We just wanted to take this opportunity to thank our users who have provided us with much needed comments, questions, and suggestions.

We have been live for a little over a month and some of the some suggestions we received include:

• “I would suggest replacing the ‘feet’ slider with ‘walking time to destination.’ I bet that’s what people ultimately care about, but aren’t going to go through the trouble of converting feet to minutes.”
• “It wasn’t until I read your Blog did I understand that the service was free for consumers. I don’t know if this is something you want to mention in the ‘About us’ section”
• “the website is friendly though when i searched for parking around union station, it gave me an option to sort by price but did not actually show prices at each facility.”
• “The real money is in taking this mobile…”

As mentioned in Jon’s previous post, we’ve changed “feet” to “walking minutes”. Without user feedback, we would have never noticed this.

We’re definitely working to add more pricing ASAP. But we need your help! If you park at a nearby garage or drive past one…heck if you just feel like calling a garage to talk to someone, jot down their pricing information and send it to us. We’re trying to be THE source for parking information, but we can’t do it without you!

Outside of having more available pricing data, the request for a mobile solution was most suggested. As a FYI, we are working on a mobile platform and will be releasing details shortly after we launch the ParkWhiz Marketplace. (We’ll be blogging on this subject real soon!)

The feedback we received was tremendous as well. Here’s some of the comments our ParkWhiz users sent us:

• “I ran a quick search on parking near my apartment, and it was great. It was especially useful, because I have physically walked up and down the block getting price quotes last time I had a visitor staying.”
• “I look forward to being a user in 2007—bring this to DC!!”
• “I’ve always seen there’s a market for this. Living in the coastal areas, there’s always limited spaces near the beach and there’s a lot of unused driveways! I’d like to see how you can make use of personal driveways in beach towns. Start with Pacific beach in San Diego!”

Please continue to send your suggestions and feedback and thanks again for helping to make ParkWhiz a success!