Industry Press / 07.11.18

Queue-it’s Virtual Waiting Room Surpasses 3 Billion End-Users

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – July 11, 2018 ---- Danish technology provider Queue-it announces a historic milestone: over 3 billion end-users have passed through the company’s virtual waiting room platform.

That means 3 billion concertgoers, streetwear enthusiasts, university applicants, and taxpayers have gone through one of the online queues set up by Queue-it’s customers in the ticketing, ecommerce, education, and public sectors.

In 2010, co-foundersNiels Henrik Sodemann, Camilla Ley Valentin and Martin Pronk saw a gap in the increasingly-digital world. All websites and apps have traffic thresholds. But unlike in the physical world, there was no online equivalent to forming an orderly line. So, the three co-founded Queue-it, a virtual waiting room platform that prevents website or app downtime due to traffic peaks.

“This milestone shows how far we’ve come as a company. Eight years and 3 billion users later, here we are. We’re really thrilled with such growth,” says Co-founder and CEO Niels Henrik Sodemann. “We’re very proud of the value Queue-it has provided to our customers, and the fairness and transparency our virtual waiting room has brought to the end-user experience overall,” he adds.

With unresponsive websites, some end-users haphazardly get through to lagging websites or apps, while others don’t.

Queue-it’s virtual waiting room, on the other hand, offloads excess end-users to a customizable queue page, and returns them in a first-come, first-served order. End-users can see their place in line, estimated wait time, and any messages from the website or app administrators. The transparent first-in, first-out system is the most equitable way to process high-traffic events.

Queue-it’s solution also ensures the humanity of queuing by banishing the bots. “It should be people, not bots, who get the coveted concert tickets or the stylish new sneakers” says Co-founder and CCO Camilla Ley Valentin. By deploying Queue-it’s built-in fraud protection, Dutch streetwear retailer Patta was able to flag 80% of those in line as malicious bots.

“With busy Black Friday ecommerce sales just around the corner, we’re already gearing up for our four-billionth end-user, which we expect to surpass this year as well.” says Ley Valentine

Contact information
Camilla Ley Valentin, CCO & Co-founder
ley@queue-it.com
T: +45 77 34 08 02
M: +45 53 35 36 37

About Queue-it:

Queue-it is the leading developer of virtual waiting room services to control website traffic surges by offloading visitors to an online waiting line environment. Its powerful SaaS platform enables online ticket sellers, retailers, educational institutions, and public-sector services across the globe to keep their systems online and visitors informed, capturing key revenue and online activity on their most business-critical days. The use of Queue-it has ensured online fairness during high-demand online events for over 3 billion consumers worldwide. For more information, please visit www.queue-it.com.

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