Company to provide MyTime's cloud-based
scheduling and payment solution to small business customers
MONTREAL, July 5, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Yellow Pages
(TSX: Y), a leading digital media and marketing solutions provider
in Canada, announced today an
exclusive licensing agreement to resell in Canada the MyTime all-in-one commerce platform
that includes online booking, automated marketing, point of sale,
and analytics for local businesses.
MyTime enables online scheduling, client communications as well
as online and mobile commerce and payment processing, within a
single integrated cloud-based solution.
Through MyTime, Yellow Pages will equip small and medium-sized
enterprise (SME) customers with online booking and payment
capabilities directly in their websites, Google search results,
social media pages such as Facebook and Instagram, and within the
YP search network. The integrated messaging component also allows
SMEs to communicate with their customers in real-time through web
chat or SMS, reducing wait times and accelerating interaction and
transaction.
"Digital has moved the consumer/business relationship beyond a
simple search and find dynamic. Now the expectation of consumers is
for interaction and, more importantly, seamless transactions all in
one place," said Pascal Thomas,
Senior Vice-President and Chief Digital Officer, Yellow Pages.
"Through integrating the MyTime solution into our offering, Yellow
Pages will help answer critical business needs for SMEs such as
customer interaction, online appointment scheduling and payment.
Moreover, these services will become instantly accessible and
affordable to SMEs across Canada."
Yellow Pages will begin offering the MyTime solution by region
in 2017, eventually making it available to the company's SME
customers across Canada and all
future customers by 2018.
MyTime's point of sale (POS) solution also allows for easy
integration with payment hardware, facilitating transactions for
offline merchants, a service Yellow Pages will offer in the
future.
For more information on Yellow Pages digital marketing services
and solutions for businesses visit:
https://business.yellowpages.ca.
About Yellow Pages
Yellow Pages (TSX: Y) is a Canadian digital media and marketing
company that creates local opportunities for buyers and sellers to
interact and transact in the local economy. Yellow Pages holds some
of Canada's leading local online
properties including YP.ca™, RedFlagDeals.com™, Canada411.ca,
411.ca, Bookenda.com, DuProprio.com, ComFree.com and YP NextHome.
The Company also holds the YP, YP Shopwise, YP Dine, RedFlagDeals,
Canada411, 411, Bookenda, DuProprio, ComFree and YP NextHome mobile
applications and Yellow Pages™ print directories. In addition,
Yellow Pages is a leader in national advertising through its
divisions devoted to servicing the marketing needs of large North
American brands, including Mediative and JUICE. For more
information visit www.corporate.yp.ca.
About MyTime
MyTime is the leading cloud-based local
commerce platform for local service businesses, ranging from hair
salons to pet groomers. Over 14,000 businesses trust MyTime to
power their most mission critical business functions including
online scheduling, CRM, payments, automated marketing, and business
analytics. The company was recognized by the Local Search
Association as the Top Commerce Service of 2017 for its industry
leading innovations such as real-time chat with customers, online
booking integration with Google Search, Facebook and Instagram, and
its automated review building technology. The company was founded
in 2011 by serial technology entrepreneur Ethan Anderson (winner of TechCrunch50 for his
previous startup, Redbeacon) and is financially backed by Upfront
Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Yellow Pages Group.
SOURCE Yellow Pages Digital & Media Solutions Ltd