Nepal’s leading internet service provider Dish Home has launched a ‘virtual privilege card’ to provide customers with lifestyle-related services. The company claims that it’s the first-of-its-kind service from an ISP in Nepal to make customers’ life more convenient. Here, we take a closer look at what it is what services its customers will get and more.
What is the Dish Home “Virtual Privilege Card” service?
The Virtual Privilege Card of Dish Home is a new service that gives customers access to services relating to education, restaurants, skin care, wellness centers, etc. It’s a value differentiation approach from the DTH turned ISP. At the moment, the company is cooperating with various service providers to launch the service effectively for its customers.
Through this service, the company seeks to bring more convenience to the customers’ daily lives. Also, by looking at the kind of services being offered, you can argue that it’s a remarkably different approach from an ISP to its customers. So far, Vianet has been the first to bring in many internet-related services in Nepal. This time, the Virtual Privilege Card marks something new from the ISP.
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How do you use it?
You can use the Dish Home app to access the Virtual Privilege Card services. As the name applies, it’s a completely virtual service and subscribers can find it on the Dish Home app. According to the company, the card provides customers with up to 25% discount, which can be used for various companies’ services under the Privilege Card services.
“Dish Home is committed to not just providing exceptional digital entertainment and internet services, but also meaningful value in everyday life,” said the company’s CEO Mr. Tara Manandhar. “With this virtual Privilege Card, we are creating a lifestyle ecosystem where our customers receive additional advantages for being part of the Dish Home family.”
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What Services will be offered?
As stated above, the virtual privilege card will provide discounts and more on numerous services to the customers of of the ISP. Below is the list of those services but that’s not limited to them only:
- Hotels
- Cafes
- Restaurants
- Hospitals
- Educational Institutions
- Skincare And Wellness Centers
- Fitness Clubs
- Mobile Accessories
- Electronics Outlets
- Home Appliances, Shopping Malls
- Automobile Showrooms, etc.
Dish Home says that in its first phase, it has brought cooperated with 10 brands to provide card subscribers privileged services at their 35 outlets. The plan is to expand the service from across 100 brands, the company shares.
Dish Home Virtual Privilege Card services
Here are the outlets where Dish Home privilege card service offers special discount facilities.
| SN | Brand / Outlet | Location |
| 1 | Burger House and Crunchy Fried Chicken | Designated outlets |
| 2 | Siddhartha Hospitality Group (Hotel, Resort, Cottage, Restaurant ra Cafe) | Mahendranagar, Surkhet, Chisapani, Bhairahawa, Sauraha (Chitwan), Chumlingtar (Chitwan), Bauddha (Kathmandu), Nepalgunj, Birtamod, Narayangadh, Butwal, Tikapur (Kailali), Sundhara (Kathmandu), Nuwakot, Damauli, Tinkune, Lalitpur, Purano Baneshwor, Dhamboji (Nepalgunj), Manmohan (Kathmandu), Maharajgunj |
| 3 | Hotel Le Himalaya | Kathmandu |
| 4 | Lakeside Retreat | Pokhara |
| 5 | Ila Comfort Hotels and Resorts | Harkapur, Maulakali, Baglung |
| 6 | Melung Thakali | Sabai Outlet |
| 7 | Sake and Feng Restaurant | Kathmandu |
| 8 | Lumbini Cable Car | Butwal |
| 9 | Maulakali Cable Car | Gaindakot, Chitwan |
| 10 | Achar Ghar | Kamalpokhari, Kupanol |
You can get discounts at the above outlets by showing your ‘privilege card’ on Dish Home mobile app.
Dish Home is one of Nepal’s leading ISPs with near-countrywide coverage. The company boasts over 3.56 lakh customers across the country according to the latest NTA report.
How do you feel about this new approach and service that will be available under this undertaking? Do share your opinion in the comment below.
