{"id":1824,"date":"2014-02-13T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T09:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2014-02-13T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T09:22:50","slug":"two-iitians-management-student-spain-create-wishpicker-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/two-iitians-management-student-spain-create-wishpicker-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Two IITians and a Management Student from Spain Create \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cwishpicker.com\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/e23.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1825\" title=\"Two IITians and a Management Student from Spain Create \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cwishpicker.com\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d\" alt=\"Two IITians and a Management Student from Spain Create \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cwishpicker.com\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/e23.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>An unhelpful trolling on the net to find the right gift for the loved ones led three friends to create \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153wishpicker.com\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009done stop solution for everyone\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s quest for a perfect gift.<\/p>\n<p>Apurv Bansal, an ex-IITian, Tajendra Singh, a B.Tech student from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/top-colleges.aspx\">IIT-Patna<\/a>, and Prateek Rathore, a management student from Spain are the three brains behind this one-of-its-kind e-commerce venture.<\/p>\n<p>Apurv Bansal\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s failure to find the right gift for his girlfriend on the net owing to confusion over enormous products offered by e-commerce sites helped him realize the need for a customized e-commerce site especially for gifts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gifts are curated from the best online stores, and this helps you get access to the best that is available across the web, all in one place,&#8221; Bansal said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153wishpikcer.com\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 is already riding high on success with over 20 e-commerce portals on board. Flipkart, HappilyUnmarried, and Ferns and Petals are few famous e-commerce portals among others to join wishpicker.com.<\/p>\n<p>The main highlight of wishpicker.com is that it offers its users with multiple recommendations based on Facebook \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153likes\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 and interests of the recipient.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sq_opt.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1826\" alt=\"sq_opt\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sq_opt.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>&#8220;For example, if a person has &#8216;liked&#8217; Sachin Tendulkar on Facebook, the gift recommendations for that person will include memorabilia of the cricketer. Soon, users will have an option to get recommendations based on the recipient&#8217;s tweets and other social activity&#8221; said Bansal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153wishpicker.com\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 came to existence with a seed capital of Rs. 15 lakh.<\/p>\n<p>This post was contributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100478855398290283505?rel=author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alok kumar Singh<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/\">askiitians <\/a>expert !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unhelpful trolling on the net to find the right gift for the loved ones led three friends to create \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153wishpicker.com\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009done stop solution for everyone\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s quest for a perfect gift. 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