WhiteFence Press Releases and Announcements Archives

Want to find out what the people in your city are paying for their utilities? WhiteFence is proud to introduce the new-and-improved WhiteFence Index. If you aren't familiar with the WhiteFence Index, it's a tool to help you compare your monthly utility bills to the average that your neighbors pay. Whether you're switching, transferring home services or moving into a new home, the WhiteFence Index is a great resource to help budget your move and monthly utility bills.

The WhiteFence Index is currently available for 21 of the nation's top cities. The averages for telecommunications services are based on the orders that we see from our many websites, while the averages for electricity and natural gas are obtained differently. Due to our widespread relationships with service providers and our knowledge of the energy industry, WhiteFence has been able to get the actual price for each city published. If you'd like to read more about how these averages are compiled, feel free to read more at the WhiteFence Index methodology

A couple of features and improvements have been added to the newest version. One of the more notable upgrades is that each city now has its own city-specific page, so that you can compare between two different locations. This is especially useful for movers who are relocating and can really help you plan out a secure budget for your first few months in a new home or apartment. The other important addition to the WhiteFence Index is the ability to compare the average costs on individual home services. This means that you can compare what people in Houston paid for Internet service to what people in Atlanta paid for Internet service.

To discover more about what you could be saving on home utilities, head on over to the WhiteFence Index.

Tags: electricity, internet, natural gas, phone, television, utilities, utilities average

Curious how much people are paying for their utilities in major cities across the country? The WhiteFence Index compares utility prices for phone, Internet, TV, electricity and natural gas among 21 of the nation's top cities. The WhiteFence Index not only provides averages for each type of home service, but also provides the national average for all home services as well as the average price for each city.

Phone, Internet and TV data is pulled from the hundreds of thousands of orders made through WhiteFence sites each month. WhiteFence determines the average cost for these communications products based on the customer's base orders. To see more in depth details on the process for determining both the communications as well as the electricity and natural gas data, WhiteFence Index methodology.

Whether switching, transferring home services or moving into a new home, the WhiteFence Index is a great resource to help budget your move and monthly utility bills.


Tags: electricity, internet, natural gas, phone, television, utilities, utilities average

In case of fire, break open this blog and wish that you had read it sooner. Protecting your 18-year-old couch covered with Ramen stains may not seem like a top priority, but with the recent relaunch of GetRentersInsurance, renters can protect their personal belongings at an affordable monthly rate.

GetRentersInsurance.com, a member of the WhiteFence network, provides renters with a comparison shopping marketplace to help find reasonable rates on renters insurance policies. So instead of dousing your apartment in plastic, or hoping that you don't come home to a bonfire via your property, cover your valuables with a renters insurance policy, and   rest assured that your stuff is being watched over.

Now it's even easier for you to connect your DISH Network service. You can still go through WhiteFence or you can try out the new site that was launched last week, ConnectMyDishTV.com. For more information on this new site see the WhiteFence press release.

HOUSTON (June 7, 2007) - Executives at WhiteFence, the nation's leading online comparison-shopping marketplace for residential home services, announced today that the company has acquired competitor ConnectUtilities. Beginning immediately, WhiteFence will integrate ConnectUtilities into its growing family of Web sites.

Both WhiteFence and ConnectUtilities offer the 110 million U.S. households the opportunity to compare pricing and order service plans for a variety of residential home services, including home telephone, high-speed Internet, natural gas and cable television, among others.

"While our strategy has been to grow WhiteFence organically, we're excited to take this next step and acquire ConnectUtilities," stated WhiteFence chief executive officer Eric Danziger. "Through this acquisition, we are able to grow our channel partner relationships, technology infrastructure and customer base as we further expand our national footprint."

ConnectUtilities, also founded in 2000, provides full-service utility connections online, while at the same time offering up-to-date promotions and cost saving opportunities.

WhiteFence recently completed its second round of funding, having raised $14 million led by new investor Adams Street Partners, in addition to Internet Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ICGE), who led the company's first round of funding in 2005.

About WhiteFence

WhiteFence is the leading one-stop online comparison-shopping marketplace that helps consumers compare and order home services such as electricity, natural gas, phone, cable and satellite TV, high-speed Internet and more. WhiteFence's proprietary transaction engine makes it easy for all 110 million U.S. households, including movers, to find the best deals and conveniently set up their home services in minutes.

Safe Harbor Statement under Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

The statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future performance of our partner companies, acquisitions or dispositions of interests in partner companies, the effect of economic conditions generally, capital spending by customers and development of the e-commerce and information technology markets, and uncertainties detailed in the Company???s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.

If you are here on the blog, you've obviously heard about us, but there are still several people out there who have not found this resource. WhiteFence recently published a press release announcing the Home Services Guide. See below for an excerpt:

WhiteFence Launches the Home Services Guide to Educate Consumers on the World of Home Essential Services
Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 7, 2006 -- Today, WhiteFence, a leading one-stop comparison shopping marketplace for essential home services, officially launched its Home Services Guide, a consumer-centric blog (http://www.whitefence.typepad.com) that will focus on news and updates of essential home services available for sale through WhiteFence. Because the guide has multiple contributors that collectively have more than 50 years experience in the industry, the posts will contain useful insight into service providers across the nation.

To view the full press release, you can read go to the WhiteFence news center.

WhiteFence, with its unique transaction engine and user-friendly design, is a leading resource for consumers during this Moving Season. See below for an excerpt of our press release about the benefits of WhiteFence.

  WhiteFence is Uniquely Positioned to Aid the More Than 20 Million Households Moving in the United States Annually
Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 2, 2006 -- Based on statistics from the U.S. Postal Service, more than 20 million households in the United States move annually. A majority of these people move during the summer months, often called the Moving Season, which makes a service like WhiteFence necessary to America's on-the-move population. With more than 14 percent of the U.S. population moving each year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, WhiteFence makes it easy for them to find the best deals and conveniently connect their home essential services in minutes.

To read the complete press release, you can go to WhiteFence news center.