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Sunday, June 1, 2008

CarPeeple launches into Beta

As many of you know I work on a couple personal Web 2.0 projects in my spare time (I use that phrase loosely). Two weeks ago I officially brought CarPeeple online for testing and have started to get great feedback from some friends, families and colleagues.

The premise behind CarPeeple is an online, automotive marketplace that helps members buy, sell & manage maintenance for their cars. The uniqueness and strength of the site is the way in which it enables a network of providers to collaborate and bring quality, discounted services to the members.

I think that there is still quite a lot of room for improvement. At the moment we are working on three main enhancements: 1) Ability for members to turn car ads on/off for public display 2) Services directory that links to an enhanced service provider profile 3) Social networking integration.

Sometime in the late summer months we will be launching a printed version of our automotive guide which fully integrates with our online site. This guide will display cars for sale and service providers. It will be distributed in the Triangle NC area first.

If you have the time to test the site and list a car for sale (or shop for a car) I would greatly appreciate any feedback good or bad. I'm sure the site will morph quite a bit over the next few months as user feedback gets integrated into the newest versions.

The site can be found at www.CarPeeple.com and simply click on the "join now" icon at the top right corner to get started.

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