imandi.com Selects WebAppoint As Its SchedulingPartner; Multi-Year Agreement Enables imandi.com Subscribers An EasyMeans to Book Appointments.
Business/Technology Editors
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000
imandi.com, the first and largest reverse marketplace Web Site, and WebAppoint.com, Inc., the e-scheduling and management pioneer of Santa Clara, Calif., today announced a strategic partnership enabling imandi.com subscribers to schedule appointments online.
With more than one million subscribers, imandi.com connects consumers to businesses and service providers across the country. The added capabilities of WebAppoint's scheduling software allows imandi.com users a single source to quickly and efficiently find a business or service provider and schedule an appointment with them.
"Offering our subscribers an easy means to schedule appointments is critically important to our long-term customer support strategy," says Raghav Kher, chief executive officer (CEO) and co-founder of imandi.com. "Our partnership with WebAppoint will bring tremendous benefits to imandi customers, saving time scheduling service appointments and streamlining the entire merchant search process."
Log onto imandi.com, Find a Business, Schedule An Appointment
Since its inception, imandi.com has established a new category of e-commerce -- the reverse marketplace. With its reverse marketplace that includes hundreds of product and service categories, customers fill out an online form detailing what they want, and imandi.com connects them with merchants across the country that can meet their specifications and vie for their business.
After reviewing the ratings of those merchants, consumers select which merchants they want to contact directly. Or, they can use the WebAppoint e-scheduling and management service. WebAppoint sends out automatically generated voice reminders of appointments or automatically generated FAX-based appointment requests.
"We expect that our agreement with imandi.com will enhance and simplify its subscribers' online shopping experience," remarks Daniel Levitt, president and CEO at WebAppoint. "We're delighted to be an integral part of the imandi.com reverse marketplace."
More information about imandi.com can be found at its Web Site: http://www.imandi.com. Further details on WebAppoint's online appointment scheduling and management products can be found at its Web Site: http://www.webappoint.com.
