rentbits.com

rentbits.com is currently focused on being the leading rental only search engine in the United States. Two of its founders are ex-Googlers, and it operates on a cost-per-click/sponsored listings model.

Ownership | Market Position | Key Measurements | Market Coverage | Advertising Model | Financials | Site Sections | Technology | Key Management | History | Recent Press | Information Sources

Ownership

rentbits.com is owned and operated by Rent Marketer, Inc, an online rental advertising and distribution network for the rental industry.

Market Position

rentbits.com is currently focused on being the leading rental only search engine in the United States.

Key Measurements
(March 2009)
Over 500,000 active rental listings crawled daily from over 300 separate sources.

Market Coverage

The United States.

Advertising Model

rentbits.com derives most of its revenue from the top 3 sponsored listings. Advertisers pay Cost Per Click.

Financials

Undisclosed.

Site Sections



The key sections of the website are:

• Homes for rent
• Apartments for rent

Technology

Unknown.

Key Management

The key management are:

• Dan Daugherty – President and CEO
• Tim Moynihan – Chief Operations Officer
• Dariusz Rakowicz – Chief Technology Officer
• Lisa Ray – Vice President, Operations

History

rentbits.com was developed to offer one place to search for rentals across many different rental sources.

Two of the company’s founders, Dan Daugherty and Tim Moynihan, are ex-Googlers.

Recent Press

No links to recent press but the company maintains a blog.

Information Sources

Management Interview
Site Review

1. rentbits.com Traffic Increases 300%

   US based rental property search engine, rentbits.com, has revealed it has experienced an increase in unique monthly visitors by more than 300 percent for the last 12 months....

2. Free Listings and Data at rentbits.com

   US rental property search engine rentbits.com has just tweaked its advertising model, allowing users to list rental properties for free on Google Base, oodle.com, vast.com and hotpads.com. rentbits.com is also offering two paid packages for advertisers: a US$69.95 per month “gold” package to post listings to over 40 rental websites, and a $129.95 per month “platinum” package to post to over 100 websites. Both packages include free email and phone tracking. rentbits.com includes rentals.com, homes.com, rentalhomesplus.com and rentalhouses.com as examples of the websites that will pick up these listings....

3. rentbits.com Reveals Rental Stats

   rentbits.com, a US based rental property search engine, has just introduced rental statistics pages to its website for over 4000 US cities. ...

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5. Interview with Dan Daugherty – rentbits.com

   US rentals search engine rentbits.com has just been redesigned, but before the new look was released it saw a huge spike in traffic. It was one of the Hitwise “fast movers” for January, climbing 51 places to land at number 75. We got in touch with the search engine's CEO, Dan Daugherty, to find out how rentbits.com was created, and where it's planning to head next....