Unyk

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Unyk.com is a contact management website, that allows users to put together an « intelligent » address book. This particular service bases itself on the sharing of contact information by its users; each user is therefore responsible for keeping his information updated in his contacts’ address book. [1]

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[edit] Concept

Users complete their personal and professional contact information in their profile on the website. They can then aggregate the contacts from all their messaging services (Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc.) in their address book, and invite these contacts to complete their own profile on the website. When information is edited by a user, that information automatically appears in his contacts’ address books, and vice versa. Contrary to other sites, the user’s contacts are not visible to other users.[2]

This service is free and available in 6 languages. Among the future projects of the company, they have mentioned the launch of a UNYK mobile platform, as well as a function to export contacts to major social networking platforms.[3]

[edit] Company information

The company has been in business for 2 years and has recently announced that it has reached 7 million users and 150 million managed contacts on the site. Unyk.com is an independent company financed by private capital. The CEO of the company is Sebastien Brault, founder of Netclub, a dating website which was recently sold to the American leader Match.com (IAC/InterActiveCorp group.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ « About UNYK », UNYK.com, accessed on January 22, 2008.
  2. ^ « Canadian Start-Up UNYK.com Celebrates its 2nd Birthday with 6 Million Unique Users and 150 Million Contacts », Yahoo Finance, September 9, 2007
  3. ^ « Unyk rolls out address book toolbar», Montreal Gazette, Technocité blog, October 10, 2007.
  4. ^ « Unyk.com: Finally an Alternative to Plaxo!», Reuters, 9 January 22, 2008.

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