Back to Home Page Newsletter July 2009 Online Op Shop's First Customer! Tracy Richardson, of Silverdale, became Online Op Shop's very first customer on July 2nd. Tracy bought a white woollen poncho for just $5.00 which was delivered to her within two hours of purchase! We cannot promise such a speedy delivery in all circumstances, as the seller lived ten minutes from Tracy and was able to 'drop it in' when passing. The atmosphere in the Online Op Shop office was one of relief and excitement after weeks of work building the site paid off with this first sale - the trickle of sales is now a steady stream as we approach our second week of Op Shop trading. Tracy found the whole process easy and thinks that the Online Op Shop is a great idea. Online Op Shop No.1 in

If you go to Google's search engine and search on Online Op Shop, you will see that the result is a fantastic No.1 place for Online Op Shop - world wide - ahead of 39 million other entries! There are hundreds of entries for the Online Op Shop and this will continue to grow as we grow. Our Current average monthly hit rate is approximately 43,000, which is a good start. We have also joined Google's AdSense scheme where Google place content related advertising on our pages, thus generating additional revenue for our shareout of profits! In The Media We have sent our monthly press release to all relevant media and are waiting for interviews with various magazines, papers and Radio. One interview, with the Aucklander Magazine, should be taking place shortly! (300,000 circulation.) We have been interviewed by 'Hibiscus Matters' which resulted in an excellent article that has given us a lot of feedback The Smacking Referendum As a part of our policy, we shall support any initiatives that will improve or safeguard the rights and conditions of groups or individuals within the community. The National Referendum on smacking children is within that remit and we support the yes vote organisations stand on this issue. We have developed a questionaire on this issue for Facebook users that highlights the pro vote facts - take the quiz yourself and see what you think! Click Here Back to Home Page