BANGALORE: UrbanPro.com, India’s leading marketplace for hiring service professionals has announced a new feature which enables Consumers to get their questions answered in over 1000 categories. The feature named ‘Ask a Pro’, allows Consumers to address questions on any subject to the 350,000+ service professionals on the UrbanPro platform, and receive relevant answers from the experts.

On an average UrbanPro receives over 3000 customer requests per day thereby cementing its position as a market leader. With the new Ask a Pro feature, it continues to scale the business and help consumers make an informed choice, by enabling them to engage with service providers at zero cost. Consumers can directly connect with service professionals and seek advice and opinion on a number of issues.

Since its launch the feature has seen constant traction and is already getting hundreds of questions every week, with each question being answered by multiple providers. The feature is also being well received by the provider community with over 10,000 professionals having answered various questions till date. The questions being asked range across categories such as Reiki, Hip Hop Dance, Fitness, Tutions  and more.

The feature is immediately available on all platforms – Web, Mobile Web as well as Android App, allowing Consumers to get their questions answered on the go.

“We realized that Consumers needed to talk to expert Professionals to ask questions they had, before they availed paid services. This allows Consumers to get their questions answered, while Professionals get a medium to increase their credibility on the platform”, said Rakesh Kalra, Founder & CEO, UrbanPro about the new feature.

Since raising 12 crores from Nirvana Ventures in April 2015, the company has witnessed multi-fold growth in just 6 months. UrbanPro has also opened offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai apart from a new head office in Bangalore. UrbanPro.com serves over 1000 categories and is present in 6 major cities across the country. The platform currently has 10 lakh registered customers and over 350,000 listed professionals across categories.
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