Here's an interesting new site. UmYup (the FAQ is unfortunately missing an entry about their name) is a social network for people thinking about moving. If you're a homeowner, you sign up, share some (anonymous) information about your home, register interest in anybody else's that might suit your moving needs, and sit patiently while a waiting list of potential buyers register interest in your house. Interestingly, if it's a second home you're thinking of offloading, UmYup doesn't want you:
UmYup users are both buyers and sellers - they are looking to move house from one place to another. This need is shared by all UmYup users and it means that everyone is in a similar position. If you wan to sell your second property (and therefore you will not be looking to move home as a result) then UmYup is not for you yet.
That makes sense.
The basic service is free. But there are limits to what you can do... you can't view "extended" details, make contact with other users using the secure system or store more than one search. The "advanced" services cost £14.99 for six months, £24.99 for 12 months.
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The real reason the site is called UmYup is that we wanted a name that was more distinctive than e-property-online-web-home-buyer-seller-net.com or one of the other equally interchangable and forgetable property website names. We are also talking to european companies about taking UmYup into other countries, and UmYup won't need translating. I hope that clears up a bit of the mystery around the name.
We're pleased that you like the idea. If any of your readers wants to give UmYup a go, the basic service is free, but we'd be happy to upgrade them to be Advanced users. They just need to sign up and select the UmYup By Invitation account option - and enter the code "ratty" (no inverted commas). They will automatically be upgraded. (Limited to 100 users).
