CommonFloor.com - The Best Housing and Interior Website

CommonFloor.com declared ‘Best Housing and Interior Website’ by MetrixLab

Bangalore. December 30, 2011: CommonFloor.com, a pioneering online portal that combines property search with apartment management services, has been declared as the ‘Best Website’ in the ‘Housing and Interior’ category according to a recent survey conducted by MetrixLab, one of world’s leading market research companies.

The Website of the Year (India) award is an online people's choice initiative by MetrixLab. The yearly initiative saw 264 websites nominations across 22 categories and more than 15,000 votes were cast by netizens, based on which the winners were arrived at. In each category there were two prizes to be won. The title 'Best Website' was awarded to a website with the highest average score on content, navigation, design and recommendation likelihood, while the title 'Most Popular Website' was provided to the one with the highest number of votes. Commonfloor has won this award owing to its voluminous database for properties including detailed descriptions, proper maps, pictures by owners / users as well as easy navigation and strong area-wise recommendation.

Launched in 2007 by Sumit Jain, Lalit Mangal and Vikas Malpani, Commonfloor.com is an innovative online solution that addresses a person’s complete residential requirements. The objective behind setting up Commonfloor is to make an apartment buyer / owner’s life easier by bringing him to a common platform where he can interact with others like himself and avail services which would help solve his problems. The portal is committed to become a one-stop destination for home seekers, residents, association members and service providers.

Commonfloor helps different stake holders in real estate market in different ways. On one hand, it helps apartment seekers identify the right apartment to rent / buy, interact with dealers as well as owners and collect relevant information about a property, thereby helping him make a decision. On the other hand, Commonfloor helps apartment owners connect with buyers / tenants / agents and for agents and builders, Commonfloor helps in providing relevant and accurate information about the property to prospective buyers / tenants.

On the apartment management front, Commonfloor acts as a tool to computerize the community management processes and leverage the internet to discuss issues and share information through e-mails and SMS. Commonfloor also acts as a sourcing and marketing channel for property agents, developers, service providers, brands and businesses to offer their services to the relevant target audience in apartments, in a non-intrusive manner. 

Vikas Malpani, Head, Marketing & Communities at Commonfloor.com said, “We are honored and happy that our effort towards providing a unified platform for all kinds of realty requirements has been recognized. This is proof that we have been able to understand the needs of our different customer-sets and have created a successful portal which is a one stop shop for a person’s residential requirements. We see a great opportunity in this market going forward and believe that, as pioneers in this space, we are perfectly placed to avail it.”

About Commonfloor.com

Launched in 2007 by Sumit Jain, Lalit Mangal and Vikas Malpani, Commonfloor.com, is an innovative online service that combines property search, apartment management and vendor management and caters to a person’s complete residential requirements. From searching for an apartment to facilitating interactions within an apartment community on the ‘common floor’ platform, to connecting one to relevant service providers, the portal is dedicated to meeting all aspects of consumers’ needs around their home. Commonfloor is currently present in 105 cities and has over 28,000 communities listed with it, which constitutes more than 25 Lakh homes. The company has been funded by Accel Partners.

To know more about Commonfloor, please visit: http://www.commonfloor.com

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Jewellry tops online product sales

The Indian e-commerce sector is getting a good response from rural and Tier-III cities, Sharat Digumarti, head (operations), eBay India said at the launch of the eBay India census 2010 at Hyderabad.

"Jewellry is the largest selling product online and every four minutes a jewellry piece is sold in India. The purchasing trend is different according to geographical areas. Consumers in rural towns prefer to purchase dress materials, while the Tier-II and Tier-III consumers prefer to buy Sarees, whereas in metros, it’s designer wear,” he said.

In India, eBay India has over 2.5 million registered users and over 3,296 eCommerce hubs across 2,471 cities. It operates in 28 countries and seven Union territories. The company has started its India operation in 1995 and currently has six lakh listings under 2,000 categories for the Indian consumers.

The overall Indian eCommerce market in 2007 the last time they had published, it was Rs 9,200 crore and it was projected a 30 per cent year-on-year growth.

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IIT Roorkee Alumni Dinner on 19th June 2010 - Bangalore Chapter

Folks, going back to college is a desire for most of us and would want provided an opportunity. However, we rarely hesitate to go back in memories of the good old days when we sit together in a group of 2 or more. The larger the merrier.

So let us come together and celebrate the togetherness, for the first time in 2010. A dinner hosted at a place, that will allow us to bond and break into laughters, on the silly but the ever happier memories, which are better halves have listened to umpteen number of times and have started wondering on our sense of humor. For those, coming out of Roorkee in recent years, a time to bond and gel keeping aside the rut you suddenly fell into after college. Let the youth and experience meet and break the boundaries, wherein, we could talk about the good old serenity and keep pace with the changes necessitated in developments with the passage of time.

Date and Time : Sunday, 27th of June, 6 PM - 10 PM
Venue: Country Club, Outer ring road

Kaggadaspur RWA meeting on 10th April 2010

The KRWA meeting was hosted by Mr. Sakith, Harsha Pride Apartments, organized by Mr. Umashankar & promoted by CommonFloor

Voting is not just your right but a responsibility too.

The BBMP elections are here finally! Get ready to elect your Ward Corporator on coming Sunday - 28th March 2010, and play your role in improving the governance in Bangalore.

Janaagraha’s Jaagte Raho! campaign has teamed up with CommonFloor to ensure all residents of Bangalore go out and vote for these all important elections, which will affect our quality of lives on a day-to-day basis!

Click here to take the pledge to vote now!!!

In order to vote in these elections, your name must be on the voter’s list.
• If you were registered to vote for 2009 Loksabha elections, check the voter list click here.
• If you registered recently (after May 2009), check the latest supplement at the office of your Revenue Officer (RO). Click here for to find the address.

Please remember that your name must be on the voter list for you to cast your vote whether you have a voter ID card or not. If you haven’t been issued a voter ID card, you can vote with any other valid photo ID card.

In case you wish to BE THE CHANGE, you can run an effective door-to-door campaign in your own society / neighbourhood, and ensure that all your neighbours go out and vote in these elections!

Download our guide to organize a neighbourhood door-to-door drive.

To volunteer with Jaagte Raho! campaign or for further details, call at (080) 41277105.

Voting is just not your right but also a responsibility and you must cast your vote.

Trip to DevanDurga Temple Hills, Bangalore

Last but not the least

Life is too short

Life is too short
Grudges are a perfect waste of happiness
Laugh when you can
Apologize when you should
And let go off what you can't change.

Love deeply and forgive quickly
Take chances and give it everything
And have no regrets
Life is too short to be unhappy
You have to take the good with the bad

Love what you got
And always remember what you had
Always forgive but never forget
Learn from your mistakes
But never regret

People change and things go wrong,
But always remember
Life goes On!