Vistaprint has launched Vistamobi, a tool that helps small businesses build responsive design mobile sites. The mobile site builder is free to use and is built for speed for low bandwidth environments to serve emerging markets in South Asia and Southeast Asia – including Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and India.
Some of the key features include contact forms, tap-to-call, maps, photo galleries, and a simple SEO tool to help sites built by Vistamobi to be easily discovered. Vistamobi has so far launched in Indonesia for about a month and has gained early traction mainly from spas, restaurants, and furniture shops in Jakarta.
The only drawback is that users can’t use their own domain name yet. Right now, users are stuck with Vistamobi.com (like doctor.vistamobi.com) but that should be solved soon. Other than that, Vistamobi looks like a sweet deal for businesses to get a free mobile site. It will remain free to use while churning out new and improved features since the company’s current priority is gaining users.
Parent company Vistaprint (NASDAQ:VPRT) helps small and medium businesses (SMBs) with their marketing needs (business cards, web design, brochures, etc). It should have the relevant database of users to help put business owners online. With a high mobile penetration rate in emerging markets, Vistamobi believes that a mobile-first tool serving SMBs will be of great help in this region.
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