zMessenger releases daily deals filtering app BigBon
View(s):A new Sri Lankan smartphone app, BigBon, has been released to “[help] users to filter and receive the best deals and offers from merchants of their choice”, according to a statement by the app’s developer, local mobile marketing firm zMessenger.
The statement also noted that the “app also uses state-of-the-art Augmented Reality (AR) technology for users to find the deals around them in a given location”.
Elaborating further, the statement also added; “The BigBon app, available for both iOS and Android platforms for free, is specifically tailor-made for individuals who want to pick and choose the best deals and offers from those offered by their credit cards, loyalty cards, favourite retailers and restaurants. The app is completely customisable and allows the user to select the interest categories, favourite brands, shops and online deal providers he or she prefers to get notified about… In addition to this, the user can explore the deals at a specific location by turning on the “scan around me” feature which is operated using Augmented Reality (AR) technology which will display a list of close proximity deals around a user”.
Quoted in this statement, the company’s Chief Executive, Jayomi Lokuliyana, commented; “With this unique app, the user has the power to decide what he or she receives and is not at the mercy of the merchant sending out these deals and offers. Once the app has been installed, the user has to simply select the merchant that he or she wants to get promo alerts or mobile coupon from. He or she can select to receive deals based on the credit cards, the loyalty cards or even based on the club or society memberships. So the next time the individual gets a promo alert, he or she would know that it’s from one of the merchant or other party that was selected and not from a random, irrelevant merchant… To the user, the BigBon app’s redeemable mobile coupons feature means no more cutting papers or misplacing coupons”. (JH)