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  • The new name, says the company, allows it emphasise their vision to empower millions of professionals worldwide

    UrbanClap rebrands as Urban Company

    By A Correspondent

     

    Urban Clap has announced the launch of a new corporate brand identity, Urban Company. The name change reflects the company’s ambition to be a horizontal platform, with a global footprint and leadership position across service categories like beauty, spa, repairs, cleaning, painting etc.

     

    Notes a communique: “The new name allows the company to emphasize their vision to empower millions of professionals worldwide to deliver services at home like never experienced before.”

     

    Said Abhiraj Bhal, Co-Founder, Urban Company: “It is important for us to have a brand which is globally acceptable. From the neighbourhoods of Darling Harbour in Sydney to the condominiums of Mumbai, Urban Company is a simple name with universal appeal. While the name changes, we stay committed to offer reliable and affordable services at home. This is enabled by working closely with our service partners, helping them with up-skilling, financing, insurance, product procurement etc., transforming them into micro-service entrepreneurs.”

     

     

  • The campaign positions UrbanClap as #YourServiceExpert and gives customers a chance to win ‘Salon-at-Home’ vouchers worth INR 1,000 every day through its Instagram contest!

    Urban Clap encourages women to pamper themselves in new ad

    By A Correspondent

     

    Mobile services plat from Urban Clap has unveiled a new ad campaign targeting today’s busy women, urging them to pamper themselves with its ‘Salon-at-Home’ beauty services. Currently live on television and social media platforms, the campaign also gives Urban Clap customers the opportunity to win Salon-at-Home vouchers worth INR 1,000 every day.

     

    Commenting on the launch, Abhiraj Bhal, Co-founder, Urban Clap, said: “A visit to the salon can be quite a task for a lot of women. Especially those with babies or kids or those who are busy with work and just keen to spend their free time at home. We’ve aimed to address these pain-points in our new ads.”

     

    Created by Miss Malini, the new campaign by Urban Clap intends to highlight the platform’s reliability and superlative service delivery through four short videos.

     

     

  • UrbanClap hopes to strengthen its position among both consumers and competitors as one of the best on-demand service providers in the country

    UrbanClap unveils new TVC starring Sumeet Vyas & Rasika Dugal

    By A Correspondent

     

    UrbanClap has announced the launch of its third TV commercial starring Sumeet Vyas and Rasika Dugal created by CellarDoor. In its ongoing endeavour to increase customer touch base, UrbanClap hopes to strengthen its position among both consumers and competitors as one of the best on-demand service providers in the country.

     

    Commenting on the launch, Abhiraj Bhal, Co–founder, UrbanClap said: “Our target audience consists primarily of working professionals in urban areas who require our services to sort their day-to-day tasks and chores and make life simple. With this in mind, we believed that Sumeet and Rasika were the perfect choice to convey our message- UrbanClap is all about delivering high-quality, reliable services at just the push of a button.”

     

    Elaborating further on the launch, Rishav Rastogi of Cellar Door said: “UrbanClap’s brand team is very clear about their consumers and how their services fit into their lives. With the current TVC, they wanted to highlight the reliability of UrbanClap and the breadth of services available. They wanted to work with known faces who would also be relatable, while our script demanded very good acting. So Rasika and Sumeet fit the roles perfectly. With their experience, they brought more than just the performance to the table and were great sports to work with.”

     

     

  • Fortifies its image among consumers, highlights its highly credible customer service in the TVC

    Publicis Ambience unveils brand campaign for UrbanClap

    By A Correspondent

     

    UrbanClap has announced the launch of its first TV commercial in association with Publicis Ambience. A part of its marketing strategy, UrbanClap hopes to strengthen its position among both consumers and competitors as one of the best on-demand service providers in the country.

     

    As a platform that provides all kinds of services like plumbing or repair work, UrbanClap feels that a good customer experience is vital to its success. Thus, to communicate this high level of quality and trust among consumers, UrbanClap decided to communicate its vision via this TVC.

     

    Commenting on the launch, Abhiraj Bhal, Co–founder, UrbanClap said, “The launch of UrbanClap’s TV advertisement is an important moment in the journey of our two-year-old company. We are transforming the way people utilize these services – from beauty to home repairs, yoga to tutors etc. We are excited to take our brand to the next level with this TVC and hope to scale to greater heights in the near future.”

     

    Elaborating on the launch, Paritosh Srivastava, COO, Publicis Ambience said: “The biggest challenge for a services marketplace in our country is trust and quality. We have used human relations as metaphors to emphasize the quality of our service providers, these relations are endearing and relevant to audiences across strata. We strongly believe this campaign will help create a positive disposition towards UrbanClap.”

     

    Added Jigar Fernandes, Executive Creative Director, Publicis Ambience: “We all knew what this launch meant for UrbanClap, because you never get another chance to make a first impression, especially in this great Indian startup mela. Every step of the way we worked together with the good guys at UrbanClap as it was their first TVC experience. It was a fun mix of pressure, responsibility, left brain logic, right brain blabbering, passionate arguments and bro hugs.”

     

  • Strengthens its stance on equality in every aspect of life

    UrbanClap launches ‘LGBT’ campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    UrbanClap has announced the launch of its ‘LGBT’ campaign, championing their cause for the greater good of the community as well as the society. Known for its stance on social issues like women empowerment and education, UrbanClap strongly felt the need to come out in support of the LGBT community in India, promoting their right to love anyone they want – irrespective of Caste, Creed, Religion, or Gender. With this campaign, UrbanClap supports the right to love anyone you choose.

     

    As part of this campaign, UrbanClap has tied up with a Delhi-based startup agency called Ufaan, which has worked on a number of social films in the past. Together, they have launched a short film titled ‘Show your Love with Pride’, which portrays a father’s struggle to accept his daughter’s relationship with another woman. With her supportive mother, the daughter proves to her father that her love is genuine, via a photoshoot organized by UrbanClap. The photos of his daughter makes him realize the dynamics of modern day relationships and reminds him of the barriers he had to counter in his interfaith marriage. This realization leads him to believe that love has no boundaries and finally accepts his daughter’s relationship.

     

    Commenting on this empowering initiative, Abhiraj Bhal, Co-founder, UrbanClap said, “We at UrbanClap are a simple bunch of people. We believe that everyone should have the right to love whoever they want to as it’s the most basic human right. We firmly stand with the LGBT community in India as they fight for their equal rights in the eyes of law, or society. Our past efforts with the NAZ foundation, and this film, are very small gestures towards furthering the cause of the LGBT community.”

     

    The social film is an attempt to make people realize that love has no boundaries and should be accepted without judgment.

     

    To further the impact of this campaign, UrbanClap is offering to sponsor 5 photoshoots across the country for any same sex couple who wish to opt for this service. They can easily reach out to the team at UrbanClap through its Facebook or Twitter channels. UrbanClap promises to maintain all confidentiality if that is what the participants wish for.

     

  • The platform receives over 5000 customer requests each day for services across 60+ categories

    UrbanClap partners Publicis to launch inaugural brand campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    UrbanClap has partnered with Publicis to launch their first ever brand campaign on television this year. UrbanClap has previously run a variety of outdoor and social media campaigns while working in tandem with different agencies.

     

    Founded in October 2014 by Abhiraj Bhal, Varun Khaitan, and Raghav Chandra, UrbanClap is India’s leading services marketplace. Currently, UrbanClap has operations in 7 cities, with over 36,000 professionals on the platform, and receives over 5000 customer requests each day for services across 60+ categories.

     

    Abhiraj Bhal, co-founder at UrbanClap, said, “We are confident that Publicis, with their innovative approach and creative solutions will enable us to drive impactful media presence and assist us in building a strong consumer brand. We look forward to working with them.”

     

    Paritosh Srivastava (COO, Publicis Ambience) & Jigar Fernandes (Executive Creative Director, Publicis Ambience) said, “UrbanClap has very strong fundamentals. It is helping bridge a real need gap for an emerging world with first world aspirations. It has taken the tougher path to build the business in a segment that has remained unorganized till now, and our job is to let the world know honestly and interestingly about their approach. We’re confident that with the trust and collaboration from the entire team at UrbanClap, we will succeed in achieving this task.”