PrivateTel Powers Privacy Manager For Cars.com
November 30, 2005
PrivateTel Powers Privacy Manager For Cars.com
Phone Service Ensures Safety and Security for Private-Party Sellers
DALLAS (November 30) – PrivateTel, a developer of privacy-oriented
telecommunications solutions, and cars.com, a leading online automotive
marketplace, have partnered to launch Privacy Manager, a new phone service
that enhances the safety and security of private-party sellers by allowing them
to feature a disposable phone number in their automobile ads.
Built on PrivateTel’s ClassAdd platform, the service lets sellers publish a
disposable Privacy Manager phone number, and direct their number to ring on
any phone they choose—wired or wireless, home, business or mobile. Sellers
can also turn off the service after the sale, eliminating unwanted calls.
“Ensuring the safety of cars.com sellers is paramount,” said Chris Long,
cars.com’s director of private-party products and services. “Our partnership with
PrivateTel reaffirms our commitment to advertiser safety with an easy-to-use
service that affords our sellers an important, additional layer of personal
security during the sales process.”
Dan Kaluzny, CEO, PrivateTel added, “PrivateTel and cars.com have worked
closely together to deliver a Web-integrated safety solution built on the
ClassAdd platform that lets sellers and buyers connect by phone privately,
safely and anonymously. Any publisher can brand ClassAdd as their own
service, sell the service as an integrated component of the advertising sales
process, and strengthen their market presence.”
PrivateTel provides all the tools necessary to manage and seamlessly
integrate the ClassAdd service into any existing advertising entry system.
About PrivateTel
PrivateTel delivers privacy-related communications solutions for the converging
Internet and telecommunications industries. The company's web-integrated,
telecommunications services—including ClassAdd, Click-and-Connect and
MyPrivateLine—enable customers and online community members to
anonymously exchange information, or simply click a button to
confidentially and conveniently talk on the phone. PrivateTel solutions provide
new profit centers and drive revenue for a wide range of applications, including
online dating, social networking, classified, display and personal advertising,
real estate sales, e-commerce, and more. For more information, please visit:
www.privatetelsolutions.com .
About Cars.com
Partnered with more than 200 leading metro newspapers, television stations
and their Web sites, cars.com is the most comprehensive destination for those
looking to buy or sell a new or used car. The site lists more than 1.4 million
vehicles from 10,000 dealer customers, classified advertisers and privateparties
to offer consumers the best selection of new and used cars online, as
well as the content, tools and advice to support their shopping experience.
Cars.com combines powerful inventory search tools and new-car configuration
with pricing information, photo galleries, buying guides, side-by-side
comparison tools, original editorial content and reviews to help millions of car
shoppers connect with sellers each month. Cars.com is a division of
Classified Ventures, LLC, ( http://classifiedventures.com ) which is owned by six
leading media companies.