An earthquake alarm will sound once it detects vibration and though it may provide a false sense of safety as it’s not guaranteed to save your life as much as to signal for evacuation, Akshay Sthapit, owner of harilo.com, the popular web portal through which the alarm can also be ordered is thankful for the one he has installed in his house. In light of the 5.7 earthquake on the Richter scale that hit western Nepal in April this year, he says, “I´m happy to say that my EQ alarm went off even though nothing else in the house shook”.
Link: http://bit.ly/riHdTS
"People are buying goods from Harilo.com because the same item is more expensive in the local market... challenge for the company is to make customers aware of the immense range of items available on sites such as Amazon.com as most people [in Nepal] are not exposed to the range of products and services on international portals".
Link: http://bit.ly/pcWUCK
Check it out! Harilo was covered in Saptahik today.
Check it out! Harilo was covered in a Korean magazine today. For those with an iPad you can download the original magazine here http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/episode/id401413450?mt=8 and a preview of the article is at http://www.scribd.com/doc/55857142/harilo
"Through them you can purchase in Nepalese currency from any store in the US that sells online".
"Harilo's business model and services are changing the way Nepalis and expats shop and receive goods from abroad. The process is simple and accessible, even to those without a credit card."
Feature > Home shopping made easy
"Sad because your cousins in America didn't send the latest videogame you wanted? Don't worry, shop online from harilo.com and get anything you want from retailers in USA."
By : Leah Olson
Link: http://www.living.com.np/feature_detail.php?a_id=315
What a crazy past two days. Yesterday we were featured in Nagarik and today Harilo had its first TV interview ever with Mountain TV! Sneaked a pic of our very own Akshay getting interviewed :)
"I was chatting with a pal of mine (in person, for a change) who works for Neoteric Nepal here in the Valley. I asked him, “So what’s new in Nepal right now?” He’s an Apple dude, so his reply was a bit predictable. “I just ordered a Magic Trackpad on Harilo.”
Harilo? I covered that website in a previous Tech Talk, and if you caught that review, you should remember that Harilo is a new Nepali website that allows you to order anything online from the States, and get it delivered to your KTM front door..."
Link: http://theweek.myrepublica.com/details.php?news_id=26243
