April 28, 2008

TomTom SatNav Support

Filed under: Articles & Blogs,Partnerships — Anthony Eskinazi @ 2:53 pm

TomTomWe receive many feature requests of which some we can do quickly, some are great ideas but will take us a while to implement and some shall we say `insane` recommendations.

Fortunately, one of our most frequently requested features was the ability to add parking space locations to a Satellite Navigation system.

Now, once a booking has been confirmed you will be greeted by a very friendly looking Add to Tom Tom button. Simply click on the button to interact with your installed TomTom navigation software.

We hope to add support to other Satellite navigation devices shortly.

Thanks and keep sending us your suggestions and feature requests,
Your GPS enabled ParkatmyHouse.com Team


April 25, 2008

ParkEx 2008 – Our first exhibition

Filed under: Partnerships,Story — Anthony Eskinazi @ 11:15 am

BPAFrom 23rd – 24th April ParkatmyHouse.com exhibited at ParkEx, Europe’s largest dedicated parking event.

Now let me just say that this was a new experience for us! We were not there to discuss the differences between Pay and Display machines in Newcastle and London or the material used for penalty charge notices. Nor were we there to get excited about the new techniques parking enforcement agencies were using to make us pay up and although a rather more exciting conference was going on next door (an event planning conference with champagne fountains, celebrity look-a-likes, model agencies and sushi tasting experiences) our aim was to increase awareness of ParkatmyHouse and overall the two days were a big success.

We talked to a number of interesting companies, both large and small and we look forward to working with a number of them in the future. If you were one of the unlucky ones and didn’t attend ParkEx and would like to talk to us about potential partnership opportunities please get in touch.

ParkEx


ParkatmyHouse.com voted one of the UK's Top 100 Startups

Filed under: Story — Anthony Eskinazi @ 11:00 am

Startups 100

The well informed folks at Startups.co.uk have put together a list of “the UK’s most innovative, inspiring and ground-breaking new companies” and ParkatmyHouse.com has been included alongside BeatthatQuote, Yotel, Trusted Places and other up and coming new businesses.

Have a quick look at the ParkatmyHouse.com entry.

Thanks again for all your support.

The proud ParkatmyHouse.com Team


April 10, 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – now tell your side of the story

Filed under: Story,Website News — Anthony Eskinazi @ 1:03 am

Good the bad and the ugly

Firstly let me apologise to all the Clint Eastwood fans who are reading this post thinking I was going to share some secret plots or start rumours about potential sequels. For those that are die hard Clint Eastwood fans please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good,_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly for all there is to know about this great film and the great man himself.

Dealing with strangers can as the title suggests end in one of three ways:

  1. The Good – Everything goes swimmingly well and you can’t wait to see each other again in the future.
  2. The Bad – Road closures, delayed payments and minor earthquakes can all lead to frustrating experiences.
  3. The Ugly – Scratches, bumps, fisticuffs and crying babies can all lead to one of those days in which you wonder why you got out of bed.

Since the very beginning, ParkatmyHouse.com has had a feedback system in place so you can tell the rest of the ParkatmyHouse community what your experience was like with each individual or comapny you have had a booking with.

Until now, no matter what feedback you received (positive, neutral or negative), there was no way to bat your own corner and explain why a problem may have occurred.

Not anymore!

When you are looking through your feedback (by clicking on the `Feedback Received` link in your account navigation menu), you will see a small reply button Reply Button. Simply click on it to respond to any feedback previously given to you.

More improvements are on the way!

Your ultra-busy ParkatmyHouse.com Team


April 8, 2008

Exciting New Features

Filed under: Story,Website News — Anthony Eskinazi @ 12:47 am

Parking Permit

We have been listening to your comments and have implemented the following improvements:

  1. Printable booking confirmations are now e-mailed to renters once a booking has been confirmed.
  2. Parking space owners will now receive an e-mail detailing all the bookings due to start on the following day.
  3. When completing a booking, you can now specify number of spaces to be rented.
  4. We have added a new left hand side navigation menu for registered users – all the information and links you could possibly need are now much easier to find. Checking your messages, previous bookings and even signing up to free text message alerts are now only one click away.
  5. The bottom navigation menu has been expanded to include all the major sections of the website.

As always, we would love to know what you think about these improvements and how we could make things even better. Please contact us with any new suggestions.

Happy Parking!
The ParkatmyHouse.com Team


Why can't I find my parking space in Google?

Filed under: Story,Website News — Anthony Eskinazi @ 12:45 am

Google Logo
Google is a mystery to most and a saviour to others. Thankfully, all of us at ParkatmyHouse know quite a bit about getting our listings as high up the rankings as possible.

As you can imagine, everyone wants to be top… including us! We therefore spend hours and hours every week tweaking the site a little bit to make it more Google (and Yahoo, MSN etc.) friendly.

Although we are working hard, we could also do with some help.

If you or any of your close friends or family own websites or blogs, a quick mention of ParkatmyHouse.com, a link to our site and a link directly to your parking space listing or search results page will really help move your listing up the search engine ladder and help increase awareness of our funky (and very useful) service.

As an added bonus, if we really like what you’ve written, we will link to your masterpiece from the articles section of our site.

If you have any questions about linking to us, writing about us or any other aspect of our service then please contact us.

Your search engine friendly ParkatmyHouse.com Team