Features of Paytm App

• 24 September 2019 | 2646 Views | By Mint2Save

Paytm – an app with more than a hundred million downloads and having more than 10 million active users daily is one of India’s premier apps and the face of startup industries as well. A billion-dollar unicorn Paytm is not just an app for payments, it is an everything app, it strives to be what WeChat and Alibaba are in China. It wants to be the “all in one app” for all Indians, once you have the Paytm app you don’t need anything else. The company is slowly moving towards its goal so let’s explore some of the lesser-known features of Paytm that you might not know about:

1. eBay on Paytm

Yes, eBay Store is on Paytm now! Remember how eBay had sold its India operations to Flipkart and picked up a minority stake in the e-commerce company in exchange. The deal wasn’t at all successful and eBay planned to return to India. Paytm grabbed this opportunity and gave eBay a store inside its own app, making eBay instantly accessible to hundreds of millions of Indians on a touch of a button! You can order anything from around the world through eBay, making this deal a win-win situation for both Paytm and eBay where the former got international products on its app while the latter got accessibility to millions of Indians.

2. Buy vehicles on Paytm

Yes, you read it right, Paytm is not just for your daily shopping needs and appliances, you can buy your choice of two-wheelers or even four-wheelers as well! Paytm has partnered with different automobile manufacturers to provide vehicles on its own platform and you can order your favourite ride of choice on Paytm and instantly pick them up from your nearest dealer, making shopping for cars or even motorcycles on a click!

3. Play games on Paytm

Not just for payments or shopping, you can even play fun games on Paytm like rummy, jelly crush, wheel of fortune, etc. This was introduced by Paytm around six months back to increase the average user time on its app!

4. Deals

After the acquisition of Littl app, Paytm integrated all of the company’s deals inside its own app, bringing all the restaurant, salon and fitness deals in Paytm. So the next time you go to a restaurant or a salon make sure to checkout Paytm before paying for the bill and win cashback and save money!

5. Buying Gold

When you can buy almost everything on Paytm then why would precious metals be left behind?! Paytm has partnered with MMTC where you can buy gold according to your budget, for as low as one rupee, are you can even instruct to an auto-buy specific amount or gram worth of gold every month as an investment from your side. The gold you buy is security placed in a locker and can be delivered to you on your instructions. A user can also sell the gold which has been brought on Paytm instantly. What’s more? when you transact through Paytm then you get “Goldback”, which is essentially a specific amount of gold as a bonus which is deposited in your account instead of cashback!

6. Experiences

Travelling to a new city and curious to find out what it has to offer? Fear not! Paytm is here to make sure you experience the best of what the city has to offer, just go on to the experiences tab in Paytm and select the city and you will find the whole range of exciting adventures this city has an offer for you, you can directly buy a ticket or a pass to that adventure from Paytm and get cashback on it as well!

7. Test series

Students, rejoice! Now you can buy your preferred set of test series from Paytm, no need to go anywhere or search on Google, just go to Paytm app and under the test series tab you will find all the major test series listed in Paytm, click on the one which you want to enrol into, select the option and pay for it. Voila! You are instantly enrolled in your favourite test series, exam preparations could never have been easier!

8. Brand Vouchers

Frequently visiting your favourite shopping stores in the mall but not getting any great deals? Paytm comes to your rescue, with brand vouchers on Paytm you can buy vouchers for the amount of your favourite outlet and pay using those vouchers on the outlet. How does that help you in saving money? Well on every voucher you get cashback and tons of deals which can be used later on the Paytm app. So, go ahead, explore the brand vouchers section where you can buy vouchers for Brand Factory, Lifestyle, Shoppers Stop, Kalyan Jewellers, BigBasket, Uber, etc.

9. Apartment bills

Living in a residential society and paying all the monthly maintenance fees, membership fees, etc is always a hassle. With Paytm it has never been simpler than this! Just enter your city and choose your residential society, enter your flat details and pay your bill. Although it takes around 24 hours for the society to confirm your bill payment it’s all worth it where you don’t have to go anywhere from the comfort of your home!

10. Moviepass

Are you a big movie buff? Do you watch every movie as soon as it releases? If the answer to the above questions is Yes, then the Paytm movie pass is a perfect choice for you. Moviepass is a deal voucher by Paytm whereby purchasing it you get 100% cashback on your next 4 movies, the voucher is valid for 30 days from the date of purchase, so it’s only practical for cinema lovers. But nevertheless, a great strategy to keep moviegoers loyal to your own platform!

11. LIC premium payments

Paytm has partnered with one of the largest insurance companies in the country to provide premium payments to its users in a jiffy! No more going to LIC office for contacting your agent to pay your LIC premium. Just enter your policy number on Paytm and the amount of premium that you have to pay and you are done.

Know any more of the features which you think we don’t know, tell us in the comments below! Share this article to help your friends know what all they can do with just one app that they already use!