Our press release!

In today’s economy, auto repair shops are struggling to get new customers to their shops and retain their existing customers. Additionally, with the high cost of advertising, they are finding it difficult to promote their shops and share any special deals or discounts they want to offer to their customers. To solve this problem and to help auto repair shops reach new customers, Prundo.com (http://www.prundo.com) has launched its auto repair shop portal, which allows all auto repair shops to share their shop details and coupons, special offers/deals with their targeted customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

“Auto repair shops spend over $800 per month to promote their shops through printed media, online advertising and other direct mail options. However, all these channels have a big disadvantage of not being able to reach the target customers efficiently and cost-effectively. Prundo.com fills in this gap by providing an online portal, which allows the shops to display their car repair prices, coupons, special offers and deals, whenever the customer is looking for such deals,” said Alka Gupta, CEO of Prundo.com. “As Prundo.com is exclusively targeting auto repair customers, the auto repair shops can reach their targeted audience cost effectively”.

Auto repair shops can register themselves at ( http://www.prundo.com/station_register.php ) and input their auto repair shops details. After registering, auto repair shops can access following great features:

1.    Display Service Station Details: Each shop gets its own unique page with details such as address, phone number, directions, affiliation, working hours, services provided, prices and special offers.

2.    Add/ delete/modify services and offers 24 x 7: Shops can display and change the services and prices directly through their account 24 x7. No need for spending money on reprinting their promotion material.

3.    Easily create coupons from multiple templates: Prundo.com offers free coupon templates which can be easily customized for each auto repair shop.

4.    Free submission to popular online classified websites: Prundo.com submits auto shop details for free to various classified ads for greater visibility of the auto repair shops.

5.    Display Coupons: Shops can display between two to unlimited number of coupons on the website.

Prundo is offering all of the above great features through three subscription models (http://www.prundo.com/station_register.php). They are also offering special promotion of one free month with monthly membership and two free months with annual membership!

About Prundo: Prundo.com , located in Irvine California, is based on a patent pending concept, to make auto repairs easier and cheaper for both, their customers and the auto repair shops. Customers can view and download money saving coupons for brake, tire, oil change and over 30 other routine maintenance and auto repairs needs. Auto repair shops can reach their targeted customers easily and cost effectively through their own auto repair shop portal.

We are really excited about our press release this morning for the re-launch of our newly designed website. The text of our press release is as follows:

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ — In this ailing economy, when Americans are struggling to save every penny, a new, free website – http://www.prundo.com – has been recently launched to help its registered users save money on their auto repairs. The patent-pending website has great tools to help its registered members in deciding where to take their cars for maintenance and repairs.

Prundo.com is like an “Expedia” for auto repair. Based on Web 2.0 concepts and philosophy, Prundo.com will empower its members to make the best choices for servicing and repair needs of their cars. Prundo members can download money-saving coupons for over 30 types of car repair, including brake, oil change, transmission, and tires, for free.

Prundo.com will also offer following benefits to its members:

• View available auto repair shops for the desired service in their zip codes
• Review special offers from the auto service providers
• No need to clip coupons! Get coupons 24×7, whenever they need them!
• Compare costs of desired automobile servicing
• View user ranking/feedback of the auto repair shop
• View distance to the preferred auto repair shop
• Get directions to the preferred auto repair shop

“The mission of our company is to make auto repairs easy for our members and remove any doubts they may have,” said Prundo CEO Alka Gupta. “We want to help our members get better service on auto repairs and save money at the same time.”

There are over 235 million cars in the U.S. Due to the current state of the economy, people are keeping their cars longer (average of 9 years), thereby requiring routine maintenance and repairs to keep their cars in working condition. U.S. car owners spend approximately $800 per car per year, making auto repairs a $250 billion market.

“Prundo is an innovative concept because there are no websites currently available to help consumers compare auto services based on cost, distance, offers/discount and quality of service,” said Gupta. “Prundo.com was launched to fill this gap and provide a logical tool for its members.”

http://www.prundo.com may well be the ticket to relief for all American car owners in this economy, as users have already saved over $17,000 since its launch. The website currently has coupons worth over $150,000. So next time when your car needs a brake replacement or tire rotation or even a simple oil change, give it a try before you go to your mechanic, because you could save some serious bucks.