Services marketplace LocalOye has launched 12 India-wide services under its ‘Pan India Online Service Category’. These services include online astrology, fitness, legal, depression, career and relationship counselling and consulting. LocalOye claims to have over 100 certified and verified partners who will be able to service 600 requests daily. As of now, this category seems app only. It has also appointed Bharati Balakrishnan as the Chief Business Officer. It claims that from 200 service requests every day in April, it has scaled to 3,500 requests daily in August. LocalOye will also invest in technology and onboarding partners. It saw high traffic from Tier I and II cities for these online services and the company plans to launch 10 more online services in the next 3 months. Last month, we reported that LocalOye, which went mobile only in April, seemed to have changed its mind and was available on desktop again. The company had previously said that around half of its 20,000 customers came from the mobile app organically, without advertisement. However, it looks like the startup underestimated the influence web/desktop users had on its traffic, and went to reinstate its desktop website. Interestingly, the roll out wasn’t a complete roll out as such. Not all services bookable via its app could be booked on the website. As of now, the website offers 13 services, including AC repair, fridge repair, pest control, tiffin services, beauty at home etc., while the app features an additional 30 services. The app also lets users track…
