Zeel

Zeel Networks Inc.
Privately held company
Industry Wellness
Founded 2010
Founder Samer Hamadeh
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States
Area served
 Select U.S. cities
Services On-demand massage delivery
Slogan Massage On Demand®
Website www.zeel.com

Zeel is a privately held company based in New York City. The company’s mobile phone application and website allow the booking of licensed massage therapists for on-location massage. It was founded by CEO Samer Hamadeh.

History

Zeel initially launched in 2010[1] as a booking engine for alternative healthcare providers, much like an alternative health version of ZocDoc.[2] Noting the demand for massage on short notice, the company refined its model to provide in-home massages on demand, starting in December 2012. The Zeel app was launched in April 2013, drawing comparisons to Uber.[3] Zeel has been on numerous “Uber for X” on-demand roundups.[4][5] As of March 2016, Zeel closed $10 million of a $12 million Series A round and have their service available in over 20 cities.[6]

Service

The Zeel app allows on-demand massage booking at a customer’s home, hotel, workplace, or event. The massage can take place in as little as an hour after booking, or up to a month in advance. Massages may be booked for start times between 8 am and 10:30 pm, 365 days of the year. Zeel currently operates in 9 major metropolitan areas, including the New York Tri-State area, Southern California (including Los Angeles and San Diego), South Florida, the Tampa Bay Area,[7] Chicago,[8] Boston,[9] Washington, D.C. (including Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.'s Maryland suburbs),[10] Denver (including the other 9 counties in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area),[11] and the San Francisco Bay Area,[12] including Napa and Sonoma counties.[13] Zeel offers deep tissue, sports, Swedish and prenatal massage techniques. Therapists accept massage bookings and travel to the location of Zeel customers, bringing a massage table, if needed.[14]

The company offers chair massage for corporate clients and group events.[15]

Zeel also has an annual subscription, Massage Zeelot, which includes a monthly massage and a professional massage table.[16]

Security

Zeel vets and background-checks all massage therapists in its network, who must be licensed in their state of practice.[17] Additionally, Zeel requires all customers to complete ID verification before booking a massage, which it does through either a scan of a government-issued ID or the last four digits of a Social Security number. By doing so, Zeel estimates that it loses 30% of potential customers, but makes its therapists feel safe when traveling to customers.[18]

Area Served

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Florida

Illinois

Maryland

Massachusetts

New Jersey

New York

Virginia

References

  1. ↑ "Zeel Networks, Inc.: Private company information". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  2. ↑ "Zeel Launches As A Booking Engine For Alternative Healthcare Providers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Zeel Relaunches As The Uber For Massage With New On-Demand, Mobile Booking Service". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  4. ↑ "There’s an Uber for Everything Now". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  5. ↑ "There’s an Uber for That". Inc. Magazine. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  6. ↑ Zakrzewski, Cat. "On-Demand Massage Startup Zeel Grabs $10M". Wallstreetjournal.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Zeel Expands Its On-Demand Massage Services To The Tampa Bay Area". TheStreet. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  8. ↑ "On demand massage service Zeel launching in Chicago". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015-09-09.
  9. ↑ "On-Demand, In-Home Massages are Coming to Boston, Courtesy of NYC Startup Zeel". Bostinno. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  10. ↑ "Health & Wellness: Zeel Delivers On-demand Massages". Washington Life Magazine. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  11. ↑ "Zeel Massage On Demand Arrives in Denver and Washington D.C.". SYS-CON. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  12. ↑ "Taking Massage-On-Demand Nationwide, Zeel Rolls Out In Miami, LA, and SF Bay". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  13. ↑ "Zeel brings Massage On Demand to Napa and Sonoma". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  14. ↑ "Zeel Help Center FAQs". Zeel. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  15. ↑ "Inside Founder Field Day: Like a Scene Lifted From HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’". Recode. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  16. ↑ "The most relaxing monthly membership on the planet". Dujour. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  17. ↑ "Zeel CEO talks on-demand massage services". Fox Business News. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  18. ↑ "Marketplace Morning Report for Monday, July 20". Marketplace.org. Retrieved 2015-09-03.

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