Dear readers,
I just thought I would give you a quick update on our status.
To start with, let me give you an appetizer of the HouseTrip website (this is a screenshot of our homepage in its current state):
You may have noticed: the colors changed quite drastically from this blog! We think that light and peaceful colors like those are much better since our users (and especially the hosts) will spend quite some time on the website. As well, when looking at it, it makes you think about holiday much more than this blog’s original pink/red color. Sky blue, grass green and sandy yellow are likely to put everyone in a vacation mood! Very soon we will also update this blog with the new colors.
The development of the website is nearly finished thanks to the great work done by our developers and designers in Germany. We are currently testing all the features of the website – trying to come up with the most extreme user cases – and defining all the wording (you may have noticed that the words used on the above screenshot are rather approximate). You might remember that HouseTrip will be launched in three languages (English, French and German) so there is quite some work to do in terms of wording! Now more than ever I realize how good it is to have mother-tongue speakers in all those languages on the team (I do the French wording of the website).
When the wording will be defined and when we will have fixed all the little bugs we could identify, we will invite our friends, families and investors to check the website. Internally we call that our “private alpha” release. This should normally happen within the next two weeks. Once that is done, and depending on how many issues were identified in the process (hopefully none), we will then start listing properties on the website and then release to… you, our dear users! For this beta launch, we aim for the 1st of September. Remember, listing a property on HouseTrip will be 100% free so register your email address on this blog – many have done so already – in order to be contacted as soon as we start listing properties.
Dear readers and future users, my best regards and I will be in touch soon for another update,
Arnaud
Arnaud
3 years agoMerci Charles pour ton commentaire! J’espère qu’on fixera tous les deux nos bugs à temps pour pouvoir lancer nos “sites” respectifs
A très bientôt,
Arnaud
Charles
3 years agoJ’essaye de suivre HouseTrip depuis Washington DC! Ca à l’air de prendre forme, la nouvelle page est trés sympa, je pense que vous avez enfin les bonnes couleurs.
On ouvrira l’hotel quasiment en même temps que tu lancera Housetrip aprés 2 semaines de soft opening ou Alpha release =)!
Bon courage à toute l’équipe!
Charles
Arnaud
3 years agoTu t’es inscrit où? Pour t’enregister pour recevoir un email quand le site sera lancé, tu dois suivre ce lien: http://www.housetrip.com/stay-tuned/ Bonne soirée,
Arnaud
Alexandre
3 years agoJe me suis inscrit recement mais je n’arrive pas à me choisir un username ni un mot de passe pour me connecter sur l’interface du site comment dois-je proceder. J’ai déjà confirmer mon adresse mail.
Merci d’avance.
Alexandre
Arnaud
3 years agoAmazing, I look forward to it!
Claude
3 years agoYes, I have already a draft. I try to send you this stuff tomorow for review. Best regards
Arnaud
3 years agoThanks Claude! Hopefully we are! We also look forward to seeing your article on this blog
Claude
3 years agoBon courage and congrat for all the Housetrip team and for the designers.
Your are on the success road
Arnaud
3 years agoThanks Christine! And it isn’t finished: we will continue working together since it functions so well and runs so smoothly! And I am still looking forward to renting out your place on HouseTrip!
Christine
3 years agoThank you so much for your kind words regarding the designers
. It was much fun, and I hope that it will be a great success. I’m sure it will.
Impressed me how fast you worked on the pages and how well the communication went… Well done!
Many greetings from Germany, Christine