Herald Business Article

Nelson businessman Alan Trent says he is committing more than $1 million to the development and launch of a shopping website, 735pm.com, aimed at New Zealand retailers and consumers.

One of the site’s features is it gets redesigned every day at 7.35pm. While retailing websites including Telecom’s Ferrit have struggled to win significant numbers of customers, Trent said 735pm.com would provide a unique shopping experience and offer significant opportunities for companies to market nationwide.

2 Responses

  1. I don’t understand how this is a “completely new concept”… How is it different to 1-day or firstin? Good luck taking on 1-day who have a massive client-base and provide an excellent service…

    And your website needs A LOT of work…

  2. Hi Boo

    Yes we are a completely new concept…

    There are alot of diffences between other 24 hour sites and 735pm.com..

    We offer services like hairdressing salons, day spas, tourist activities, hotels etc. We have clients who bring to site, their goods and services like wine, olive oil, clothing designs, Jewelrey. We also have electronics flatscreens, ipods through to items like Motorcycles. We are very diverse..

    There are lots of goodies coming at amazing prices.

    Yes we are very much in the development stages of the site.

    We are not “taking anyone on” so to speak, but here to bring New Zealanders the most diverse product and service range, at the best possible prices and introduce our clients to new customers.

    We are doing the design of the site in flash .. nearly all shopping sites are html, especially in New Zealand as our internet speeds are much slower than the rest of the world..

    However we believe that will change in the future and we will have hopefully developed our site by then, to be ready for that change.

    In the interim plenty of Kiwis have already found their way round the site and are purchasing goods and services at 735pm.com

    We do welcome feedback and and take all of it as constructive critism and then construct the site, with that feedback in mind.

    Thanks for taking the time to stop by, much appreciated

    Kindest Regards

    Alyson
    Admin

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