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|current_status = Inactive<ref>http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/bigadda-closes-social-networking/1/16798.html</ref>
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|advertising = [[Google]], [[AdSense]], Proprietary
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'''BIGADDA''' is an Indian [[electronic commerce|e-commerce]] [[website]] owned by [[Reliance Entertainment]], part of the [[Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group]].
'''BIGADDA''' was an Indian [[electronic commerce|e-commerce]] [[website]] owned by [[Reliance Entertainment]], part of the [[Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group]]. The site was a social network site.


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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]].<ref name="Bigadda3mn">{{cite news
Before the site was a social network site.

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BIGADDA claims 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]].<ref name="Bigadda3mn">{{cite news
|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/BigAddas_userbase_above_3_mn_mark/articleshow/3701081.cms
|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/BigAddas_userbase_above_3_mn_mark/articleshow/3701081.cms
|publisher=Economic Times
|publisher=Economic Times
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==Features==
==Features==


Users can upload and share unlimited photos for free, can upload and share music, and can listen to a varied range of songs.
Users could upload and share unlimited photos for free, can upload and share music, and can listen to a varied range of songs.

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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]].<ref>http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/bigadda-closes-social-networking/1/16798.html</ref> Prior to the closure of this site, there were a lot of complaints of cheating by the customers of this website in the online transactions.<ref>http://www.consumercourt.in/banking/93432-cheating-online-bigadda.html</ref><ref>http://www.grahakseva.com/complaints/40737/reliance-bigadda-cheating</ref><ref>http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/bigadda-alibag-raigad-maharashtra-c609076.html</ref><ref>http://www.complaintboard.in/complaints-reviews/bigadda-l143277.html</ref>
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An application platform that is OpenSocial v0.8 compliant is provided. It includes some games from Zapak (a partner site) and other applications.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 12:51, 2 April 2015

BIGADDA
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Social network service
Available inEnglish
Founded2007
Headquarters
India Mumbai
,
India
OwnerReliance Entertainment
Key peopleIndia Rajesh Sawhney, President
URLwww.bigadda.com
AdvertisingGoogle, AdSense, Proprietary
RegistrationRequired
LaunchedAugust 2007
Current statusInactive[1]

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.

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.[2]

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.[3]

Features

Users 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.[4] Prior to the closure of this site, there were a lot of complaints of cheating by the customers of this website in the online transactions.[5][6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/bigadda-closes-social-networking/1/16798.html
  2. ^ "BIGADDA's userbase crosses three million mark". Economic Times. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  3. ^ "Top Stories , Profiles". DataQuest. 2009-08-15. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  4. ^ http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/bigadda-closes-social-networking/1/16798.html
  5. ^ http://www.consumercourt.in/banking/93432-cheating-online-bigadda.html
  6. ^ http://www.grahakseva.com/complaints/40737/reliance-bigadda-cheating
  7. ^ http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/bigadda-alibag-raigad-maharashtra-c609076.html
  8. ^ http://www.complaintboard.in/complaints-reviews/bigadda-l143277.html
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