MappingBird is a service to help people bookmark physical locations within 5 seconds while doing travel planning, and can view saved places on the go. It won the 3rd place winner of Seedstars Taipei 2015. Service introduction: https://youtu.be/duNx4yt2Y_w The press link: http://2015.seedstarsworld.com/event/seedstars-taipei-2015/

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A Bookmark Service To Remember Places For Later
Sep. 20, 2015

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Introduction of MappingBird
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The pitch deck of 3rd Place Winner of
Press link: http://2015.seedstarsworld.com/event/seedstars-taipei-2015/

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1.1 billion
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people have traveled abroad in 2014

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Over 65% of travelers
began researching online
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Traveler’s Experience Journey Map
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Fuzzy Search Gather & Book Organise & Plan Bring While On-the-Go

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Gather & Book Organise & Plan
The Real Pain Point
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Emotion
Positive
Negative
Here is painful!
Bring While On-the-GoFuzzy Search

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It requires at least 14 steps for only saving 1 places on map with notes.
Waste of Time for Saving Places
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One-stop service to eliminate tool-switching.
What Are Competitor’s Solutions
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60% travelers use search engines as travel planning sources
One-stop Service Doesn’t Work
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Top 10 online sources used in travel planning
Search engines
15 30 45 60
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Hotel sites/apps
Online travel agency
Airline sites/apps
Map sites/apps
Travel review sites/apps
Travel search sites/apps
Destination-specific sites/apps
Social networking sites/apps
Car rental sites/apps 12.5 25 37.5 50
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One-stop Service Doesn’t Work
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- Expedia Media Solutions
Travelers made 38 visits to
travel sites before purchasing
the vacation package.
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Click
macys.com
Zappos.com surffanatics.com Altrec.com
Buckle.comswimoutlet.comAmazon.com
Search
Yahoo - Referral to Expedia.com -
Visited flight &
Naples -
Florida.com
Naples.comVisitFlorida.com
Naplesgov.co
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Visited package
path
About.com Ask.com
Addonreviews.
com
Everlast.comshopeverlast.com
Dickssporting
Goods.com
Yahoo - Referral to
Cheaptickets.com
- Visited flight
Travel
DMO Weather
Retail

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Let users save places from ANY websites thru “Browser Extension”
MappingBird’s Solution
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Fuzzy Search Organise & Plan Bring While On-the-GoGather & Book

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Let users save places from ANY websites thru “Browser Extension”
MappingBird’s Solution
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Gather & Book One-click To Save
(through Chrome Extension)
Plan and Review

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How It Works
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Roadmap
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Solve user’s problem
One-click
To Save
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Reviews & ratings
from different
Recommendation
Engage user and increase stickiness
Open Data Integration
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Submit travel plan to agents for
customized mini-tour.
Day tour with experts
Get Profits
O2O Services Integration
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After saving itinerary on your phone, internet access is still a big issue.
So, we offer “Offline maps”
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Download offline map
Click “Download offline map” Confirm to purchase the map Download your map
Access all information
even disconnected
Payment process
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Offline maps

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1. Commission of selling customized mini-tour
package
2. Commission of selling day tour from
independent tour guide
3. Paid offline maps
4. License places data to 3rd-party partners
Revenue Streams
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6 experienced experts from different domains.
Team Members
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v
10 years
Android Dev.
Howard Hsiao
v
8+ years
UI designer
Ivan Wei
v
6 years
Database Dev.
Eric Yang
v
4 years
Front-end Dev.
Huei Tan
v
6 years
Back-end Dev.
Hill Hung
v
7+ years
UX designer
James Liu