1. AIM To bomb as many people as possible by simply sending an SMS to a shortcode. Each successful bombing (when a victim has received the SMSBomb) earns you points based on rules of the game. The player with the highest points stands to win an exciting prize at the end of a pre-defined period (1 week or month etc.). Typical game play To Bomb a friend, the user just needs to SMS - “ Bomb <victim number> <personal message>” to the shortcode. Example - “Bomb 9341416999 Have you tried this?” Similarly, the user can use various keywords to check score, set a nick name which will appear on the internet portal, remove himself from the game etc. www.veritytech.com Page 1/9
2. User Experience – Simple and easy to use www.veritytech.com Page 2/9 Bomber Victim
3. Unique game plays – creating “sticky-ness” www.veritytech.com Page 3/9 +20 -10 Using a “secret” keyword eg. Sponsor brand name -5 0 Victim has fled +20 0 Victim bombed for the first time ever -5 0 Victim is injured +2 -1 Regular bombing +15 -5 Every 20 th bomb sent today +6 -3 Victim bombed first time today Bomber’s Points Victim’s Points Situation
4. Other Keywords – increased interactivity “ Nick” – To set a nick name which will be used on the portal to display leader boards “ Bodycount” – To get current score “ Flee” – To leave the game. No one can bomb this number anymore. “ Join” – To return to the game if desired. “ Injured” – To stop all bombings to this number for the current day only. “ Healed” – To reverse the “Injured” keyword action. “ Bombcount” – To get number of bombings done today. “ Help” – To get a list of keywords. www.veritytech.com Page 4/9
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6. Estimated increase in revenue per user Prospective number of players 10,000,000 (All SMS enabled phones) x Expected base to play (%) .5 % (very pessimistic %age) Unique players 50,000 (.5 % of subscriber base) Avg. bombings/user/month 60 (based on just 2 per day by each player) TOTAL SMS generated per month 30 Lakhs (60 messages x 50,000 players) Least price of premium SMS 2.00 (Rs.2 per SMS sent to the shortcode) TOTAL REVENUE GENERATED Rs. 60 Lakhs (Rs.2 x 30 Lakh SMS per month) Additional revenue from : Pull SMS using other keywords (eg score, nickname etc.) Advertisement on each SMS can be included by a sponsor (eg. Powered by ….) Advertisement on portal by a sponsor (eg. Ad banner) www.veritytech.com Page 6/9
7. Option of 3 business models Option 1 – One time product buy Carrier pays one time upfront for software license to Verity, and deploys the service Option 2 – Revenue share Carrier shares per SMS revenue with Verity periodically Option 3 – One time + Revenue share Carrier pays smaller amount upfront to Verity along with per SMS revenue share periodically At an additional cost, Verity can host and manage the service end-to-end by just using the carriers short code. www.veritytech.com Page 7/9
8. Technical details We are interested…but what does it take to deploy it? The service is a small footprint software which is platform independent requiring just a Java application server. The SMS received from the game must be directed to this server component via HTTP. The server component will then push an SMS (via HTTP) to the victim if required. A database is used to store data of all users. Flexible to use any RDBMS. Extensive logging is maintained to generate MIS reports and to troubleshoot. All keywords and point structures are easily configurable. The portal is also a Java application which must be hosted on a public domain. Extensive technical manuals are provided for installation and trouble shooting. Do we need to constantly maintain it? Once deployed and functional, there is no need for any maintenance. www.veritytech.com Page 8/9