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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox dot-com company
|name = BIGADDA
|owner = [[Reliance Entertainment]]
|company_type = [[Subsidiary]]
|foundation = 2007
|location_city = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mumbai]]
|location_country = [[India]]
|key_people = {{flagicon|IND}} Rajesh Sawhney, President
|url = {{URL|http://www.bigadda.com/}}
|registration = Required
|launch_date = August 2007
|current_status = Inactive since 2011<ref name="intoday.in">{{cite web|url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/bigadda-closes-social-networking/1/16798.html|title=Reliance closes its social network website Bigadda|work=intoday.in}}</ref>
|language = [[English language|English]]
|advertising = [[Google]], [[AdSense]], Proprietary
|website_type = [[Social network service]]
}}

'''BIGADDA''' was an Indian [[electronic commerce|e-commerce]] [[website]] owned by [[Reliance Entertainment]], part of the [[Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group]]. The site was a social network site.

BIGADDA claimed that the top 20 cities account for 45% users from within India while 40% of the users come from Tier III cities like [[Tuticorin]], [[Bhilai]], [[Amritsar]], [[Guwahati]], [[Surat]], [[Nasik]].<ref name="Bigadda3mn">{{cite news
|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/BigAddas_userbase_above_3_mn_mark/articleshow/3701081.cms
|publisher=[[The Economic Times]]
|title=BIGADDA's userbase crosses three million mark
|last=
|first=
|date=2008-11-11
|accessdate=2009-06-12
}}</ref>

[[Dataquest]], a popular IT journal also featured BIGADDA along with sites like IndyaRocks & BharatStudent as one of the top 25 web 2.0 start-ups in India.<ref name="BigaddaTop25">{{cite news
|url=http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/2009/109050803.asp
|publisher=DataQuest
|title=Top Stories , Profiles
|date=2009-08-15
|accessdate=2009-06-12
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604235205/http://dqindia.ciol.com/content/top_stories/2009/109050803.asp
|archivedate=2009-06-04
}}</ref>

==Features==

Users could upload and share unlimited photos for free, can upload and share music, and can listen to a varied range of songs.

An application platform that was [[OpenSocial]] v0.8 compliant was provided. It included some games from [[Zapak]] (a partner site) and other applications.

Bigadda closed its operations in 2011 in the face of stiff competition from other social networking sites such as [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref name="intoday.in"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consumercourt.in/banking/93432-cheating-online-bigadda.html|title=cheating online by bigadda|work=Consumer Court|access-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402192056/http://www.consumercourt.in/banking/93432-cheating-online-bigadda.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.grahakseva.com/complaints/40737/reliance-bigadda-cheating |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054516/http://www.grahakseva.com/complaints/40737/reliance-bigadda-cheating |archive-date=8 May 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consumercomplaints.in/complaints/bigadda-alibag-raigad-maharashtra-c609076.html|title=Bigadda — Cheating in phone dealing & no after sales services during warranty period|work=consumercomplaints.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.complaintboard.in/complaints-reviews/bigadda-l143277.html|title=BIGADDA|work=complaintboard.in}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of social networking websites]]
* [[Social network]]
* [[Social software]]
* [[OpenSocial]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130718095016/http://www.bigadda.com/ Official site]

{{Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group}}

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[[Category:Companies based in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2007]]
[[Category:Reliance Group]]
[[Category:E-commerce in India]]
[[Category:2007 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Real estate companies established in 2007]]

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