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RoommateClick.com Becomes the First Roommate Site to Promote
Safe Matching
MARKET WIRE
NEW YORK, NY
September 28, 2005
RoommateClick.com, a subsidiary of MoveOnIn.com, announced today
it has forged a strategic alliance with Verified Person Inc., becoming
the first roommate portal to offer self-initiated background checks.
Under the terms of the agreement, Verified Person will provide the
RoommateClick network with a suite of identity verification services.
Verified Person's background check solution, VPid, is a proprietary
process that instantaneously authenticates a user's identity. Other
services offered through the relationship will include public and
criminal record searches.
"This partnership comes at a time when concerns about fraud
and misrepresentation on the Internet are on the rise," said
Bobbi Babitz, Chief Executive of RoommateClick, "It is of paramount
importance to create a
safe and secure online community for prospective roommates, and
we firmly believe that the addition of Verified Person helps us
achieve that objective."
Chief Executive of [Verified Person], Inc., Tal Moise, said, "We
are pleased to be offering the first verification solution specifically
geared to the roommate community. RoommateClick is one of the fastest
growing online classified portals, and we look forward to setting
the
industry standard together."
About MoveOnIn
MoveOnIn (MOI) has been a pioneer in the online-classified business
since its inception in 1995. The Company hosts a community of real
estate-related websites geared to a young, urban user base. MOI's
flagship site RoommateClick and its affiliates combine to form the
world's leading online roommate community. Each month, hundreds
and
thousands of users in the U.S., Canada, and Europe search for
roommates on RoommateClick properties. For more information visit
www.roommateclick.com
or download the data sheet at
www.roommateclick.com/PR/RoommateClickSummary.pdf
About Verified Person
Verified Person provides the industry's most advanced background
screening and identity verification services, applying leading-edge
technology to traditional search methodologies in order to deliver
faster, more accurate results at a significantly lower price. VPid
is
Verified Person's identity self-verification service aimed at
building
trust within online communities. The service allows users of
Personals, Networking, Auctions, Job Boards, Messaging, and other
online communities to verify that their profile information is
consistent with public records, and will also check users' criminal
records against Verified Person's comprehensive criminal database.
Verified Person was founded by John Sculley, former CEO of Apple
Computer, and Tal Moise, former CIO of Clarian Health Partners,
a
multi-billion dollar healthcare organization. The company is
headquartered in New York, NY. For more information, visit
www.verifiedperson.com
or download the datasheet at
www.vpid.com/VPid_datasheet.pdf
For more information, please contact David Dembowski Director of
Business Development MoveOnIn.com, Inc. (646) 264-0727 ddembowski@moveonin.com
Sadhana Joliet Director of Marketing Verified Person, Inc. (212)
278 8000 sjoliet@verifiedperson.com
Source: MoveOnIn.com, Inc.
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