WEBVTT - Earn Easy Rewards with Drop App

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<v Speaker 1>A new app helps you get rewards just by signing

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<v Speaker 1>up with your bank account.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Rich Dimiro.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Rich on Tech with me today is Derek Fung.

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<v Speaker 1>He is the co founder and CEO of Drop. This

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<v Speaker 1>is an app that's kind of like a rewards program,

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<v Speaker 1>but for everything that you buy. So, Derek, thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>joining me.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh thanks for having me Rich.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just explained Drop, but you can do it

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<v Speaker 1>much better. So explain to me what Drop the app

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<v Speaker 1>is all about.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Drop is an intelligent mobile app in which you link

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<v Speaker 4>your debit and credit cards you download from the app store.

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<v Speaker 4>You link your cards and right after you link, you're

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<v Speaker 4>able to earn points with companies like Uber, Starbucks, Swarby, Parker,

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<v Speaker 4>Jet dot com. And you earn Drop points and you

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<v Speaker 4>can redeem the points directly in the app with a

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<v Speaker 4>simple press of a button. You can redeem the points

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<v Speaker 4>for Starbucks coffee, you can buy something on Amazon, you

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<v Speaker 4>can buy some you know, Duncan Donuts. There's a ton

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<v Speaker 4>out of great reward partners and it's all possible through

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<v Speaker 4>our app.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so let me get this straight.

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<v Speaker 1>So I sign up with my bank account, link those

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<v Speaker 1>and then so what I is it are the rewards

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<v Speaker 1>based on what I spend. So let's say you see

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<v Speaker 1>that I bought something at Starbucks, Yeah, five dollars yep.

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<v Speaker 2>Do I get points based on that?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>So both the offers you have on the platform and

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<v Speaker 4>also the rewards are targeted to the consumer based on

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<v Speaker 4>what they want, you know, where they spend, and what

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<v Speaker 4>brands that they like. But I'd say that the rewards

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<v Speaker 4>are very you know, mainstream companies like Starbucks in which

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<v Speaker 4>consumers are you know, spending at every single day. So

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<v Speaker 4>something as simple as a coffee to something as extravagant

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<v Speaker 4>as a flight with you know, American Airlines, which is

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<v Speaker 4>another one of our rewards partners.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, I probably need to spend a lot to do that.

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<v Speaker 1>So if I'm so, am I getting a reward for

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<v Speaker 1>Starbucks for spending at Starbucks?

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<v Speaker 2>Or am I getting rewards?

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<v Speaker 1>Like let's say I go to like Abercrombie and Fitch

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<v Speaker 1>and buy fifty dollars worth? Do I get then to

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<v Speaker 1>redeem that towards a Starbucks gift card?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? It's a crossword platforms, So think of drop points

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<v Speaker 4>as a currency.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a very open ecosystem.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not closed off like some of the other programs

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<v Speaker 4>out there that sort of you know, try to lead you.

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<v Speaker 3>To spend with specific stores.

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<v Speaker 4>Like we really are trying to build a very open

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<v Speaker 4>network in which you can earn it, you know, by

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<v Speaker 4>taking ubers.

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<v Speaker 3>You can earn.

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<v Speaker 4>Points from you know, traveling and you can use them

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<v Speaker 4>on coffee, or you can earn points on coffee and use.

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<v Speaker 3>It for a nice T shirt.

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<v Speaker 4>And so it's a really you know, flexible model that

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<v Speaker 4>we've built.

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<v Speaker 1>And I earn points based on the places I spend

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<v Speaker 1>that if you have a deal with those places, like

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<v Speaker 1>basically that's where I'm going to earn.

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<v Speaker 3>Those points exactly exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's everything from spending to even you could walk

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<v Speaker 4>your dog and earn points. With some of our partners,

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<v Speaker 4>you can you know try out orby Parker Sunglasses and

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<v Speaker 4>so whether you've spent there before or not. Like we're

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<v Speaker 4>essentially driving consumers to really engage with a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>these really neat and and you know new age brands

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<v Speaker 4>that we've partnered with like to just really quick, easy

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<v Speaker 4>to consume content and that's how we've built Drop. It's

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<v Speaker 4>like a very light touch, seamless works in the background.

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<v Speaker 4>It's literally you could even you know, you could forget

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<v Speaker 4>about it. You come back and you have points.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was gonna say, that's almost a problem for

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<v Speaker 1>you guys, that it is so set and forget, because

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<v Speaker 1>you want people to come back to your app for

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<v Speaker 1>two reasons a too ce Like I'm assuming there's like

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<v Speaker 1>bonus offers where you can get like more points if

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<v Speaker 1>you do something that's sort of targeted from one of

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<v Speaker 1>your advertisers, or you want to see how many points

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<v Speaker 1>you have.

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<v Speaker 2>So those are the two reasons.

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<v Speaker 3>You might come back to the app, right, Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 4>So we understand that you know, the simplicity could even work,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, has worked against us, and we want consumers

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<v Speaker 4>to keep coming back. So what do everything from the

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<v Speaker 4>standard notifications and email, But we're actually rolling at a

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<v Speaker 4>really neat feature which which will involve video and influences

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<v Speaker 4>within drop to pull consumers back into the app and

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<v Speaker 4>really you know, they'll be talking about the products and

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<v Speaker 4>the brands that we showcase and it'll be done through video.

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<v Speaker 4>And I think a big movement we saw in twenty

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<v Speaker 4>seventeen was you know, HQ Trivia obviously was a big hit,

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<v Speaker 4>and it really showed that these consumer. Consumers are hungry

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<v Speaker 4>for new ways to consume content to spend, and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>they want quick and there's there's a major what we

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<v Speaker 4>call fomo where it can you know, oh, all my

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<v Speaker 4>friends are on this app and they're all opening at

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<v Speaker 4>the same time. I think there's a lot of opportunities

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<v Speaker 4>for new tech companies to really explore these new ways

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<v Speaker 4>to engage consumers, and I think it'll be you know,

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<v Speaker 4>exciting for us as we roll out some of these

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<v Speaker 4>new features this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Who is your competition? Is it punch cards? Is it Starbucks'

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<v Speaker 1>own loyalty program?

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<v Speaker 2>What's Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's a combination of.

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<v Speaker 4>Retailers and the Starbucks of the world, as you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 4>having their own programs, and as a consumer, I think

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<v Speaker 4>we're just competing for mindshare. I think as a consumer

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<v Speaker 4>there's like only so many apps you can have on

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<v Speaker 4>your phone. There's only so many points programs you can

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<v Speaker 4>spend time trying to figure.

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<v Speaker 3>Out and maximize.

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<v Speaker 4>I think so it's a combination of both the retailer's

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<v Speaker 4>proprietary programs and also credit card programs. But the beauty

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<v Speaker 4>of Drop is we're built on top of that and

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<v Speaker 4>you can double dip you can triple dip. I think

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<v Speaker 4>ultimately it's just getting that time from the consumer that's

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<v Speaker 4>becoming so important.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Starbucks one of your can I get points for Starbucks?

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<v Speaker 1>You can get points for Starbucks and you can so

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<v Speaker 1>I can get points from Starbucks at their program Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>gold Stars, what if they call it? I get points

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<v Speaker 1>on your program on drop and then on my credit

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<v Speaker 1>card spending the money at Starbucks, I get triple dip.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's triple triple? Is that as far as I

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<v Speaker 1>can go? Is there any more than the triple There may.

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<v Speaker 4>Be some secret Easter egg out you know, secrets out there,

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<v Speaker 4>but that's the that's the big triple dip.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And tell me about redemption of these rewards. I know

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<v Speaker 1>we kind of went into that a little bit. But

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<v Speaker 1>so I build up what certain amount of points, A

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<v Speaker 1>thousand points.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, a thousand points is a dollar and the first

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<v Speaker 4>the lowest reward you can get is a five dollars

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<v Speaker 4>at Starbucks. And so where we've built the program very

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<v Speaker 4>differently is a lot of the bigger main strea in

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<v Speaker 4>programs actually they want consumers to save up because a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of times consumers they don't want consumers to redeem.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a concept called breakage in the loyalty industry, and

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<v Speaker 4>we send to ourselves, Hey, if we're gonna create a

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<v Speaker 4>an app and a product that's consumer centric, then we

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<v Speaker 4>don't want breakage. We want consumers very quickly to redeem

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<v Speaker 4>and get that first for board. So once you get

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<v Speaker 4>to five thousand points, then you can redeem your first Starbucks.

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<v Speaker 4>You can get to that first five thousand points by

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<v Speaker 4>spending you know, every dollar you can earn points with

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<v Speaker 4>with retailers, retailers like Loomingdale's or Forever twenty one or

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<v Speaker 4>even Warby Parker, or you can try out some of

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<v Speaker 4>these new services.

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<v Speaker 3>So oh, you know, try a Casper, or sign.

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<v Speaker 4>Up for Harry's Razors, or try out this new wag

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<v Speaker 4>walk your dog and you'll get doing you know, twenty

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<v Speaker 4>dollars worth a points, fifty dollars worth the points. A

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<v Speaker 4>lot of the financial services companies, instead of spending money

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<v Speaker 4>on Facebook ads, they'll give us, you know, they'll they'll

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<v Speaker 4>work with us and you'll see an offer. Oh, try

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<v Speaker 4>out this new Capital one credit card and earn you know,

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<v Speaker 4>over one hundred dollars worth a point. So it ranges,

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<v Speaker 4>but you can get there, you know, really really quickly.

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<v Speaker 4>You can also invite your friends, and there's other ways

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<v Speaker 4>certain points as well in the platform.

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<v Speaker 1>And you said you were number two in the app

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<v Speaker 1>store at some point. Yeah, I looked at the app store.

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<v Speaker 1>You have thousands of ratings. Yeah, I mean lots and lots,

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<v Speaker 1>so clearly people are using this. I mean that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty impressive. Are you impressed at the success?

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<v Speaker 3>Again?

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<v Speaker 4>I think to myself, like, there's it's a no brainer.

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<v Speaker 4>Why would a consumer not want to use the product?

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<v Speaker 4>And I think, as I said before, the biggest challenge

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<v Speaker 4>is there's just so much noise out there.

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<v Speaker 3>There's so many apps.

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<v Speaker 4>Consumers are deleting apps at a more rapid rate than

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<v Speaker 4>ever before. So I think it's just that that much

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<v Speaker 4>more important to stay relevant. And we believe that to

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<v Speaker 4>really stay relevant as a you know, direct to consumer

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<v Speaker 4>brand these days is just to be transparent. Tell them

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<v Speaker 4>up front, hey, you're exchanging your data and we're gonna

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<v Speaker 4>provide you value. And it's really you know, building a lifestyle,

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<v Speaker 4>lifestyle company, a lifestyle brand that resonates with them, that

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<v Speaker 4>they can experience every single day, and and you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's it's a very well well used saying, but it's

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<v Speaker 4>this concept of oh, millennials want experiences. So hey, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to just redeem for you know, a

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<v Speaker 4>gift card. Let's let's have more aspirational rewards. And we're

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<v Speaker 4>working on a ton of both aspirational rewards and also

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<v Speaker 4>status and VIP. So imagine you show your Drop app

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<v Speaker 4>and you get you know, whether it's line bypass or

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<v Speaker 4>access to special lounges. And so that's the direction that

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<v Speaker 4>we're really trying to head in twenty eighteen and onwards.

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<v Speaker 2>You can do a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there's so much because people love they love

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<v Speaker 1>the frequent flyer programs. They love people love loyalty programs

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<v Speaker 1>because you're a customer of a business and you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be rewarded for that.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly. The average years household is a member of over

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<v Speaker 3>twenty nine. So they love it.

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<v Speaker 4>But I think they love it too much in that

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<v Speaker 4>you know, your wallet is only so big, and so

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<v Speaker 4>I think we'll start to see a lot of concernsolidation.

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<v Speaker 4>And really we're at the epicenter of a lot of

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<v Speaker 4>that consolidation because Drop, you know, we pride ourselves in

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<v Speaker 4>cross merchant. You can spend at one place and redeem

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<v Speaker 4>it another and I think ultimately that's what the consumers want.

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<v Speaker 3>They want freedom.

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<v Speaker 2>It just made me think of two things real quick.

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<v Speaker 1>First off, I remember when all these loyalty programs started

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<v Speaker 1>taking off. I had like all of them on my keychain,

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<v Speaker 1>and so did everyone else.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and it just.

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<v Speaker 1>Became ridiculous, you know, because you'd be like, okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>And there came a point when I actually took them

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<v Speaker 1>all off and I said, you know what, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>doing this. I'm not putting all these on my key chains.

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<v Speaker 1>Is they were just taking up a ton of space.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, you can use your phone number for

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<v Speaker 1>some of them. But I think you just made me

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<v Speaker 1>think of plenty, which they tried to consolidate a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of these things.

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<v Speaker 4>But I feel like they failed in a miserable way.

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<v Speaker 4>They literally failed. They're shutting down in July. Oh, they

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<v Speaker 4>just announced that they're shutting down the program.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, because I just I mean, it was so complicated,

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<v Speaker 1>like something I do, like get gas at Exon. There's

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<v Speaker 1>no way I could ever and I get gas there

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<v Speaker 1>all the time. There's no way I could figure out

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<v Speaker 1>how to redeem or put my points or get my points,

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't scan anything. I didn't know what the number. The

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<v Speaker 1>number was like twenty five digits long. Yeah, so you

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<v Speaker 1>learn from their mistakes.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'd say, you know, we're very very familiar with plenty.

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<v Speaker 4>We were we were building our programs and looking to

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<v Speaker 4>roll out, you know, in the very similar time horizon.

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<v Speaker 4>But I think where they were very different is they

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<v Speaker 4>took the traditional approach. And the traditional approach is, hey,

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<v Speaker 4>let's find three to five what they call anchor retailers.

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<v Speaker 4>So they had Macy's, they had excellent mobile at and

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<v Speaker 4>t let's convince their cmos to you know, give up

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<v Speaker 4>half their marketing budget to replace their programs with art

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<v Speaker 4>with you know whatever we're pitching them, and let's convince

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<v Speaker 4>them to allow.

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<v Speaker 3>Us to put signage in stores.

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<v Speaker 4>And for the consumer, it's confusing and you're you're limited

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<v Speaker 4>by and they have exclusivity, so you can only have

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<v Speaker 4>one gas station, one this retailer, one pharmacy that right

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<v Speaker 4>aid and they went the traditional card approach, and I

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<v Speaker 4>think it was just confusing. I think the challenge with

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<v Speaker 4>them too is such big retailers and as I said before,

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<v Speaker 4>like a lot of these financial institutions oftentimes have these

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<v Speaker 4>relationships already built with these retailers, whereby it's hard for

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<v Speaker 4>them to build a truly consumer centric model because you

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<v Speaker 4>have all these merchants saying, oh, but what about what

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<v Speaker 4>what about us?

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<v Speaker 3>What about ask? We like, we want to get our

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<v Speaker 3>email out to the base.

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<v Speaker 4>So it's just a very tough model that has worked

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<v Speaker 4>in other countries around the world. But I think why

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<v Speaker 4>it didn't really take off in the US is it's

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<v Speaker 4>so fragmented as well. You won't find as many you know,

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<v Speaker 4>write aids on the West Coast as the East, or

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<v Speaker 4>vice versa, or you know, there's just so many different

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<v Speaker 4>types of these grossers and retailers that it's very hard

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<v Speaker 4>to scale.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're a Verizon customer and AT and T is

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<v Speaker 1>one of their main you know, uh, you know programs,

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<v Speaker 1>you're just like not interested at the beginning, so like,

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<v Speaker 1>we're not going to earn all those points for exactly

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<v Speaker 1>from Verizon.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So what's the website? How do I find

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<v Speaker 2>the app?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh? Earn withdrop dot com.

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<v Speaker 4>But the easiest way really is just to pull up

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<v Speaker 4>in the pull up in the app store, type and

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<v Speaker 4>D will be the first one download link your cards,

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<v Speaker 4>start earning points in minutes and redeem your points in

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<v Speaker 4>days and even the same.

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<v Speaker 3>Day if you want.

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<v Speaker 4>And the easiest way to do that is just invite

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<v Speaker 4>your friends on the on the platform and you can

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<v Speaker 4>earn points for referring friends as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Nice Android and iOS.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, the app is named drop and so I can

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<v Speaker 1>get the points I've got that.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I link more than one bank account.

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<v Speaker 1>As many courages as you want? Okay, so you can

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<v Speaker 1>link credit and credit Okay, all right. Derek Funk, co

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<v Speaker 1>founder and CEO of Drop, thanks so much for joining

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<v Speaker 1>me again. The website is earn with drop dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much for listening. I'll put a link to

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<v Speaker 1>that on my website. Rich on tech dot tv, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Rich Murro.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll talk to you real soon.