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towns and cities in India. Any                “                           dashboard login. No extra markups
        person with a phone and an internet                                       are being charged to customers on
        connection can easily order forex                                         the rates or in the transaction fees.
        from ExTravelMoney.                   Customers using                     Additionally, ExTravelMoney has

        5. Rate Alerts - Customers using      ExTravelMoney                       roped in hotels, travel agencies and
        ExTravelMoney can set alerts so                                           education consultants to their B2B
        that they can be notified when a      can set alerts so                   platform, “Agent Portal”. In this
        currency they are interested in       that they can be                    programme, members of the travel
        buying reaches an exchange rate                                           industry were sought out to be
        value set by them.                    notified when a                     forex agents with extravelmoney.
        6. Locked-in Exchange Rates -         currency they                       com. They can order forex online
        When booking a forex order the                                            in lieu of travelers and students
        exchange rate at which customers      are interested in                   going abroad and thus arrange
        have booked the order will be                                             forex for them instantly and easily
        valid to them for a specific period   buying reaches                      at the best market rates.
        of time. They can further lock        an exchange rate                    The quality of service & the
        the quoted exchange rate for a                                            latest technology solution to
        maximum of up to 2 days by            value set by them                   vendors differentiates us from our
        paying a refundable rate lock fee.                                        competitors.
        7. Home Delivery of Forex - We                                            ExTravelMoney’s Strategies
        offer door pickup/delivery services                                       Identifying and solving the pain
        for forex via our par tner exchange                            “          points of our customers
        houses. For example, if a customer                                           1.   Impeccable Customer
        orders currency exchange, the        from the comfort of their home.             Service
        exchange can be made from the        All forex related processes like
        comfort of their home or office      rate enquiry, order booking, KYC        2.  Competitive Exchange
        without needing to visit the forex   sharing, ease of payment with               Rates
        vendor. The requested currency       different payment methods, quality      3.  Excelling in our niche
        will be delivered by the chosen      customer supports etc are available
        forex outlet after payment to them   under one umbrella. We educate the   Business Strategy -
        via net banking.                     customers & help them to complete    ExTravelMoney.com is much more
        8. B2B Platform (Agent Portal) -     a foreign exchange/remittance        than a forex services aggregator.
                                                                                  We are an online forex marketplace
        It is a portal for people working in   transaction within the limits      that provides solutions to both
        the travel, service and study abroad   prescribed by RBI & FEMA rules.    customers and vendors grievances.
        sector. Agents can sign up with      For vendors, we are an easy and
        ExTravelMoney and they would be  cost-effective solution for customer     Competitive Strategy - For
        provided with a customized back-     acquisition. Traditionally, the cost   vendors, extravelmoney.com
        end account. They just have to       of acquisition of customers is very   offers an easy and cost-effective
        bring leads to ExTravelMoney and     high for forex vendors. By signing   solution for customer acquisition
        for every successful conversion;     up with ExTravelMoney, this cost     and business management,
        they’ll get paid a percentage of the   becomes next to nil and they don’t   both of which are traditionally
        profit from that transaction. Using   need to bother about advertising    very high. By signing up with
        their agent account they can even    and bringing in customers as         ExTravelMoney.com, this cost
        input their own profit margins into   our platform becomes an easy        becomes next to nil and their
        the transaction.                     customer acquisition avenue for      customer acquisition becomes
        Our Clients and Forex Vendors        them. Forex vendors also get the     simple.
                                             benefit of having a useful backend
        Our clients are both our customer    platform where we share insights     Dream to Bring One-Stop
                                                                                  Solution for all Forex Needs
        and the forex vendors who have       & analytics tools such as their sales
        signed up with our platform. We      per month, cancellation reasons,     ExTravelMoney hopes to bring a
        benefit them both at the same time.  updating the status of an order,     disruption to the brick and mortar
        For customers, we are a way          and profitability etc. Vendors       state of affairs in the forex industry
                                                                                  through the power of technology.
        to search for and book the best      are quoting a rate directly to the   We want to be the one-stop solution
        forex rates in their locality easily   customers by the help of a secured


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