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{{Short description|Media company}}
{{orphan|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Getit Infoservices Private Limited
| logo = Askmelogo.jpg
| logocaption =
| screenshot =
| collapsible = Yes
| collapsetext = Screenshot
| caption =
| url = {{URL|http://www.askmegrocery.com/}}<br /> {{URL|http://www.askmepay.com/}}<br /> {{URL|http://www.askme.com/}}
| commercial = Yes
| company_type = Private
| industry = internet
| services = Online shopping, Online Grocery, mobile payments, Local search engine
| website_type = [[E-commerce]], [[E-Wallet]], [[Grocery]], [[Local search (Internet)|Local search]]
| subsid = Getit Stores, Getit Grocery, Getit E-wallet, Mebelkart
| num_employees = 3000 plus
| area_served = India
| owner =
| current_status = Defunct
}}
'''Getit''' is a directional media company based in [[India]]. Its services included e-wallet, e-commerce, [[Grocers Supply|grocery]] delivery, local search, yellow pages, white pages directories, classified media, and tele-information services. The company operated in 56 cities across India and provided services through print, voice, online, and mobile platforms.<ref name="o441">{{cite web | title=Getit launches new directory edition | website=The Times of India | date=2003-06-03 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/getit-launches-new-directory-edition/articleshow/2595.cms | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref><ref name="p946">{{cite web | title=CM releases GETIT telephone directory | website=The Times of India | date=2000-12-30 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/cm-releases-getit-telephone-directory/articleshow/1285081368.cms | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref><ref name="p623">{{cite web | title=Getit Infomedia plans foray into overseas markets | website=The Economic Times | date=2013-06-26 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/getit-infomedia-plans-foray-into-overseas-markets/articleshow/20781813.cms | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>

The company became involved in [[Law|legal]] proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal concerning disputes among shareholders, including Sanjeev Gupta (former Managing Director) and Astro Entertainment Network Ltd. The cases involve matters related to shareholder disagreements and financial settlements.<ref name="et">{{cite news|title=Getit eyes Rs 500 crore turnover by 2015; to expand across India |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-10-16/news/30286279_1_private-equity-public-offer-south-india |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103085226/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-10-16/news/30286279_1_private-equity-public-offer-south-india |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=16 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="i016">{{cite web | last1=Jayasimha | first1=Shreyas | last2=Naganand | first2=Kamala | title=Dispute Resolution and M&A and Criminalisation of Civil Disputes | website=Lexology | date=2021-09-27 | url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=7059e8c2-9861-4f93-b882-9248e7a1f0e0 | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref><ref name="d435">{{cite web | last=Ganguly | first=Payal | title=GETIT Infoservices seeks to buyout stake of Astro Holdings | website=The Economic Times | date=2016-06-16 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/getit-infoservices-seeks-to-buyout-stake-of-astro-holdings/articleshow/52777341.cms | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>

==History==
Getit Infoservices Private Ltd., formerly known as Getit Infomediary Ltd. /M&N Publications Ltd., introduced [[Yellow Pages]] in [[India]] under the brand name Getit Yellow Pages.

In December 2000, Getit released its telephone directory in Bangalore, which was scheduled to be distributed to all subscribers at telephone exchanges and customer service centres in January 2001.<ref name="p946"/>

By June 2003, Getit had launched the Getit Yellow Pages 2003 edition for consumer and household services, as well as industrial and commercial services.<ref>{{cite news|title=Getit launches new directory edition |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-10-16/news/30286279_1_private-equity-public-offer-south-india |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103085226/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-10-16/news/30286279_1_private-equity-public-offer-south-india |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 | work=The Times Of India | date=2011-10-16}}</ref>

In February 2013, local search and classifieds platform Getit appointed Jaspreet Bindra, a former Microsoft executive, as its new chief executive officer.<ref name="t929">{{cite web | last=K | first=Sainul | title=Local search platform Getit ropes in former Microsoft top exec Jaspreet Bindra as CEO | website=Techcircle | date=2013-02-13 | url=https://www.techcircle.in/2013/02/13/local-search-platform-getit-ropes-in-former-microsoft-top-exec-as-ceo | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>

In 2013 Astro's Getit buys Infomedia YellowPages and AskMe from the Network18 group and launched Getit Bazaar, its online marketplace.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Astro's Getit buys Infomedia Yellow Pages & AskMe - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/astros-getit-buys-infomedia-yellow-pages-askme-49983.html |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media |date=28 February 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="p623">{{cite web | title=Getit Infomedia plans foray into overseas markets | website=The Economic Times | date=2013-06-26 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/getit-infomedia-plans-foray-into-overseas-markets/articleshow/20781813.cms | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>

In 2016, Getit Infoservices Private Ltd [[Struggle|struggled]] to pay [[employee]] [[Salary|salaries]] and dues to [[Vendor|vendors]]. The financial strain arose amid disputes between the management and [[majority]] [[Stakeholder (corporate)|stakeholder]] Astro Entertainment Network Ltd., which accused Getit of excessive spending on brand marketing without sufficient returns. According to reports, Getit's management claimed that increased expenditures were approved by Astro to boost company valuation and that funding was expected to continue through early 2016.<ref name="y871">{{cite web | title=Profile: AskMe's Sanjiv Gupta earlier helmed bankrupt ABCL | website=Moneycontrol | date=2016-10-04 | url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/profile-askmes-sanjiv-gupta-earlier-helmed-bankrupt-abcl-959705.html | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>

Later Astro announced to exit the Indian market by selling its stake in Getit and threatened shutdown if key issues were not resolved. This prompted legal intervention, with the National Company Law Tribunal stepping in to issue a stay on the closure of Getit's operations, and company's unresolved financial liabilities.<ref name="t502">{{cite web | last=Anand | first=Shambhavi | title=NCLT stops Getit from shutting AskMe Bazaar, AskMe Grocery and Mebelkart | website=ETRetail.com | date=2016-08-30 | url=https://retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/e-commerce/e-tailing/nclt-stops-getit-from-shutting-askme-bazaar-askme-grocery-and-mebelkart/53928172 | access-date=2025-10-30}}</ref>

==References==
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