Here’s an app definitely not designed for me: a new social nightlife app called Qlubbr. Made by a Singapore startup who launched the app last week, it focuses on gigs, festivals, and clubs. It helps users discover nightlife events in Singapore, and should prove to be useful for barflies and clubbers in the country. Yes, Facebook has events and Foursquare has listings, but this is the kind of dedicated app that you’d turn to when it’s time to go out for the night.
Qlubbr co-founder Sherizan Sheikh tells us that the app was inspired by the success of Swedish-made Vamos. All the events within Qlubbr are approved and curated by the team, and they’re keen to connect with more event organizers and club owners so as to build up the database.
Right now, the app is for iPhone only, but an Android version is on track to be launched in June.
In a city with such great nightlife, it’s inevitable that Qlubbr is not the first to do this, and I notice that another local startup has created the GoinOut app, and New York-based Buy Me a Drink has expanded to Singapore (not that I’ve used either). So there’s plenty of competition for this newcomer.
Sherizan says that, aside from Singapore, the app has been generating early interest in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, and some parts of Thailand. Those are possible areas of expansion for the Qlubbr team.
The social clubbing app is free, so the big idea for the startup going forward lies in promotions and even e-commerce. Sherizan explains:
We have plans to focus on event organizers to create and promote their events within Qlubbr platform which leads to us to handling ticket sales. But that’s in the future.
Try out the Qlubbr iPhone app in the App Store.
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