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n the current vehicle market, there are over 30 brands of cars and over 20 brands of motorcycles available from authorized dealerships. Getting basic information such as price, specification, locations, phone numbers, offers available from all dealers is almost impossible due to the endless traffic jam, unanswered phone calls, uninformed staffs and maybe also some lazy customers J. That’s where DealGara comes in. We are the leading destination for online vehicle research, offering credible and easy-to-understand information. With comprehensive pricing information, side-by-side comparison tools, photo gallery, and a large selection of new and used vehicle inventory, we put vehicle buyers in control of their shopping process with the information they need to make confident buying decisions. It is also the next generation of FREE online vehicle classifieds. DealGara provides a simple solution to the complications involved in selling, buying, trading used vehicles from all over the country, free of commission and fees. Our vision for buyers and sellers is to “meet online, transact offline”.
Why customers love DealGara? • Up to date vehicle prices, pictures, specifications.
• Vehicle dealer locations, phone numbers from all over the country. • All offers available at the dealerships. • Search vehicles by price range, transmission, year, make, model and more.. • User friendly interface. • Post a used vehicle Ad under 5 minutes. • Sell used vehicle online without paying any commission or fees. All of the above from the comfort of their homes and offices using their preferred medium (desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphones). After a very successful launch at the NADA Auto Show 2014, we now have a steady customer base of around 1000 unique visitors everyday, who come for the sole purpose of vehicle research in new/used category. Interacting directly with customers for 6 straight days and the overwhelming positive response we received, has demonstrated that we fill a void that exists in vehicle research in Nepal today. Did I mention, in the span of just 2 months, we are closing in on 10,000 Facebook fans. Join us on Facebook and get the latest news and updates on your favorite vehicles. Tension Nagara, DealGara!
AUTO FOCUS After living for more than a decade in the United States, pursuing a degree in the field of Computer Science and working as a programer, Dawa Sherpa, Founder and CEO, www.dealgara.com, returned to Nepal from San Francisco with a few years of work experience under his belt. While planning to own a car here, Dawa faced the horrors of the absence of a proper research portal. The disarray of information from one dealer’s website to another’s added to his misery. Habituated to online shopping and e-commerce, having to contact individual sellers personally came as a cultural shock. With his programing skills at his disposal and time to spare between projects, the tech savvy Dawa decided to build his own version of ‘cars.com’ with the domain name – ‘www. dealgara.com’. Within a year, his side project is ready to make headlines as the No 1 Vehicle Research Site in Nepal.
What is DealGara in your own words?
The site is basically a one stop solution for online auto research for Nepal. It is the most complete database available in Nepal with over 250 car models and 150 bike models currently being sold in the Nepali market. Also the reselling scheme offers sellers and buyers a very transparent system as there is no commission, nor any fees involved. We are just the bridge between customers and the sellers but more than just classifieds, we want to promote the research and educational element of auto dealing.
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How does DealGara work?
Basically any end user logs in to www.dealgara.com either on his computer or a smartphone where s/he will be greeted with the homepage that allows you to filter your searches. You will get a crisp search list and all the necessary and available details for the purchase from contact information to addresses, pictures and specifications. If you are a potential seller and plan to place an ad instead, you can do so in less than two minutes from the same site. A ‘Sell fast’ option lets you place your ad with the disclosure of merely your compulsory email address, name and contact number. If you plan to use our services often, you can also create a user account. We’ve tried to keep the processes to a bare minimum so that user experience is hassle free.
What makes DealGara the top stakeholder in the current market?
We are amongst the very few parties that are currently in the online auto research business. What separates DealGara is the fact that it concentrates wholly on auto sales and designed strictly to templates for this particular sector. The effort that we put in to create the largest online database of the auto market for all of Nepal seems to have paid off as we have received positive feedback in terms of our content. Another fact is the filtering of content which is manually monitored by DealGara staff which prevents any bogus content from being placed on our sites. In addition, the ads too will be strictly verified and relevant so that users don’t have to go through ads of real estate in the US while browsing for cars in Nepal.
What to expect from Dealgara in future?
We are still in an early phase and there is much we can add to our system. For example, we plan to offer Certified DealGara reviews of the autos listed in our sites, make the existing alert system for offers and deals more customized. We also intend to give greater access to our dealers to modify or add information on the go. And even though we have a mobile version for the website already, we will port the system to smartphone applications. Live chat with dealers and online booking services are also in the pipeline. Lastly, the expansion of our database to other modes of transportation such as bicycles, heavier vehicles such as trucks and buses and their parts and accessories will be integrated soon.
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Contact
www.dealgara.com Dawa Sherpa Founder & CEO 9801055748 dsherpa@dealgara.com Nepal’s #1 Vehicle Research and classifieds service
Prabal Man Dhaubhadel