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We’ve launched a great new way for you to get rid of your car quickly.

We’ve partnered with the New Zealand Herald and its regional partners to push your online Sella ‘car for sale’ listing into your local newspaper. We’ll have more news on this shortly, but for now keep an eye out when you list your old car for sale on Sella. Or you can even promote a car listing you’ve already got on Sella.co.nz.

Kiss Your Car [...]

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Our Developer Monkeys have sneaked in another piece of new kit !!  We usually dont like to leave them unsupervised, but in this case they’ve actually churned out something useful.

If you’re shipping via NZ Post – you can now enter your NZ Post Tracking Code directly from your SOLD items page.  Just look for the ‘Confirm Delivery Dispatched’ button.

Buyers, you’ll be able to ‘view delivery dispatch’ from your Items You’ve Purchased page.

Have a play with it and, as usual, let [...]

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Download the sella iPhone App

The new iPhone App for sella has launched today. It makes it easy to buy and sell items through your iPhone on sella.

It’s free to download so there is no excuse not to use it, or at the least try it and let us know what you think.

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Hi all,

We told everyone that we would listen to feedback about everything for the site, and change stuff when the majority of users wanted it.

In the last week there has been a massive increase in people asking for a Message Board system – so, we’ve decided to build one.

We have some really cool stuff coming out in the next 4 weeks that the MB’s will be built into – we think you will like it, and we think its superior [...]

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Option to view the $1 reserve auctions across the categories using the price filter

This week we have launched a much requested feature, the $1 Reserve section. It shows all the auctions starting from just $1. There are some great bargains available, so have a look through for a deal before it closes.

In the top navigation bar across the site

Next to the featured stores on the home page

$1 Reserve filter across categories

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Puppies Search

Earlier in March we released search improvements. The results returned are now more relevant and this has lead to a 10% increase in search conversions.

P.S. make your listings more relevant by providing a detailed description.

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The designers have been working hard to make sella easier to use by improving key areas on the site.

We’ve also made a range of changes in your account section. Be sure to login and check them out.

So what are you waiting for? Why not take a look at the changes as you browse through sella and tell us what you think in the comments.

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Expired Listings Showing Current Listings

As part of our most recent product release we changed the information viewable by sellers. You can now easily see all the pricing, bidding and viewer numbers for each auction you have running and also all post sale information.

Auction Sellers View

We have also released a new feature that gives your old listings a new life! If one of your old auction listings is found on Google, or any other search engine, searchers will be shown other current listings you [...]

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New browse menu

The developers are kept on their toes here at sella, continually rolling out new features and functionality. Some of the highlights released early this morning are:

Improved top search bar, with added browsing functionality
“Suggest a similar item link” for expired listings, helping buyers find your listings through Google and other search engines.
New and improved pages in our Help section.
Improvements to post sale results lists as requested by users.
Agent Details, Email & Google Maps have been added to Property Listings.
Plus over 100 [...]

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Our hardworking Development Team was at it again this morning at 5am releasing the next range of sella site improvements.

All auctions closing between 5am and 5.30am were pushed forward half an hour as a result of the site being temporarily offline.

Highlights of this release include :

- A new photo viewer

- An improved image uploader

- Improved RSS Feeds that now contain more information you can display on your own sites.

- Improved usability for buyers and sellers, including earier access to watch [...]

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