Vflyer

vFlyer, Inc.
Type of business Private
Available in English
Founded San Francisco, California
Headquarters San Francisco, California
Key people Aaron Sperling, CEO; Oliver Muoto, VP Marketing
Services software applications
Website www.vFlyer.com
Alexa rank Positive decrease 68,754 (April 2014)[1]
Current status active

vFlyer, Inc., operator of the vFlyer.com website, is a Web 2.0 company founded by Aaron Sperling and Oliver Muoto in 2004 and is based in San Francisco, California. The company enables online sellers and sales professionals (realtors, auto dealers, service providers, etc.) to syndicate and distribute their product or service listings to online marketplaces that include Oodle, Vast.com,[2] Google Base, Trulia, Craigslist, HotPads.com, Yahoo! Classifieds, eBay Classifieds, and others.[3]

History

vFlyer was begun as a project in 2004 by Application Park co-founder Aaron Sperling and Epicentric co-founder Oliver Muoto to allow online sellers syndicate listings to online classified ad sites. The company launched on October 2, 2006 and was featured in a New York Times article.[3]

The company has been self-funded by its two founders and has made significant inroads in the real estate community. The company was named the Most Innovative Web Service by Inman News in 2007.[4]

References

  1. "Vflyer.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. Vflyer classifieds listings
  3. 1 2 Bob Tedeschi (October 2, 2006). "Wanted: A Way to Profit by Simplifying Web Classifieds". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  4. Inman News (August 3, 2007). "Craigslist community wins Inman Innovator award". Inman News. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
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