Qapacity
Type of site | Business directory |
|---|---|
| Employees | 5 |
| Website | www.qapacity.com |
| Alexa rank |  940,423 (April 2014[update])[1] |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | February 2009 Barcelona, Spain |
| Current status | Closed (2015) |
Qapacity was a business-oriented social networking site and a business directory founded in March 2008 and launched in February 2009. Users were given a set of tools to promote their business online, to keep their clients and business partners up-to-date with their work and to reach new clients.
On April 12, 2012, Qapacity announced that it was closing. Users had until May 2, 2012 to back up data before the service completely went down. The notice was sent to users by email.
Company Information
Qapacity's founders[2] Julián Lerer and Tomy Pelluz previously managed Neurona—a business-oriented social networking site—, which was sold[3] to XING in 2007.
Qapacity is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. They are funded by Grupo Intercom.[4]
Features
Qapacity was a promotion tool dedicated to small businesses and freelancers and it included: a website builder, a service directory based on a reputation system and a social network for service providers and potential clients.[5] Qapacity also integrated social media services and sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Website Builder
Qapacity is a free website builder dedicated to small businesses and freelancers who want to promote their services online. It allows users to create, upload and embed web content (such as text, images, video, RSS feeds etc.) by using a simple WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface.
Users can furthermore personalize their website by choosing one of the ten available themes, adding a customized header, starting a blog and/or uploading a career portfolio.
Users choose their sub-domain (e.g.: http://mybusinesswebsite.qapacity.com) and their site is hosted for free.
Service directory
Every service added in Qapacity was listed in a searchable directory and as of January 15, 2009 it listed services from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.
The two countries with the biggest number of representatives are Spain and The United States, followed by Colombia, India, Mexico, Peru, Argentina.[6]
Reputation System
Qapacity was built on a simple reputation system: service providers could ask for recommendations from their clients and publish them along with any comments their clients might have on their website. Recommendations increased the rating of the Qapacity users and made them more visible in the Service Directory.
Social Network
Qapacity allowed users to "add as contacts" those service providers whom they were interested in/ wanted to bookmark/ were their friends.
References
- ↑ "Qapacity.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ↑ El escaparate en la red (El País, Spanish)
- ↑ OPEN Business Club AG acquires Neurona, the Spanish market leader for online business networking Archived September 4, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Grupo Intercom web site Archived September 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Qapacity Website Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Qapacity Frequently Asked Questions Page Archived March 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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