GOFERLY Blog

2015 - What a Year for Goferly!

Published Jan 30th, 2016

So here we are in 2016 and what a busy & successful year 2015 has been!

The year 2015 will forever be a very important year for us as a company, right from an idea - a formation - an execution. Goferly was intended to be a platform to help people in local neighborhoods connect seamlessly with each other to delegate chores and earn some extra money doing them! From our very inception this was it, plain and simple! We wanted to make it so easy and intuitive that everyone would be able to adopt our platform quickly. We ensured our platform would be user friendly and that our users wouldn't be bogged down with endless advertisements and irritating pop-up's just to make a few extra $$ as a company. We believed that you would be ample advertisement for us, once they you use and experience our website and get things done efficiently and quickly.

Well, the trust we placed on our clients and providers paid off and we can't be more thankful to everyone who signed up, both as requesters and gofers in equal numbers and started to adopt our platform and understand what we were trying to do and partake in this sharing economy. The rate and pace of adoption in our smaller towns and communities has re-invigorated our commitment to stay true to our values of serving local communities first, before aiming for larger cities.

Progress Report

Now, as we ended 2015 with just over 6 months under our belt, Goferly user base grew exponentially from Fairfield, Litchfield & New Haven Counties in Connecticut to Putnam, Duchess & Westchester counties in New York and we saw a five fold increase in chores being posted varying from Dog / Pet sitting - House cleaning - Plumbing - Painting - Dryer vent cleaning and much much more! The wide range of chores posted reflected the vast array of needs and the simultaneous completion of those chores was a testimony to the wide skill set we have amongst you - our gofers!

The best part of this initial 6-7 month journey of ours was to actually see many of you finding more free time or making money completing chores, with average earnings ranging from $60 in July 2015 to almost $700 by the end of year. We received tons of feedback, majority of it being positive although a few negatives, which we quickly tried to resolve to the best of capabilities (we will try harder in 2016 - we promise)! Majority of our users used mobile devices to post and view chores and almost all transactions were completed promptly. We saw more household / handyman chores being posted in the Fall versus Summer and also got to personally meet some of our highest earning gofers and get some feedback on their secrets to bidding and winning those chores!

More Users - More Chores - More Money being made! Seems like we should sit back and take in these stats for a minute..Nope! We want to do much better as a company and as a team for you in 2016 and will relentlessly work towards improving your experience through us. We will work on launching more features to improve your security and data on our site, make your mobile user experience even better and enable video uploading of chores description. We will also improve the communication platform between requesters and gofers to further facilitate the completion of chores quicker. Last but not the least, we will keep the site free of unnecessary 'bling' and clutter to ensure you get what you were looking for and get your work done quickly and efficiently!

Happy New Year to all our users! Cheers to a Great 2016!

Happy Gofering!

Goferly & the American Suburb

Published July 4th, 2015

We started out this year with a mission to serve, and bring to our local neighborhoods a sense of camaraderie and 'getting things done'. In our journey so far, we are committed in staying true to this mission and focus our attention to the American suburbs. To begin making this point and 'walking the walk' - Goferly - The Company has its roots in the American suburb. We are committed to fostering a technological marketplace which connects users not just in big cities, but also in friendly small neighborhoods outside of any big city.

Now, many have asked us as to why we focus on suburbs or why not focus on larger cities in your plans for expansion. The answer is quite simple - We believe in an all-inclusive experience for our users who in many cases work in cities but live in the suburbs. Most of our daily chores usually revolve around our homes, yards and communities and this is where people need services like ours the most.

Some of our initial assumptions were confirmed when we did some fact finding around the true nature of American Suburbia and how it interacts with the rest of the country in general. For example, moving is a huge part of U.S. history, for better or worse, and "interstate migration" in other words is basically double international migration, across countries. On an average an American moves 11 times during the course of their lifetime according to experts! Domestic relocations shape local economies in many ways: They rent apartments, buy homes, lease cars, purchase groceries, have children and in doing so, they take with them a sense of belonging and acceptance wherever they go, which is one of the fundamental pillars on which Goferly was built. The most surprising fact is that people are moving from cities to the suburbs more now than ever, contrary to what the popular belief might state! This is partly due to the high cost of living and burgeoning inflation in cities, coupled with equal or better services offered in 'satellite towns' across America. People are looking for more space, less clutter, good air quality, good schools and above all a decent standard of living, and that is mostly synonymous with the majority of our suburbs.

As we had mentioned earlier, Goferly is specifically designed to address the needs of American suburbia and it is the ONLY platform out there which addresses this growing population. We will strive to keep a 'Think global, act local' attitude to make your lives a little bit easier.

Happy Gofering!

The Beginning

Published April 15th, 2015

It's been a cold, grey winter up here in the Northeast and its finally receding come mid-April. The first thing which comes to mind is Spring Cleaning and what better day to do so when the ice has all melted and the grass has started to look green again. Well, like most Americans - Spring cleaning comes with both indoor and outdoor chores, which usually takes up some precious time, we would rather be spending doing things we love such as hiking, biking or just taking a stroll through our neighborhood park.

Enter - GOFERLY! There could be no better time in the year for us to launch this innovative concept of 'delegating' your chores, including some of the mundane spring cleaning work! You won't believe how many skilled and willing people exist in your neighborhood, to pick up and get going. Now, many of us have heard of other service provider internet companies, which in most cases all operate in big cities and metropolis such as NYC or San Francisco, but what about people like us living in the suburbs? Goferly is specifically designed to address the needs of American suburbia and it is the ONLY platform out there, which addresses this growing population. As we foray into this market, we choose Connecticut and New York State to begin with and then will expand country wide as time progresses, so people in the rest of the country will still have to wait a little bit longer (we promise it will take only a few months), for our great service to come to their local suburban neighborhood!

Coming back to the purpose of our story - We have all been in situations where we need a little extra help and have no qualms paying someone to help us out! There couldn't be a better way than Goferly, to now delegate those chores and free up some time. Now, while we go about doing this, we also look for ease and hassle free delegation. Goferly offers you the ability to post and do chores with the "least number of clicks". Please be free to explore our site and try out different features such as ratings, message boards, categories covered etc.

We hope that with our inception, we have made your life a bit easier and you can always trust us in keeping it simple and straightforward. As always, we are happy to hear from you and get your feedback.

Happy Gofering!