It was about one week ago that a blog post, The Cleartrip Hurry Algorithm, appeared on our radar. The post referenced a newly launched feature where we were alerting users to the number of seats left at a certain price … Continue reading →

Earlier today, we noticed a large amount of activity on Twitter linking to a blog post entitled The Cleartrip Hurry Algorithm. The writer of the post was confused by one of our recently launched features and felt we were engaging … Continue reading →

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Startups are a funny thing and so are the entrepreneurs who start them. Successful companies are started by people who want to make something — something new, something better — which the world will want. These are people who see … Continue reading →

Somewhere in the history of the Internet, publishers made a huge left turn. They gave their product — content — away for free. They blindly assumed that the economics of old media would apply to new media and that they … Continue reading →

Software developers and engineers are often accused of ‘designing for other engineers’, or, in other words, creating products that feel like they were designed by six year olds riding the bus on the way to school. It is patently false, … Continue reading →

For a long time, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) didn’t play a very significant role in Cleartrip’s customer acquisition strategy. There were lots of reasons for this — some valid, some not so valid. By and large, our belief was that … Continue reading →

I’ve been following Luke Wroblewski’s notes & presentations on Mobile for a while now and was looking foward to his third book, Mobile First, which was released a few days back. While checking out reviews for the book, we stumbled … Continue reading →

We came across this Tweet from @beingpractical yesterday: Dear eCom sites & Retail chains, buying from u is NOT my consent 2 email/sms spam. Pl learn from @cleartrip @bookmyshow @redbus_in @flipkart— Pravin (@beingpractical) August 4, 2011 At Cleartrip, we do … Continue reading →

Today’s edition of the Mint ran a story called The return of the dot-coms. The story features Flipkart, one of our favourite sites, and tries to answer the question, “why did it take as long as it has for a … Continue reading →