Posts tagged ‘trademe’
August 30th, 2011 by StopPress Team
Internet users from around New Zealand, over 278,000 of them in fact, have been busy singling out their favourite websites as part of the 2011 People’s Choice NetGuide Web Awards. The results have been tallied and while there were a few repeat offenders, this year’s overall winner isn’t even of local origin. Mega social networking site Facebook took out the top honour for Site of the Year, taking the crown from last year’s winner stuff.co.nz. The site also nabbed the Best Social Networking Site award. Read more »
March 15th, 2011 by StopPress Team
TradeMe has already launched a daily deals site. But as mouths continue to water about the potential of the world’s latest business trend, it’s about to launch another one called Treat Me, a stand-alone group-buying site focused on services, events and experiences rather than low-margin goods sent out through the post. Read more »
February 25th, 2011 by StopPress Team
Aussie-based media behemoth Fairfax Media has released its results for the last half of 2011, with TradeMe continuing to shine and the New Zealand arms of the business also reporting double digit profit increases despite a slow economy.
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November 25th, 2010 by Josh Gale
Fairfax Media has announced it will be making some sizable changes to its organisational structure in an effort to adapt and prosper in a world where convergent, digital and multi-platform media rules the day. But the New Zealand media operations, it seems, won’t really be affected. Read more »
April 8th, 2010 by Deirdre Robert
It would seem Sam Morgan has come full circle. Having created the runaway success that is Trademe, his very own entrepreneurial gem is auctioning him off. Read more »
March 25th, 2010 by Ben Fahy
In strange things for sale on TradeMe news, committed Mexi-Dougophiles can bid to get their hands on the authentic and presumably extremely valuable Mexi-Doug Instant Kiwi costume, with the proceeds from the auction going towards WWF’s Earth Hour. Read more »
February 24th, 2010 by Deirdre Robert
It seems the chocolate reviews written by our StopPress readers have caused Yellow chocolate to sell out! Well, perhaps we’re being a little presumptuous, but the sweet yellowish concoction has all but vanished from supermarket shelves, making it the fastest selling chocolate bar over the past year. Not bad considering its chocolate creator Josh Winger, only got assigned the ‘mission’ to create the yellow chocolate six months ago.
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February 23rd, 2010 by Deirdre Robert
While not every Telecom XT user will be seeing the lighter side of the problems that have plagued the network and its users, one cheeky Trade Me user has decided to put the network up for sale. Read more »
February 11th, 2010 by Michael Carney, Marketing Week
Hey, look, it’s the newish incarnation of eBuzz from Marketing Week, and it’s a weekly melange of digital marketing news that will be of interest and relevance to Kiwis.
- Facebook, Twitter, TradeMe and the Anti-Spam Law: what’s the dilly?
- Social media: called to account
- Google gets buzzed
- Where do Kiwis shop online?
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