The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ordered home services marketplace HomeAdvisor to pay up to $7.2 million for its use of deceptive and misleading tactics in selling home improvement project leads
Walmart is expanding into home services. The retailer today announced a new partnership with Angi (previously Angie’s List), which will make service professionals available to Walmart customers
After two years of wooing, Angie’s List has finally agreed to be acquired by IAC. After the deal closes, Angie’s List will combined with HomeAdvisor, IAC’s home services marketplace, into a new
While Angie’s List continues to reject acquisition offers, the home services marketplace is taking a big step to boost its online audience, and hopefully the number of people using it to find th
Facebook is quietly testing a new feature that will direct users to the best-rated and reviewed local service providers in their area. At the easy-to-access URL Facebook.com/services, the social netw
Well, it looks like it might be a while yet before you swipe right to find your next bricklayer or painter. Angie’s List, a marketplace for independent contractors, has formally rejected an of
Porch, one of the many companies positioning themselves to be the go-to place for “home services,” has laid off 90 members of its staff according to Geekwire. We’ve reached out to Po
Service marketplaces have recently become Silicon Valley darlings. The marketplace model has been a popular way for VCs to efficiently tap into the local economies at scale, specifically the $800 bill
On the heels of Homejoy’s failure, the fundamental “on-demand marketplace” model has come into question by investors, the media and even consumers. That questioning is very relevant, as there ha
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.angiehicksbowman.com/">Angie Hicks</a> is the co-founder and Chief Marking Officer of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/angies-list">Angie'
<a href="http://www.angieslist.com/">Angie’s List</a>, which offers consumers a way to review and rate doctors, contractors and service companies on the Web, priced its IPO at the <a href="https://t
Angie's List, which offers consumers a way to review and rate doctors, contractors and service companies on the Web, has just set the terms for its IPO. In a <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar
Angie's List is the latest tech company to <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1491778/000119312511287102/d222159ds1a.htm">list in the Nasdaq</a>, instead of the NYSE. This follows <a href
After Jive's <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/24/social-enterprise-company-jive-files-for-100m-ipo/">$100 million IPO</a> filing yesterday, local business reviews site <a href="http://www.crunc
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<a href="http://www.angieslist.com/">Angie’s List</a>, which offers consumer-focused information and revie
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<a href="http://www.angieslist.com/angieslist/">Angie's List</a>, which offers consumers a way to <a href="h
<img src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/court-copy.png" />Local business ratings and review service <a href="http://www.angieslist.com/">Angie's List</a> is suing <a href="http://w
Everybody’s got an opinion, and if you can collect them together that can be worth quite a bit of money. Angie’s List, one of the largest sites for local service provider ratings, has rece