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CEO Says Snapchat Utilising India Learnings to Tap Into New Markets

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Snapchat is utilizing its monetization and community growth learnings from the Indian market to tap into new geographies, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said.

Instant messaging platform Snapchat has crossed 100 million monthly users in India. According to Spiegel, the company has made a concerted effort over the past year to organize its team and make investments in its products to realize monetization and community growth opportunities.

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“Our expansion efforts in India continue to prove successful, and we are using our learnings to inform how we approach community growth in new geographies,” he said during the company’s quarterly earnings call late on Thursday.

“Our desire to build a better way of communicating visually through our camera has evolved into a leading platform for augmented reality. Our AR products and services are driving major impact at scale today, as Snapchatters use our services to shop, play, learn, explore, and entertain themselves,” he added.

In October last year, Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, revealed for the first time that it reached 100 million monthly users in India.

The announcement was made during the second edition of ‘Snap in India’, an event to celebrate the company’s community of Indian partners, creators, brands, storytellers, and “Snapchatters”.

During the event, the company announced a partnership with a homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Flipkart, to develop AR experiences for e-commerce.

The company also said that Snap Map has entered into a partnership with Zomato – the first Snap Map partnership in India. This allows Snapchat users access to restaurant information and place food orders from their personal Map on Snapchat, claims Snap.

Snap also launched a free program in India called ‘Yellow Tree Bootcamp’ which brings together experts from Snap and the Indian startup community to discuss fundraising, operations, growth, including how to leverage tools like Snap Kit and Snapchat Ads Manager grow.

The company recently launched Creator Marketplace, which allows brands to connect with creators directly and pay them to produce branded content. AR Lens Creators in India are currently participating, and it will be rolling out to Snap Stars in India soon.

“We have made significant investments to localise the Snapchat experience for the Indian community,” Spiegel had said.

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