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AppVirality
Plug-and-play growth hacking toolkit for mobile applications
About AppVirality
AppVirality, established in 2014 by brothers Ram and Laxman Papineni, offers a referral marketing software solution tailored for mobile applications and SaaS companies. The founders' journey began with earlier entrepreneurial ventures, including a deals and coupons website, which provided them with firsthand experience in the challenges of customer acquisition and viral growth, directly informing the development of AppVirality's core product. Their technical background, with Ram being a Computer Science graduate, was instrumental in building the platform.
The company provides a comprehensive toolkit designed to help businesses amplify their customer base through word-of-mouth marketing. Its primary product is a referral marketing platform that enables clients to create and manage customized referral campaigns. This allows companies to leverage their existing users to acquire new ones by offering incentives. The platform's features include the ability to run milestone-based campaigns, where users are rewarded for completing specific actions, and goal-based rewards that encourage deeper engagement. It also supports A/B testing, allowing clients to experiment with different campaign elements to optimize performance, and provides in-depth analytics to track campaign effectiveness and ROI.
AppVirality operates on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, generating revenue through tiered subscription plans. These plans are structured based on the number of tracked users, catering to a wide range of clients from early-stage startups to established enterprises. The platform is designed for easy integration, requiring minimal coding, which appeals to businesses without extensive technical resources. By focusing on referral and word-of-mouth marketing, AppVirality addresses the high costs of traditional customer acquisition channels and serves a market of app developers and marketers seeking sustainable and scalable growth solutions.
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- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- Phoenix, United States
- Sector
- Marketing
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Microsoft for Startups
India Internet Fund
TNN Capital
Click Labs
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