For January Sella came in as the 18th busiest New Zealand website*.
We’ve seen increases in activity on the site with more people registering, bidding, buying now and asking questions. Moving into the new year the property section of the site has seen noticeable increases as homes for sale and rental property demand increase at the start of the year as people relocate and get set for the new year.
Sella has been going gangbusters over the last few months, which is great – we now have over 160,000 listings, 140,000 members and 400,000 users a month – all in only 14 months of operation!
Over the last couple of months we have had many people contact us asking how they can help spread the word of sella.co.nz, which is fantastic, it is really great to have the support of so many people.
Some of the things that people have asked us about are,
Flyers made up to put under car windscreen wipers at cricket / rugby games
Signs made up for the wall of their buildings that are highly visible
Pamphlets to include in boxes that get sent out with purchases
Banners etc for their own websites
So, We would like to ask – what ideas do you have? Nothing is too crazy as far as we are concerned.
You can get in touch and let us know your ideas by either
We look forward to all of your ideas and there will be a nice prize for the best suggestions. We will definitely be actioning some of these suggestions..
Congratulations to Stephanie Eachel who has won an Air New Zealand Mystery Break simply for joining sella – we don’t know where she’s going but we’re sure she’ll have a great time.
Join sella before February 16th and you could win a double pass to Top Gear Live at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland.
From our good friends at Ask Now we have a special offer for our sella family. Simply ask the team at Ask Now a question and include the code “XMAS09.” in your email. The first 50 questions asked will be answered 100% Free of Charge.
It has been a massive year for sella and with Christmas just round the corner it’s time to share a few of our many growth highlights from January 2009 to December 2009.
Listings increased from 40,000 to over 160,000 – an increase of 300%
Users coming to the site have increased from 35,000 a week to over 120,000 – an increase of over 240%
Members have increased from 20,000 to 125,000 and growing at over 2,000 a week – an increase of over 500%
We are now selling thousands of individual items each week.
Bids have increased to tens of thousands each week.
The dollar value sold has grown from nothing in January to hundreds of thousands each week.
Carters, KidsCan StandTall Charitable Trust and a host of local celebrities have teamed up to build and decorate playhouses in the Auckland area. These playhouses will then be displayed at Carters branches across Auckland next week while they are auctioned off online at sella.co.nz.
All 15 playhouses will be decorated by celebrities from all walks of life…. Mark Olsen and his 8 year old art student, The Warriors, Sally Ridge, Shane Cameron, Cocksy, The Fairy Shop, The Mad Butcher, Claire Kingman-Jones, Peter Urlich, Josh Heslop and Sera-Lily.
Carters, as the building supplies merchant arm of Carter Holt Harvey, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The folks at Carters felt it was a good time to give back to the community that helped them reach this great achievement. In particular, they wanted to help New Zealand’s future by supporting KidsCan StandTall Charitable Trust.
The playhouses are constructed from plywood and will be painted with Wattyl paints that can survive the weather outdoors. With a doorway and three windows, the playhouses would make a fantastic Christmas gift for children. All funds raised will go back to KidsCan StandTall.
So check out the Carters KidsCan store on sella.co.nz for more information and the individual playhouse auctions!
Over 100 fantastic auctions all starting from $1 reserve with new auctions listed regularly.
-Luxury holidays at Gold Coast, Hawaii and other locations that includes flights and accommodation.
-International air deals, unlimited business premier and premium economy air travel for 2 months
-Celebrity experiences like painting planes with Richard Kahui, morning tea with the Prime Minister John Key and many more.
-Signed memorabilia from racing legend Greg Murphy and All Whites captain Ryan Nelsen.
All funds raised from the 2009 Kids at Christmas Charity Auction go towards 3 deserving causes; Leukaemia & Blood Foundation, Kids Restore New Zealand & Make A Wish New Zealand.
Get bidding for a life changing experience for you and kiwi kids.
