Sorry about that. A bunch of work stuff jumped out. Here is the full version of the email. Enjoy.
Dear IDS,
My name is Chad and I manage a small investment
club that recently purchased a small position in your
company. I am collecting information for my next
newsletter and was wondering if you could provide a
few answers to my questions.
1. How many states does 995ad.com have vehicle
listings for? The database covers all states.
2. How many zip codes does 995ad.com have vehicle
listings for? We do not currently have this diagnostic feature but it
is
being added to the site at this time.
3. Have you gotten any feedback from sellers as far as
sales? Our only feedback at this time is the continous addition of more
cars from current dealers to the system
4. Do you have a message on the site that informs the
users to mention 995ad.com to the dealer? Not at this time.
5. What kind of agreements have you signed with
dealers for both listing and advertising? Contracts are on monthly
basis
and if car sells in that time the dealer may place another car in that
slot for the remaining days of the month.
6. Any plans to expand into Canada or Mexico? Not at this time.
7. Concerning 995ad.com what is the order of focus
for growth? Automobiles, Boats, Motorcycles, RV's,
Vacations, Businesses, Merchandise? Now that we have made significant
advances in the auto section IDS is going forward in this manner. IDS
1st
goal is to assimilate the two new data centers in the by October 1,
2005.
This is a very extensive task given the size of the databases, servers
and load balancing that must be engineered and programed. However, upon
completion 995ad.com will have the highest internet backbone available
OC-192 the same as most major online portals.
IDS simultaneously will begin the public access to the 78,000 hotels
and
resorts in our database in real time. IDS must wait until the LEVEL III
datacenter is online in order to operate at efficient speeds to run
more
than one section of the portal simultaneously.
Fortunately or Unfortunately depending on how you look at it IDS did
not
expect this explosive growth to come so quickly with no advertising
other
than a small Google campaign. Finally IDS will go after the boat,
truck ,
RV and Real Estate sections with the same pricing structure as the auto
section with one exception, the apartment industry.
IDS will go after the 12 Million listing on Rent.com apartments that
are
currently charged $375 per lease. IDS will offer the same ad for only
$9.95 plus an additional $9.95 the apartment complex will be able to
utilize IDS RTA (Real Time Assistant) which will be imbedded in their
ad
on 995ad.com Apartment Section (this will replace the Personal section
on
the site which was just a beta test to even out to 10 sections). So
each
apartment complex when somebody is viewing their ad on 995ad.com a door
chime will ring on their computer in the apartment leasing office
alerting them that a potential tenant is viewing their ad. Then the
leasing department can immediately in real time, just like MSN or AOL
"Instant Messenger" be able to communicate with the prospective tenant
in
real time. Neither the prospective tenant or the leasing company will
have to have any software to utilize this functionality, it will be
imbedded in the 995ad.com source code for their ads. Secondly, the
leasing office will be able to "Push Pages" such as floor plans and/or
online applications that can be both printed out or filled online
electronically instantly. Finally, if IDS is only able to capture .005%
of these 12 Million apartment complexes (60,000 out of 12 Million) in
the
first year it would produce $.228 EPS prior to the 10 Million Share
Reduction.
Thank you for your questions and any constructive or site enhancement
suggestions you care to offer. 995ad.com is a monsterous undertaking to
say the least and IDS is very aware constant improvements and
adjustments
are needed on an ongoing basis. This is the reason IDS is bringing
online
more datacenters and has doubled the number of employees in our quality
control department that now has the incredible task of reviewing
thousands
of new ads per day.
Thank you very much for any response you can provide.
Also, would it be possible to add management bios to
the compny's website? If it is ok with you I will
post any informaiton that you provide to the IDS
message board on the InvestorsHub (iHub) website.
Thanks,
Chad
AI
