Novedge aims to provide customizable phone themes, wallpapers, ringtones, and features through a freemium mobile app. It will allow users to customize their phone experience and purchase content from independent artists. Novedge plans to launch its app within 3 months and reach 500,000 users in the first month through targeted marketing at millennials. It will generate revenue from ads, premium subscriptions, and commissions on sales through its platform.
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Users are continuously trying to change the look
and feel of their phones.
They want trendy designs, new experiences and
customized content.
3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Novedge aims to provide a rich environment
for users to find themes, wallpapers, ringtones,
widgets, features, extra settings etc.
Customers can customize these features and
settings according to their needs.
4. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Novedge works on a freemium model. Free users
get basic content with ads, while premium
members get unlimited content without ads.
Free users can avail customized content only 5
times, while there is no such restriction on
premium users
6. COMPANY OVERVIEW
Novedges core competencies are innovation and
execution.
Our strengths lie in our product offerings and
user experience.
7. COMPANY OVERVIEW
Novedge aims to provide customizable themes,
designs, layouts, templates, widgets, features
etc. through a rich user interface that is simple
and easy to use.
8. COMPANY OVERVIEW
Apart from in-house products, Novedge will be a
platform for artists, musicians, designers and
programmers to showcase and sell their work.
The company will have 100% profit margin on in-
house products and 40% of the net profit on
external-product sales through the platform.
9. SITUATION ANALYSIS COMPANY OVERVIEW
The company will be following a freemium
model.
Keeping in line with the competition, Novedge
will be moderately priced for premium members
10. SITUATION ANALYSIS MARKET OVERVIEW
The target market segment for Novedge is the
millennial generation, i.e. people in the age
group 17-39 as of 2017.
At present the main competitors to Novedge are
Nova-launcher and Zedge.
11. SITUATION ANALYSIS TARGET CUSTOMERS
The target customers for Novedge include
millennials i.e. people in the age group 17-39.
A small portion of Generation X will also form
the target market for Novedge.
12. GOAL
Novedge aims to reach 500,000 users within the
first 30 days and 3 million users in the first year.
The company aims to breakeven in the first FY
from ad revenues and premium purchases.
13. STRATEGY TARGET MARKET
Customers
Customers would be millennials who are
technologically inclined.
Apart from millennials the company will also
focus on Gen X customers to some extent.
14. STRATEGY TARGET MARKET
Collaborators
The collaborators include designers, artists,
musicians, programmers, app-stores, web-
hosting services etc.
The company will rely on 3rd party businesses for
outsourcing ancillary products and create core
offerings internally.
15. STRATEGY TARGET MARKET
Company
The company core team will consist of the
Founder-CEO, Technical Head - CTO and
Marketing Head - CMO.
Equity will be shared amongst the core team
after VC shares and ESOPS.
16. STRATEGY TARGET MARKET
Competitors
Existing competitors include Launcher apps like:
Nova Launcher, Apex Launcher, Google Now,
Hola Launcher etc.
In the wallpaper and ringtone segment Novedge
faces competition from Zedge, Mobile9, Cellsea,
Audiko etc.
17. STRATEGY TARGET MARKET
Context
It is estimated that by 2025 there will be 4.7
billion Internet users worldwide, out of which
2.87 billion would be smartphone users.
Thus the mobile app market is going to grow
extensively and is valued to become USD 101
billion by 2020.
18. VALUE PROPOSITION
Customer value
Customers get exclusive themes, wallpapers,
ringtones, features, widgets etc. They have the
opportunity to customize the content available to
them.
Novedge provides a platform to buy themes,
wallpapers, ringtones etc. from artists and designers.
They can directly interact with artists and designers.
19. COLLABORATOR VALUE
Artists, musicians and designers can showcase
their talent online. They can directly interact
with prospective buyers and provide custom
designed content for them.
Programmers can create features,
functionalities, widgets, extra settings etc. and
sell them through Novedge.
20. COMPANY VALUE
Novedge aims to hire 50 employees in the first
30 days, in marketing, development, design and
IT profiles.
Since the company drives its growth from
innovative design and technology, significant
investment in R&D is required. This cost is
recovered from ad revenues and premium
purchases.
22. PRODUCT
The product will feature separate tabs for
wallpapers, themes, designs, launchers,
ringtones etc.
Each tab will have in-house and sponsored
listings interspaced with ads.
Premium customers will have a tab for designer
interaction that allows them to customize their
content.
23. SERVICE
The platform will work as a market place for
designers, musicians, programmers etc.
Customers can choose from a wide variety of
reliable products that have been tested
internally by Novedge
Sellers can use the platform as a single window
to a large user base that is technically inclined.
24. BRAND
Novedge derives its name from Nova and Zedge
its two major competitors in the market. But it
also signifies innovation and technology and
implies a new edge.
The company slogan would be Innovation
everyday which is in tune with the market
position and brand equity that the company
aims to achieve.
25. PRICE
Novedge will follow a freemium model. Basic
services and 5 free customizations will be
offered to users, post which they will have to
become premium members to avail
customization services.
26. PRICE
Premium members will have to pay $2.99 for a
yearly subscription and will be able to remove all
ads.
The price is competitive compared to Nova
Launcher which charges $4.99 for premium
services.
27. INCENTIVES
For the first 30 days post launch, premium
services would be offered at $0.99. These users
will be able to buy a 5 year membership at
$3.99.
28. INCENTIVES
Novedge will provide premium memberships for
user referrals and monetary returns for seller
referrals.
For the 1st year sellers can register and sell
products on Novedge for free without any fee.
29. COMMUNICATION
The key channels of communication would be
the company website, its social media channels,
newsletters, emails etc.
All important updates would be messaged to
users through the app and users can subscribe to
mails from Novedge.
Customers can contact Novedge through the app
via chat.
30. DISTRIBUTION
The app would be listed on prominent app stores
like Google Play Store, Apple App Store, Amazon
App Store, Jio App store etc.
Apart from these sources the .apk file would be
available fro download from the Novedge
website.
32. INFRASTRUCTURE
The core team would be in-charge of all
operations. The CTO would be leading the app
development and design.
The CMO would handling the product marketing
and the CEO would be supervising the company
operations and handling finance.
33. INFRASTRUCTURE
Initially servers will be purchased by the
company to launch the app and subsequently
data centers will be set up for expansion.
The company will work with designers,
musicians, artists etc. to create customized
content
34. PROCESSES
The business processed involved are :
Idea Management
Specifications
Road mapping
Prioritization
Delivery
Analytics & Experiments
Customer Feedback
35. SCHEDULE
The development phase would involve app
development, alpha and beta testing stages.
During this period content like wallpapers,
ringtones, themes etc. will be produced in-
house.
The development phase would take 3 months
during which the collaborators will be trained
customizing content based on user needs.
36. DISCLAIMER
This presentation was created by Karthik Prasad,
BITS Pilani Goa, as part of a marketing internship
under Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.