SINGAPORE, 17 JANUARY 2014 – PropertyGuru, Singapore’s #1 online property portal took home Gold for Best App/Content By A Media Owner for its AgentNet App.
More than 16,000 property sales professionals subscribe to PropertyGuru’s AgentNet app which includes a suite of online marketing tools. Real estate agents can post and re-post listings, add floorplans and images to drive page views and build their own customised profile page and website. Since inception in 2011, AgentNet App has seen 65,450 downloads and 1.6 million page views
Steve Melhuish, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PropertyGuru reflects on the latest accolades haul: “Innovation is central to rolling out mobile apps that cater to the best user-experience with the latest information availability in real time. We are delighted to get such great recognition for our commitment to helping Singaporeans make better property decisions.”
Our mobile statistics have enjoyed record growth. To date, PropertyGuru has launched 16 apps which are available in 4 countries including Singapore. These apps have logged 1.4 million downloads to date and contribute 30 percent of total page views and 56 percent of total traffic in Singapore.
As the PropertyGuru brand continues to entrench its leadership position in Singapore and the region, we will continue to focus on cutting-edge mobile technology research and development.”
PropertyGuru also picked up Bronze for Best Direct Response Campaign for Consumer App and recognition for Best User Experience in mobile marketing for AgentNet App.
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adam@propertyguru.com.sgAbout usPropertyGuru Group is Asia’s leading online property portal group used by almost 11 million property buyers, viewing over 89 million property pages and generating over 350,000 enquiries for real estate developer and agent advertisers – every month. Headquartered in Singapore, PropertyGuru was founded in 2006 by 2 entrepreneurs with a vision to simplify the property search process and help buyers, sellers and investors make better property decisions faster. Taking advantage of Asia’s growing affluence, property demand and online explosion, it received its first VC investment funding in 2008 and most recently secured approximately $60m investment in 2012 from Deutsche Telekom, South East Asia’s largest digital investment to date. Since its launch, PropertyGuru has reported rapid growth and most recently announced a record 96% increase in revenue, 60% increase in internet users and 50% increase in paying agent advertisers to over 24,000 – in 2012.
STEVE MELHUISH, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, PROPERTYGURUSteve is an award-winning entrepreneur. For the last two decades, Steve built profitable companies throughout Asia and Europe and in 2006 along with his partner Jani Rautiainen, founded PropertyGuru Group. Under the auspices of this newly established holding group, PropertyGuru.com.sg was started with the aim of providing a one-stop online shop for the listing and sale of residential properties to individual and institutional home buyers and investors respectively. Prior to Steve’s current role, he held executive positions in various venture capital firms including Skype, AOL, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Extreme Media, iPass and Ariadne Capital. In all, Steve’s expertise in leading global teams resulted in a US$500 million turnover for a business unit for Cable & Wireless. In 2007, Steve was awarded the Spirit of Enterprise Award, in recognition of his contributions to entrepreneurship in Singapore. Steve is a non-executive director for two other firms, an angel investor and member of the Business Angels Network South East Asia.