HomeAdvisor Expands Its Instant Booking Marketplace to Integrate with Apple iCloud, Microsoft Outlook, mHelpDesk, ServiceTitan and MarketSharp

GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 22, 2016

"This announcement demonstrates our continued commitment to provide the best experience for homeowners to book home services," said Brandon Ridenour, CTO of HomeAdvisor. "Our Instant Booking Marketplace – a marketplace that will drive one million transactions since the launch last year - is unparalleled in the home services category and the momentum we are building is remarkable."  

With HomeAdvisor Instant Booking, users simply click on a "Book Now" button to schedule appointments on demand for more than 500 types of home projects, from plumbing to remodeling to landscaping. HomeAdvisor is the first and only digital home services marketplace to provide an API to integrate with existing digital calendar ecosystems.

"Our philosophy when we built this technology was to make it easy for service professionals to participate in our Instant Booking marketplace," continued Ridenour. "One approach we see competitors taking is to build their own platform and force participation in their ecosystem. We believe the smarter approach is to let businesses keep their current digital calendaring functions and allow for seamless integration into our marketplace."

Professionals in the HomeAdvisor prescreened network must pass a rigorous criminal and financial background screening prior to being accepted into the exclusive network. In addition to the Instant Booking marketplace, homeowners can also find pros using HomeAdvisor's ProFinder, Pro Reviews and Instant Connect. In the past 12 months, HomeAdvisor has received over 11 million project requests from homeowners to find a prescreened service professional and will drive an estimated $40 billion of gross marketplace transactions through its marketplace this year.

For more information, visit HomeAdvisor.com.

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