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Qapacity is a web based platform that helps small business owners or freelancers promote their services online. The application was launched in February 2009 and now http://qapacity.com is already the web home of more than 2500 professionals from all over the world.
The Novelty of Qapacity lays in the mix: an online service directory built on personal reviews and a fast way to add services to it, free website hosting, an easy to use site-editor and a bunch of social media savvy tools that make self-promotion less complicated.
In the context of the economical crisis, with more and more people being forced to find new ways of reaching business opportunities, Qapacity tries to come up with a solution: learn how to market yourself and how to make yourself more visible on the web. Also, for people looking for particular services, Qapacity aims to be the place to visit when making a decision of contracting a professional over another: unlike the Yellow Pages, the most visible user in the directory is not the one with the bigger add, is the one with the higher ratings and with the best user-reviews.
The app is build in such a manner that creating a website does not require any technical skills, the website and the services people add are well optimized for search engines and the whole user-user interaction is kept as simple as "send a message". Also, a Qapacity profile is easy to synchronize with social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
The team behind Qapacity
Qapacity is the product of a small, international team of entrepreneurs, coders and geeks, working from a sunny office in Barcelona, Spain. They are Julián Lerer, Tomy Pelluz, Lasse Johnsen, Sergio Gago, Ina Ghita and Daniel Parming. Julián Lerer & Tomy Pelluz, the founders of Qapacity, have previously managed Neurona -the "Spanish Linkedin", with 1.5 million users, which was sold to the German XING AG. In 2007.
The reaction of the technology bloggers
“ Qapacity: A More Social Home for Your Small Business. ”Jennifer Van Grove for Mashable http://mashable.com/
“ Whether you're looking to promote your own services, find a trustworthy provider, or find a partner for collaboration, any tool that provides meaningful connections with minimal investment is going to be useful, and Qapacity definitely accomplishes that goal. ”Darrell Etherington for Web Worker Daily
http://webworkerdaily.com/
“ It is a good source for ratings, links, and traffic. ” Claye Stokes, New Shoe Media http://www.newshoemedia.com/
Contact
Telephone: +34 931 858 150
E-mail: press@qapacity.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/
Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/
Web: http://qapacity.com
Address:
Qapacity
c/Bruc 91, bajos
08009 Barcelona
Spain
