Fixy Ties Up with QuikrServices

Business Wire India

• To facilitate on demand handyman services like plumbing, electrical and carpentry
• Fixy will extend these services to Quikr consumers across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane region

Fixy, an on-demand home maintenance services startup from Mumbai, today announced that it has tied up with QuikrServices, a services vertical of Quikr, India’s No.1 cross-category classified business.

Through this partnership, Fixy will exclusively facilitate on-demand fixing services like plumbing, electrical and carpentry to Quikr’s consumers across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane region.

Commenting on the partnership PD Sundar, Head of QuikrServices said, “Fixy has a great team of skilled technicians and their services would add ease to the lives of consumers on our platform.  The cross-category nature of our platform has tremendous reach and will allow Fixy to focus on its core offerings instead of having to worry about consumer acquisition.”

“Fixy is a rapidly growing home service provider while Quikr is a market leading brand, through this partnership we are excited to share our expertise with Quikr consumers in the on-demand home services space,” added Tufayl Merchant, Co-founder, Fixy.

QuikrServices is aimed at bridging the gap between the offline local home services ecosystem and online demand for the same. It provides consumers easy access to reliable service providers across sub-categories such as home, travel, financial, health, fitness, beauty and event services.
 
Founded by twin co-founders Tufayl and Nabeel Merchant, Fixy’s forte lies in offering solutions to some of the everyday problems faced by households. By helping customers find trusted professionals for household services, like electrician, carpenter, plumber or appliance care, Fixy offers its customers a holistic home maintenance experience. Additionally, they also provide services like sanitisation of the mattress, sofa shampooing and deep cleaning of each room of the house.

About Quikr

Quikr is India’s leading cross-category classifieds platform that is used by over 30 million unique users a month. It is present in 1000 cities in India and operates in over 12 categories that include mobile phones, household goods, cars, real estate, jobs, services and education. Quikr operates across desktop, laptop and mobile phones, and allows consumers as well as small businesses to sell, buy, rent and find things across its multiple categories with great ease. Quikr’s investors include Warburg Pincus, Kinnevik, Tiger Global Management, Matrix Partners India, Norwest Venture Partners, Nokia Growth Partners, Steadview Capital, Omidyar Network, Ebay Inc.
 
About Fixy

‘Fixy’, is an on-demand home maintenance services start-up from Mumbai. With the use of technology and innovation, twin co-founders, Nabeel Merchant and Tufayl Merchant are addressing some of the everyday hassles faced by the residents and corporates. Fixy aims to be the best in class on demand home maintenance service provider by professionalising the handyman & the retail cleaning business. In the month of August 2015, Fixy raised undisclosed funds from the investors behind OYO rooms. 

Photo Caption: Nabeel & Tufayl Merchant