Carafun Gives Info on Events and Movies Showing in Cinemas

Its presence in Indonesia as a cinema ticket booking service is not new. Carafun which has been established since 2015, claims to have more than 168 thousand users as of August 2016. Carafun provides information on film schedules on the three largest cinema networks in Indonesia (Cinema 21, CGVBlitz and Cinemaxx Theater) and various entertainment events. To expand its services, Carafun is preparing ticket services for events in various cities in Indonesia. Carafun is now available for platforms Android and iOS.

Judging from the type of service and the appearance of the application, Carafun not much different from similar services, such as Goers and BookMyShow.

“One of the advantages of Carafun is its completeness. In Carafun users can find info on cinema showtimes and events as well. If a similar application only displays certain types of events, we display a complete variety of events plus the latest film news," said Carafun Co-Founder Indra Wijaya Saputra to DailySocial.

In 2016, Carafun plans to release new features that will include ticket sales, such as circus, music concerts, drama theater and others, along with event information. For payment, Carafun also offers Top Up and credit card options.

“Carafun gets information from each related website for film schedules and event info, and Carafun also receives information from event organizers, event organizers who want their events to be displayed at Carafun. Registration for their event at Carafun is free and can be done on the Carafun website,” said Indra.

Supported by Evouchers as investors and mentors

To run his current business Carafun who just got seed funding from angel investors. They also get mentoring and investment from Voucher, one of the players e-commerce flash sales with concept daily deal in Indonesia.

"Evoucher is one of the investors who also takes part in Carafun and moreover, Evoucher is a mentor/mentor for the relatively young Carafun team in the startup world," said Indra.

The monetization scheme that will be implemented by Carafun is in the form of collecting fees/commissions for each ticket purchase transaction. Currently, Carafun is more focused on holding promotional activities for every user of the Carafun application. Carafun targets user growth above 500 thousand in 2017 and ticket service cooperation with at least 100 entertainment events in various cities in Indonesia.

"I believe the extraordinary healthy growth of smartphone users in Indonesia opens up opportunities for improving the quality of services that can be provided by entertainment service providers in Indonesia, especially in online services through mobile applications," concluded Indra.