{"id":8539,"date":"2018-12-31T18:04:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T12:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/?p=8539"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T06:58:57","slug":"instamojo-2018-a-look-back-at-the-year-that-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/instamojo-2018-a-look-back-at-the-year-that-was\/","title":{"rendered":"Instamojo 2018: A Look Back at the Year That Was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2018 was quite eventful. India didn&#8217;t just inaugurate the world&#8217;s tallest statue &#8211; the Statue of Unity &#8211; but also tackled its first post-GST budget. Meanwhile, at Instamojo, we were building, resizing, re-packaging, and re-emphasizing what we stood for. <strong>A milestone year for Instamojo, 2018 has been special in many ways.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a small snapshot of what we did this year:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8541 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Infographic_final-03-1.png\" alt=\"Instamojo 2018\" width=\"961\" height=\"4602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Infographic_final-03-1-768x3678.png 768w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Infographic_final-03-1-214x1024.png 214w, https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Infographic_final-03-1-960x4597.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 961px) 100vw, 961px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In August, we unveiled our brand new identity and hosted our first ever press conference &#8211; mojoCon. Last year, we set up the plan to become a full-stack platform for businesses. This year, we were able to launch two brand new products &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/ecommerce-shipping\/?utm_source=imblog&amp;utm_medium=interlink&amp;utm_campaign=shipping\">mojoXpress eCommerce shipping<\/a> and mojoCapital &#8211; A shipping product and working capital product, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Did you catch us on the radio? We not only had our first radio campaign but also our first outdoor branding campaign in 2 major tier II cities &#8211; Jaipur &amp; Ahmedabad. Watching our billboards go up was a proud moment.<\/p>\n<p>We not only managed to give our\u00a0platform a new look but also built some valuable tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instamojo.com\/smart-links\/?utm_source=imblog&amp;utm_medium=interlink&amp;utm_campaign=smart_links\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Smart Links<\/span><\/a>, added a new payment mode on our payment form &#8211; NEFT, and even put together an email tool to help 600,000+ businesses with their marketing needs.<\/p>\n<p>At Instamojo, our customers are at the core of our business. We have some very inspiring entrepreneurs on our platform. We started a new YouTube series to bring their\u00a0unique stories to the world. 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