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Parkhound was founded for one basic reason – to help consumers have access to convenient, cheaper parking options in a single community marketplace.

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Enough with the silly parking signs

One of our co-founders, Michael Nuciforo, was interviewed by A Current Affair to discuss the issue of confusing parking signs. Parkhound research shows that 33% of drivers find parking signs confusing and more needs to be done to simplify parking signage.

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Parkhound reaches 1 million hours of parking milestone

Parkhound, Australia's Number 1 community sourced parking marketplace has now leased out over 1 million hours of affordable parking on behalf of local property owners and businesses.  The milestone was achieved last week when Glenroy resident Bronwyn White booked a parking space on Spencer Street for 8 weeks. The company, which has grown rapidly since launch, has now completed over

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Commerce Classified Interviews Parkhound

Recently I had the chance to talk to Michael Nuciforo, Co-founder of Parkhound. Parkhound is Australia’s Number 1 Car Parking Market Place. Operating out of Melbourne, Australia, the team at Parkhound have found the solution to today’s car park struggles. Through the interview with Parkhound we found out what it takes to start a successful business and how to find the drive

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Australian drivers spend over 3,000 hours looking for parking in their lifetime

Australians will spend on average 3,120 hours of their lifetime searching for parking, according to new research from online car park marketplace Parkhound (www.parkhound.com.au).  The company that operates an online community where members can easily exchange and lease parking spaces with residents and businesses found that finding parking was the hardest challenge for most drivers. Over 43% of the 300

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Australian start-up Parkhound shortlisted for major Asia Pacific ICT awards

Australia’s largest online car parking marketplace, Parkhound (www.parkhound.com.au), has been shortlisted for the prestigious Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA) to be held in Jakarta this week.  Dubbed the “Oscars of the ICT arena”, Parkhound has been nominated for its outstanding application of new technology to tackling a major consumer problem – the lack of affordable parking. The awards, to

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Parking the new frontier in the sharing economy

Online car park broker Parkhound is giving Australian councils plenty to think about when it comes to trying to regulate the digital economy and their own backyards. As residents increasingly go online to rent out their driveways, apartment block parking spaces or even onstreet parking by the day, week, month or year, Parkhound co-founder Rob Crocitti says he’s had a

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Online broker bites into parliamentary pay parking

Online car-parking broker Parkhound says it has been inundated with requests for parking spots in and around Canberra’s Parliamentary Triangle since the National Capital Authority (NCA) announced a few months ago that motorists would have to start paying to park. Pay parking began on Wednesday October 1 in the area roughly bordered by the Department of Defence, Parliament House and Civic, with rates set

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Make money from your spare car space with Parkhound

The days of free parking in the Parliamentary Triangle are officially over. At the same time, finding a reasonably priced long stay car space in the CBD or Braddon is becoming an increasingly frustrating and time consuming exercise. What’s a commuter to do? Enter Parkhound, an online community that connects drivers with spare car parking spaces sourced from local property owners.

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