Oneflare acquires Australia's largest online renovations community
Announcement posted by Oneflare 23 Jul 2014
Sydney, Australia, July 2014 - Online home services marketplace Oneflare today announced it has acquired Renovate Forum, Australia’s largest online renovation community, home to over 40,000 members.
Renovate Forum is the largest and most established go-to community for renovators seeking advice and expert opinion for home improvement jobs.
The free forum of over 40,000 members, has over half a million visits every month, and houses hundreds of threads with questions, ideas, inspiration, and common mistakes.
The acquisition means members of Renovate Forum will now be able to better connect with Oneflare’s competitive marketplace of over 45,000 certified tradespeople, vastly improving the offering of both platforms.
Marcus Lim, Founder and CEO of Oneflare, said the acquisition of Renovate Forum marked an exciting new direction for the startup.
“Renovate Forum taps into the same industry as Oneflare, but in a completely different way. It complements what we are currently doing and enriches the experience of users of both sites.
“Oneflare is all about connecting customers with home services businesses. Renovate Forum takes our model one step further by allowing and encouraging our customers to start conversations with each other. In the past, we have lacked the social community aspect to our site. Today’s announcement enriches the experience of users of both sites.
“Tradies also have free access to Renovate Forum and can easily jump into any conversation with their professional opinion and advice.
“This nationwide home services community is set to completely disrupt the industry -- a far cry from the days of the yellow pages.”
Oneflare is a startup changing the way customers look for service providers, with a free platform to post a job request and let professionals bid for the work. Aussies no longer need to spend hours searching the internet and chasing the best quote.
$50 million worth of jobs have been requested on Oneflare, and there are currently tens of thousands of service providers registered on the site including accounting, building, catering, computers, legal services, pest and weed control and renovations, to name a few.