“PropertyPro.ng”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

PropertyPro.ng is a Nigeria web-based platform for property rentals and sales. The company was founded in February 2013 with a vision of re-organizing the rental market in Nigeria that was soiled as a result of trust issues and fraud.^[1] In a bid to tackle the trust and fraud issues, the company created a system that exercises a lot of control on how participating agents offer their services. The agents are expected to conduct their business and customer relations in line with Tolet’s prescribed code of business conduct.

History

The company started with the founders' collective personal savings of $400 in 2012.The company was founded in February 2013 by a team of four visionary young men: Fikayo Ogundipe, Sulaiman Balogun, Oladapo Eludire, and Oluwaseyi Ayeni.

The company started by reaching out to landlords and agents in Lagos. ToLet.com.ng is one of Spark’s (Jason and Bastian’s “accelerator” fund) portfolio companies. Spark is the sole investor in Tolet.com.ng with $240,000 invested in the startup to date. As of July 2016, the company has roughly 20,000 listings online. In September 2016, [https://techpoint.ng/2016/11/28/tolet-founders/ Tolet.com.ng] raised $1.2m in a Series A funding round led by Malaysia-based Frontier Digital Ventures.^[2]

The company employs area specialists who inspect all properties before posting them on the website. The website started off as a rental property focused service, before its adoption of sales properties 11 months ago.^[3]

ToLet acquired Jumia House Nigeria for an undisclosed amount. ToLet and Jumia House Nigeria will merge platforms under the new name of [https://propertypro.ng PropertyPro.ng]^[4]

ToLet.com.ng on the 16th of April 2018 officially announced her transitioning into [https://propertypro.ng PropertyPro.ng] via social media pages, change of usernames, press releases and features from media houses in Nigeria^[5]

.The launch event also brought about the announcement of the new website mobile app for free downloads on Play Store.

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://techmoran.com/tolet-celebrates-1st-year-anniversary-with-3000-properties-set-to-be-nigerias-top-letting-agency/#.V82lRygrLIU|title=ToLet Celebrates 1st Year Anniversary With 3000+ Properties {{!}} Set to be Nigeria's Top Letting Agency - TechMoran|date=2014-03-24|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-07}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://techpoint.ng/2016/09/20/tolet-raises-1-2-million/|title=ToLet.com.ng just raised over ₦500 million|website=techpoint.ng|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-09}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/10-nigerian-tech-companies-to-watch/38907/|title=10 Nigerian tech companies to watch|last=|first=|date=|website=howwemadeitinafrica.com|publisher=How we made it in africa|access-date=|references=}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/10/online-real-estate-startup-tolet-acquires-jumia-house-nigeria-to-create-propertypro-ng/|title=Online real estate startup ToLet acquires Jumia House Nigeria to create PropertyPro.Ng|last=|first=|date=|website=TechCrunch|publisher=TechCrunch|access-date=|references=}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://innovation-village.com/online-property-classifieds-portal-tolet-com-ng-changes-name-to-propertypro-ng//|title=ONLINE PROPERTY CLASSIFIEDS PORTAL, TOLET.COM.NG, CHANGES NAME TO PROPERTYPRO.NG|last=|first=|date=|website=Innovation Village|publisher=Staff Writer|access-date=|references=}}