Facebook UK Alternative: Univillage Limited

Company: Univillage Limited

Location: UK

Launch Date: August 16th, 2006

In the company’s own words, what is it?

Univillage connects students at universities across the UK. You can find people on campus, contact anyone through the message system and even send digital photos to your friends’ phones, as well as a wealth of other features and ideas.

Outside quote about company:

Quoted by Pete Cashmore of Mashable.com: “I took it for a spin last week, and it’s an impressive platform. There are profile pages, university-based networks, the ability to add friends, groups, forums, blogging, events, photo uploading and integration with Yahoo Messenger. You can also customize your profile by editing the color scheme and fonts or grabbing a ready-made skin from the gallery (unlike with MySpace layouts, there’s no ability to add custom css). A calendar and address book are also included.”

Features:

Features

• Searching
  • How can I see if my friends at other universities have registered?
  • How do I find people on my course?
  • Can anyone find me in their searches?
• Friends
  • I have a friend listed who I do not know.
• Message Board
  • Someone has left me a message that I want to delete.
  • How do I leave messages for my friends?
• Blog
  • Can I edit entries I have made to my blog?
  • Can my friends write on my blog?
• Calendar
  • Who can see my calendar?
  • How can I add an event to my calendar?
  • Can I see other members’ calendar events?
• Groups
  • How do I join a group?
  • What does ‘being in a group’ do?
  • Can I join clubs and societies for other universities?
• Mail Messages
  • Can I send a mail message to a non member?
  • How do I create a new mail message?
• MMS
  • How much does it cost me to send an MMS (picture message)?
  • How do I send digital photos to friends’ phones?
• Photo Albums
  • How do I create a new album?
  • How do I edit an album?
  • Can I give my photo album a title?
• My Univillage Credit Account
  • I do not have a PayPal account.
  • I have registered for a PayPal account but can’t log in.
  • I have uploaded credit to my account but it is not displayed in my account balance.
  • I do not have enough Univillage credits to send an MMS.
  • Is the credit I upload onto my Univillage account refundable?
  • I already have a PayPal account, can I use this?
  • Can I simply transfer money from a credit/debit or UK bank account to my Univillage account?
• Univillage Music
  • How do I add a song from a Univillage artist to my profile? How do I remove it?
  • How can I get my unsigned student band on to Univillage?
  • I am a record company/management company. How can I upload my artist’s pages?
  • What media files am I able to upload?
  • How do I customise my page with colours and images?
  • How do I become a featured artist?

Screen Shots:

Relevant Links:

Univillage Plug-in
Univillage ready to take on Facebook in the UK
UniVillage.com: new social networking site for students
Social Networks: Music to Brit Marketers’ Ears

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