Sellers’ top-choice online marketplaces
In an EcommerceBytes survey of more than 7,200 online sellers, 16 marketplaces were rated for the profit each brought the seller, the site’s customer service and communication, and whether the seller would recommend the marketplace to others.
Amazon took top honors, though second-place Ruby Lane was the seller favorite in the areas of customer service and communication. Merchants chose Bonanza as the easiest to use, though that was Craigslist’s best feature too, they reported. Overall, Craigslist didn’t fare all that well, coming in number Continue reading
The buzz on campus; new site for academics, new record for graduate searches.
Warwick University launched Jobs.ac.uk 14 years ago, since when it has become a leading academic recruitment site for institutions both in the U.K. and abroad. Now it has added a recruiter site promising users detailed information on reach and demographics and incorporating a CV database powered by Madgex’ CV Search and Match.
Carl Freelove, Marketing Officer at jobs.ac.uk observes that; “The improved design and navigation, CV Search functionality and additional content about our services will help recruiters to make more informed buying decisions when it comes to recruiting the very best jobseekers”.
Elsewhere in academia the news from Milkround suggests that job-hunting graduates are turning to the site in droves – or more precisely by some 20 per cent on November 2010. An ABC audit shows visits up by 107,027 to 536,257
AutoTrader.com IPO possible, report says
Bloomberg News must love AutoTrader.com or have real good sources who talk about the company — because for the second time in a month, Bloomberg is reporting about a potential sale or IPO of AutoTrader.com, which is majority-owned by Cox Enterprises.
In a report Saturday quoting “a person with knowledge of the discussions,” Bloomberg said AutoTrader.com might take advantage of the hot market both for cars and for Internet stock offerings to go public. However, the report hedged by saying the discussions are “in early stages and the owners could decide against a deal.” No timetable for an IPO was given.
Reports about a potential AutoTrader.com IPO are nothing new; we first covered the possibility last March. At the time, AutoTrader.com CEO Chip Perry told the AIM Group: “We don’t talk about that – no decisions have been made. It’s up to our owners.”
Providence Equity Partners owns a 25 percent stake in the company. Last month, Bloomberg reported that AutoTrader.com might be on a “wish list” of acquisitions developed by Yahoo.
Apartments.com aids Chicago homeless
Kevin Doyle, SVP, GM Apartments.com presents check to Ed Shurna, exec director, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
An Apartments.com spokesperson just told us that in its hometown of Chicago, Ill. more than 100,000 people were homeless in 2011, and in the US 3.5 million are homeless. So, Apartments.com solicited nationwide participation and greater attention through its “Raising Awareness. Taking Action: A Campaign to Help End Homelessness” Facebook initiative.
As part of the campaign, Apartments.com promised to donate $1 to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless for every new “LIKE” it received on Facebook from November 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011. February 2 Apartments.com SVP and GM Kevin Doyle presented a check for $15,000 to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Continue reading
RentGeek reads your mind, filters apartments
Here’s a nifty business model for a property-listing site that we haven’t seen before. RentGeek, a Canadian startup, filters the apartments and homes it presents by asking you to fill in an online questionnaire. We gave it a spin in Vancouver.
RentGeek asked for our age, gender, marital status, number of kids, income (we skipped that one), type of property we’re interested in, how we get around (this being Vancouver, “car sharing” was an option), pets, where we eat (at home or in restaurants), whether we work out or do yoga (we made ourselves sound a little buffer than maybe we actually are), what kind of coffee we drink, what we do on Friday nights (clubbing it or movie at home?) and, of course, how much we are willing to spend.
We were then presented with three communities, each with a Google Map and recommended properties. You can see how your survey affected the rankings; review a demographic breakdown according to the 2006 Canadian census; and check out a number of “hip” reviews of the neighborhoods by locals (we tried to chat with them, but RentGeek is not a real estate/dating site, at least not yet).
All in all, the experience was easy and we left with the feeling that RentGeek kind of did read our minds, even if it was all just algorithms. It’s certainly a model worth considering stateside.
Jobsite Group becomes Evenbase
Evenbase is the new name for A & N Media’s stable of recruitment sites and technology providers – a collection previously known as the Jobsite Group. The move is part of building a B2B entity with global aspirations and according to Strategy Development Director Felix Wetzel the Jobsite name is being played down as part of “transforming from a job board business to a recruitment business.”
Wetzel explains that the new name minimizes confusion between the B2C job board offer and the group’s wider strategy. There is a hint here as to what that is since Wetzel notes that the new name “avoids being limited by geography, sector or topicality” suggesting that Evenbase’s sights are set on markets beyond the U.K.
The Evenbase stable includes Jobsite but also niche and vertical job boards such as Oilcareers, NHS Jobs and multi-posting software provider Broadbean all of which will be organized as four business units each with a Managing Director. Those units are Job Boards (MD Mike Wall), Business Solutions (under Heather Wozniak), Software (based on Broadbean and run by Dan Martin and Kelly Robinson), and New Ventures (MD Ray Duggins).
All of these units will report to Keith Potts who moves from Group MD to CEO of Evenbase, a role change that will see his priorities shift from operations to strategy.
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