Electricians and Tech Support Personnel Can (Also) Work From Home
Released on: November 7, 2007, 5:25 am
Press Release Author: Yaniv Bar-Lev
Industry: Electronics
Press Release Summary: A New Internet Startup Promises to Become the Next Virtual Marketplace for Handyman and Support personnel
Press Release Body: Over the last few years working from home has become a popular trend. Most of the credit is due to the emergence of the internet. Many people found the benefits of working online from the comfort of their houses, running their own business with no superiors and flexible hours.
Until lately this privilege was deprived from handymen, electricians and technical support personnel. FixYa vowed to change that. FixYa.com - a technical support community website with over 4 Million unique visitors per month recently launched its premium technical support platform.
\"The idea is that in addition to the free community driven support services, we offer our visitors the opportunity to interact with top experts and incentivize them by offering to pay for the solution.\" Says Yaniv Bar-Lev, FixYa\'s VP of user acquisition. \"The service is 100% secure as you only get charged once you\'ve indicated that the problem was solved. Full refund is also guaranteed. This is a great way to quickly approach professionals, save time and money otherwise spent on expensive repair shops.\"
FixYa\'s community is comprised of 1,000\'s of experts and its catalog covers over 500,000 consumer products from high tech equipment such as ipods and laptops to baby strollers and watches. Many of the community\'s experts have found that the paid service enables them the luxury of working from home, solve problems at their own pace and time with no pressure or commitment. This unique platform allows the parties to communicate via chat or Q&A posts.
The service is quickly gaining popularity and the number of experts getting paid each month is rapidly growing. FixYa\'s ranking system, which enables only top experts who proved their skills in the site to participate in this program, is delivering high satisfaction rates both from experts and consumers.
About Fixya.com: Fixya.com is the new leader in tech support services. Fixya offers an online tech support community where experts and consumers meet to solve their appliance and gadgets technical problems. After recruiting initial funding from a group of private investors in 2005, Fixya raised VC capital. The company is rapidly growing and now employees 30 personnel and has offices in Tel-Aviv Israel and San Mateo California.
##### To learn more about the company and its service please visit http://www.fixya.com or send an email to info@fixya.com.