos for free, can upload and share music, and can listen to a varied range of songs.
An application platform that was OpenSocial v0.8 compliant was provided. It included some games from Zapak (a partner site) and other applications.
Bigadda closed its operations in 2011 in the face of stiff competition from other social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.[1][5][6][7][8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Reliance closes its social network website Bigadda". intoday.in. 6 July 2011.
- ^ "BigAdda says goodbye to social networks; Bachchan blog to stay". Moneylife NEWS & VIEWS.
- ^ "BIGADDA's userbase crosses three million mark". The Economic Times. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ "Top Stories, Profiles". DataQuest. 15 August 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
- ^ "cheating online by bigadda". Consumer Court. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Bigadda — Cheating in phone dealing & no after sales services during warranty period". consumercomplaints.in.
- ^ "BIGADDA". complaintboard.in. Archived from the original on 10 November 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2015.