Second Porch Launches Porchlight Premium Listing
Fast Growing Vacation Home Renting and Trading Social Media Application Now Features Last Minute Availability Promotion, HomeAway™ Connect Calendar, Property Manager Support and More
Portland, Oregon (October 2009) — Second Porch, the first
vacation home renting and trading Web application built on Facebook,
today announces its new Porchlight Premium Listing. Since its launch
last month, Second Porch’s growth has been exponential as customers
discover its safe and easy way to promote their vacation homes to
friends, friends of friends and, optionally, everyone in Facebook. In
order to maximize the value of the expanding home listings, the company
is offering additional promotional features for an annual fee of $99.
The Porchlight Premium Listings have just been released and are
complimentary for the first 100 customers who enroll. The added
features include:
About Second Porch:
Second Porch is a new Facebook application that helps vacation homeowners overcome the biggest barriers to marketing their properties — trust and the fear of renting to strangers. Second Porch users can search for homes based on location, budget, recommendations, amenities, and—most importantly — their relationship to the owner. Second Porch's attractive, easy-to-use design allows users to display property photos, information, and updates on their profile pages. Travelers can also choose to "follow" a property, which allows them to bookmark the home listing and receive updates. They can view or discuss homes their friends are following or have recommended, and decide if they want to follow those homes as well.
Second Porch integrates with Facebook's wall stream messaging, which allows friends to discover their friends' vacation rental homes (and the application) through updates, photos, and teasers. Simple to use filters help users to find homes using standard lodging features, including rate, number of bedrooms, and location; along with unique filters for relationships and whether available for rent or trade.
HomeAway Connect is a trademark of HomeAway.com, Inc., and VRBO is copyright of VRBO.com Inc.
Media Contacts
Brent Hieggelke
Tel: 503-702-3547
brent@secondporch.com
- Vanity URLs — Instead of a serial number, bring your home’s URL to life with a branded URL such as property/vailgetaway or property/beachfrontcabin.
- Last Minute Availability Alerts — Someone cancelled at the last second? Not a problem with these alerts, that are placed directly on the search maps. In addition, your property is featured below the map for any searches near your area.
- Add Multiple External Links — Link to your property’s Web site, another Facebook page, a VRBO© listing, your FLICKR or Picassa photo albums, or even a YouTube video.
- Integrate Your HomeAway™ Connect or VRBO© Calendar automatically — Show your availability right on your property page where guests cannot miss it. Second Porch will automatically sync with your HomeAway Connect (formerly rentors.org) calendar daily which powers VRBO and other HomeAway sites.
- Property Manager Support — Automatically route inquiries to your property manager for fast handling and copy yourself. Property Managers can list up to 10 properties under their account, and also get exposure as the property manager for multiple homes.
About Second Porch:
Second Porch is a new Facebook application that helps vacation homeowners overcome the biggest barriers to marketing their properties — trust and the fear of renting to strangers. Second Porch users can search for homes based on location, budget, recommendations, amenities, and—most importantly — their relationship to the owner. Second Porch's attractive, easy-to-use design allows users to display property photos, information, and updates on their profile pages. Travelers can also choose to "follow" a property, which allows them to bookmark the home listing and receive updates. They can view or discuss homes their friends are following or have recommended, and decide if they want to follow those homes as well.
Second Porch integrates with Facebook's wall stream messaging, which allows friends to discover their friends' vacation rental homes (and the application) through updates, photos, and teasers. Simple to use filters help users to find homes using standard lodging features, including rate, number of bedrooms, and location; along with unique filters for relationships and whether available for rent or trade.
HomeAway Connect is a trademark of HomeAway.com, Inc., and VRBO is copyright of VRBO.com Inc.
Media Contacts
Brent Hieggelke
Tel: 503-702-3547
brent@secondporch.com