Sittercity.com, America's Largest Online Caregiving Database, Acquires CallforSitters.com
Tuesday, February 19, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Chicago, Ill.) - The nation's largest and most trusted online source for caregivers, Sittercity.com, announced today that it acquired the assets of online babysitting source Callforsitters.com. Sittercity.com and Callforsitters.com have been two pivotal sites in growing the online caregiving industry, which Sittercity.com initiated in 2001. Last week, Sittercity solidified a deal with Callforsitters.com that included the sale of all their major domains and assets.
"We're thrilled to be adding Callforsitters.com to the Sittercity.com family," said Genevieve Thiers, Founder and CEO of Sittercity.com. "Callforsitters.com has had a large impact on the online caregiver industry and we're excited to continue to expand this field with them."
"I'm excited that Callforsitters.com will be joining Sittercity.com in the online care arena. After years of helping parents find their perfect babysitters, it's great knowing Sittercity will continue providing this exceptional service for parents in need," stated Callforsitters.com founder Wei Yang. "It's been the mission of Callforsitters.com to connect parents with babysitters online, and it will be exciting to see Sittercity.com take these services to the next level in the years to come."
In addition to being the inventor of online caregiving, Sittercity also boasts the largest user base in the online care world -- far exceeding their existing competitors -- and is well-known for its innovative approach and savvy technological advances in the online care arena.
For more information about Sittercity, visit www.sittercity.com.
About Sittercity.com
Sittercity.com®, the inventor of online caregiving, is America's most trustworthy source for child care and pet care, dedicated to making the process of finding a caregiver fast, easy, safe and fun. With access to hundreds of thousands of sitters nationwide, including babysitters, nannies, petsitters, housekeepers, senior companions and tutors, care seekers can find a wealth of qualified caregivers in their area by using Sittercity's four-step screening process, which includes references, parent-to-parent feedback, personal interviews and free access to background checks. Registration for sitters is free, and parents pay as little as $8 per month for a membership, which gives them unlimited ability to post jobs, and search, contact and hire sitters in their areas. A true pioneer in its field, Sittercity.com has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, from the Today Show to the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch to the Wall Street Journal. Sittercity won first place in the 2007 UPS Small Business "Out of the Box" contest as well as a 2007 International Davey Award. Sittercity also won the U.S. Small Business Administration Champion Award in 2006 from President Bush, a 2006 Stevie award, received a Webby Worthy Award in 2005 and won the 2005 Women's Business Development Center Rising Star Award. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.sittercity.com.
