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Sella Message Boards are now live

Richard — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:52:20 +0000

The message boards are here!
Why don’t you jump on in, take a look around and maybe even leave a comment or start a thread of your own.

Sella Motoring new provider of motoring listings to NZ Herald

Casey — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:19:56 +0000

We are excited to announce that sella Motoring is now the official provider of motoring listings to the New Zealand Herald’s Online Motoring section. All motoring listings can now be searched by NZ Herald users meaning the chance of a potential buyer finding your car has grown even more. Better yet it is still 100% FREE to load your motoring listing onto sella!

The success of GrabOne, and viral marketing… as reviewed by OneDayDeals

Casey — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:47:58 +0000

Ever wondering about the validity of viral marketing ? Yesterday on www.grabone.co.nz 10,000 Movie Tickets were purchased within a matter of a few hours, based on some initial emails, Facebook posts and Twitter messages. At sella we love the power of the internet being combined with an great deal. What an amazing success!

Check out this review by our friends at www.onedaydeals.co.nz talking about the launch and success of GrabOne. One Day Deals is a great way to see all the daily deals for offer in New Zealand in one place. Check them out today!

And don’t forget to check out GrabOne each day for an amazing deal around Auckland, and soon to be around New Zealand. Tell you friends and family and grab a deal of your own.

Sella iPhone App is here!

Richard — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:12:41 +0000

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.

Buying

-Browse all the live auctions
-Easily see the featured, popular and $1 reserve auctions
-Ask questions and save auctions to your watch list
-Access your current profile info
-Receive push notifications about closing and bidding info
-Bid on Auctions

Selling

-Use your iPhone camera to capture images
-Write full titles and descriptions
-Choose through the categories for your item
-Answer user questions
-View information about your items for sale

We are looking forward to finding out what you think.

KidsCan Charity Auctions

Richard — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:10:38 +0000

Starting today there’s an amazing opportunity for you to help the kids in need and help KidsCan stamp out child poverty in New Zealand.

There are over 100 auctions, all starting at $1 reserve.
Here’s a couple of highlights:

Lifetime Membership to Club Physical
The Warehouse Republic Revolution $10,000 Home Makeover
Brand new washing machines From Fisher & Paykel
Behind the scenes All Blacks test match experience
View all of the KidsCan charity auctions

Also keep an eye out this week on telly as there’s TV ads running promoting these charity auctions.

Add your own Polices & Procedures

aidan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:05:10 +0000

Stores can now load new or change existing policies and procedures to let customers know:

-How to pay for items (most important !!!)

-When and how the products are going to be delivered.

-If faulty, how they are going to get a refund and also how the customer can return the product.

-Warranty policy of the item.

The information supplied will give the user an added sense of security, and in turn making it easier for them to hand over their hard earned cash.

Enhanced Branding & Customer Interaction

aidan — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:46:40 +0000

Store Banner

As a store you can now load a new or modify the existing banner that sits on top of your store page. Banners and logos give you the store owners, extra branding and promotional opportunities, and at the same time being completely FREE.

Special Message

This allows you to add a personalised message to the top off all your listings with one click of a button.

i.e SALE 6.9% Off for July Only, ends in 10 days!

Improved Business Details for Stores

vanja — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:41:44 +0000

The designers have been hard at work again making it easier for you the store owners.

1. About Us

This is a great opportunity for you the store owner to tell the customer more about who you are and what you do, get on a personal level with your customers.

Try and give the buyers as much information you can, the better your credentials the more sales you are potentially going to make.

You must sell yourself and your business.

2.Map

Have a retail store?

Or allow pick-ups from home?
Do customers need to find your business?

Let the customers know where you are physically located.

They might feel more secure in picking up the product in person, try and sell them an upgrade model or something that complements the winning auction.

3. Store Photos

As customers are buying online, they might find it difficult to relate your online store with a real business.

Load up as many photos you can of the store front, the reception, or even just your workshop where the products are created or stored.

Additional pictures will make customers feel more comfortable to bid on your auctions.

EasyLister now live on Sella

Casey — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:43:23 +0000

Today we are excited to announce that EasyLister users can now upload products to Sella. Better yet Easy Lister is 100% FREE! If you are looking for a way to upload your items easily to Sella let the Easy Tools products get you started! Designed with small- to medium- sized sellers in mind, EasyLister makes it possible to simply enter your product details and sit back and watch your profits grow.

EasyLister provides support for scheduled listing, automatic relisting, and much more. There are no complex installations, no need to have your computer on 24/7, and you can list and manage from any internet connected computer!

To learn more and get started simply visit EasyLister

Thanks to Owen and the team for your hard work !

Sella May Review

Richard — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:29:37 +0000

We had some good gains during May and received a lot of great feedback. From this feedback we’ve listened and have announced that we’re working on getting message boards up and running.

Interesting Stats

Our members now close to 260,000 and listings are almost at 250,000.

Here’s our overall site stats for May:

Number of visits to sella in May*	591,659
Number of Members	259,981
Number of pages viewed in April*	4,736,240
Busiest day of the week*	Thursday
Busiest hour of the day*	8-9pm

* Google Analytics May 2010

You’ll see in the graphs below, there has been decent growth across these factors – this is a great indicator of people finding stuff that they like.

Sella on Facebook

There’s continued growth of people liking Sella on the Sella facebook page, we’ve grown to more that 8,000 likes! We’re not far off 10,000 fans! Help us get there by becoming a fan of Sella on facebook & don’t forget to suggest Sella to your friends.

Like sella? Visit the Sella facebook page and show your appreciation!