Lovely App – Not only a ‘Lovely’ name but is an App by LiveLovely
Startup Lovely was co-founded by Blake Pierson and was launched in March of 2011 just released their first iPhone App.
I look at Lovely as..
A Lovely name, and a Lovely platform (and now App too!) to help apartment hunters find their ideal pad while they’re on the go. Pierson said,
“You need to be on the hunt the entire time,”
That is especially the case if you’re trying to land a place in the Marina district of San Francisco.
In addition to having:
A stable income that makes the Landlord feel comfortable
&
A pleasant demeanor
If you’re a guy you may want to also consider..
- Having a sex change
- Getting a yoga matt
- buying some lulu lemon pants.
- …don’t forget the latest iPhone.
I digress. Back to what I was saying!
Pierson’s App replicates many of the great features of the Lovely desktop platform with the primary differences being that it’s on a smaller screen, and the interactions happen to be quicker (I don’t know how that is possible, why wouldn’t it be quicker on a PC?).
With Lovely you can create alerts tied to a specific neighborhood and price range, and receive a push notifications whenever a new apartment matching your criteria gets listed. Those alerts are also available on the website, but they’re more powerful on the phone, making it easier to act on listings as soon as they go live, no matter where you are.
The Lovely app also sync with your account on the desktop platform so you can create a list of ‘favorites’ while browsing on your computer then go through them on your phone when you’re perhaps visiting the apartments.
By the way..
If one of your favorites gets taken off the market – Lovely will alert you.
Pierson also added that where you’re viewing on the desktop or on your phone Lovely’s innovation comes across in two areas.
First of all, it aggregates apartment listings from a number of sources. Since its national launch last month, the site had 285,000 listings from two dozen data partners. Lovely presents that data in a way that’s most useful to the intensely competitive apartment search that many city dwellers face today.
As far as making money, Pierson plans to launch premium features to target the owners of larger apartment complexes, especially in cities where the competition among renters isn’t quite as intense.
Check out the iPhone App of Lovely here.
I know I’ll be using this App.
Android users not to worry, they have plans for an Android App as well.
..As far as “when” – that remains to be disclosed.
Happy Hunting,
Kevin
Kevin is an Online and Mobile Marketing Strategist who has worked with companies of all sizes over the last 6 years. You can follow Kevin on any of the social platforms below.
