ConfirmTkt’s customers benefit from Simpl’s seamless, convenient and secure checkout payment option

BENGALURU, 10^th AUGUST, 2022 (GPN):  Simpl, India’s foremost checkout network, has announced a partnership with ConfirmTkt to simplify payments. Through this alliance, Simpl will enable convenient digital payments to ConfirmTkt’s vast customer base, empowering them to plan their train travel better.

The collaboration between Simpl and ConfirmTkt is unique since both companies have products specifically tailored for the Indian market with its distinctive characteristics: customers’ need for convenience, simplicity, ease of use, and speed. ConfirmTkt is a B2C distribution platform for IRCTC for rail bookings in India, with its USP built around predicting confirmation chances for waitlisted tickets and giving alternate travel and train recommendations.

“We are proud to partner with ConfirmTkt. The increase in travel activity, whether for leisure or business, is expected to boost the revenues of multiple mobility modes, especially the train route, still considered one of the most popular and common modes of travel in India. What’s interesting is that Simpl and ConfirmTkt share certain unique traits, i.e., a strong understanding of the Indian ecosystem and product scalability. Both products have been built to cater specifically to the needs of the Indian consumer. Together, we are focused on serving the Indian market, with the added advantage of product offerings at scale,’ said Nitya Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO, Simpl.’

A winning alliance exemplified by similarities

Simpl offers a cardless checkout network with innovative products such as 1-click checkout and Pay-in-3. The latest collaboration with ConfirmTkt further strengthens Simpl’s robust partner network of over 20,000 merchants. Simpl’s tech capabilities in the digital payments realm find valuable application across diverse product categories, including lifestyle, beauty, fitness, apparel, foods, and mobility.

 

New-age digital payments meets mass mobility

The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital payments and contactless payments, especially within the tourism and travel Industry. People are more confident about traveling by booking tickets using digital payment options as it provides a flexible, secure, and streamlined process to complete their end transactions.

Commenting on the partnership, Sripad Vaidya, Co-founder & COO, Confirmtkt said, “We are excited to join hands with Simpl to provide a seamless experience of online travel ticket booking to our valued customers. We hope our partnership will promote a safe, convenient, and improved travel experience for all rail passengers.”

Adding depth to train travel

It’s well known that the Indian Railways is the preferred choice of travel by the vast majority of people even today. ConfirmTkt’s customers will greatly benefit from Simpl’s 1-click checkout for their ticket purchases without worrying about an upfront cash outflow. This would contribute to further deepening the train travel market through enhanced affordability and convenience.

About Simpl

Simpl is India’s leading checkout network meant to make payments invisible and money intelligent. It is committed to the simplification and democratisation of digital transformation in the payments space.

As India’s foremost consumer experience platform, Simpl is on a mission to empower merchants to build trusted relationships with customers, one transaction at a time. With more than 20,000 available merchants and millions of trusted users pan-India, Simpl envisions creating an inclusive digital payment experience for India that empowers and fosters trust between merchants and their customers.

Simpl proves a full-stack solution for e-commerce conversion. It enables merchants to give customers 1-click checkout, buyer protection, and a pay-later facility to allow them to feel safe and trusted when shopping online. Through Simpl, merchants can provide consumers with an easy, secure, and intuitive user experience.

About ConfirmTkt

ConfirmTkt (an ixigo group company) is a train ticket wait-list prediction and booking platform, available for Android and iOS. It aims at ensuring that users get a ‘confirmed ticket’. ConfirmTkt’s unique value proposition is built around predicting confirmation chances for waitlisted tickets and giving alternate travel and train recommendations. This is powered by the learning of seat allotment patterns on trains and machine learning algorithms built on historical data. ConfirmTkt offers a free cancellation option for train tickets so that users can get a full refund of their fare if they have a change of plans or their ticket gets waitlisted. ConfirmTkt wallet ensures that frequent travelers do not have to wait to get their refunds and hence can book their future travel earlier. It also facilitates real-time train tracking, even in the offline mode (without the internet), using the information gathered from telecom towers on the train route and user-generated information. The ConfirmTkt business was acquired by Le Travenues Technology Limited (Ixigo) in February 2021.