NZers are Buying and Selling online for free
30 March 2006
PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, 28 March 2006
New Zealanders areBuying and Selling online for free! Sellmefree publishes500,000 free ads
Sellmefree.co.nz, launched barely sixmonths ago, has published half a million free private sellerads online.
Sellmefree.co.nz, New Zealand s closestversion of the mighty free classified site craigslist.orgfrom the USA, has in six months, demonstrated that kiwi sare again rapidly following international internet trends.
The 500,000th ad was an official framed photograph of theBritish Lions football team of the 1971 NZ tour signed bythe team, which sold for $50!
The proposition for sellerswanting to sell for free at a fixed price and for buyers tobe able to buy right now rather than wait for an auction toclose is clearly gaining ground. Sellmefree.co.nz has over280,000 members who have placed a freead.
Sellmefree.co.nz is published by Trader Group, adivision of ACP Media. Lee Williams Group General Managercelebrated by saying :
'for the public the internet wasprimarily created for freedom and sharing of information.Free buying and selling takes this philosophy by the horns.We re really excited that a massive half a million ads wereposted for free rather than placed in newspapers or auctionwebsites where the seller pays.
Williams continues 'withfree classified sites such as craigslist and googlebasetaking the internet by storm worldwide over recent months,sellmefree.co.nz s future looks bright. Feedback to our freeproposition verses other major players in the market hasbeen fantastic. It looks as if people are seriouslyquestioning paying out to sell through auction commissions.
The model is based on our 'old world free ad papers suchas Buy Sell Exchange and Loot which have always had theproposition of 'free to sell for the public. We aim to takethis proposition to new levels over the comingmonths.
Sellmefree.co.nz s revenue streams come frombusinesses which can advertise large amounts of stock fromas little as $20 per week and online advertising. Theserevenue streams enable sellmefree.co.nz to offer the 'alwayshave been always will be free forever proposition to thepublic.
Buyers can place items for sale for free by web,phone and txt. Sellers can search and browse listings,receive email alerts, send ads to friends and tomobiles.
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