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itsmymarket.com newsletter - April 2008

Source: Tomo
Tuesday 8th April 2008, 5:23pm

Welcome to the first newsletter of 2008!

Hi,

Welcome to the first itsmymarket.com newsletter of 2008!

We were reminiscing in the office this week about all the great things that we did last year. The photo competitions were pretty popular but most of all we were amazed at the sheer number of items that were advertised through itsmymarket.com in 2007; over 68,000! The variety was pretty amazing too, from Ferrari’s & Nintendo Wii’s to corner sofa’s and some very nice handmade jewellery.

Many of you have been wondering if we will run another photo competition, yes we will. When? – we’re not sure but it will probably be during the summer. If you have any suggestions for a theme then please reply to this email.

Last month we finished work on our whitelabel system. This enables third party websites to run their own classified listings system for free; complete, award winning software for free! The best bit is that we manage it for you, so we look after scammers, enquiries, etc. Because its whitelabel it means its not branded “itsmymarket.com”, so you can claim it as your own. If you have your own website and fancy giving your users the facility to buy and sell then please click here.

As a thankyou for your continued support of itsmymarket.com all registered users have recieved 5 days worth of vouchers for our premium listings. A premium listing is normally a paid for enhancement that positions your advert at the top of the listings page, gaining the most exposure. This voucher is valid until the 31 May 2008*. You can use them all together on one a! dvert or split them between multiple ads. Once you have create! d your a dvert simply proceed through the premium listings setup, our system will recognise you and will bypass the billing system. If you have already created an advert then login to “Your Account”, select “Your classified listings” and click the “Buy Guaranteed First Page Listing” link next to your favoured advert.

We look forward to working with you all in 2008, if you have any suggestions please let us know, we are always interested in hearing ideas for improving our website.

Thankyou and until next time we wish you well,

itsmymarket.com team

PS: remember to spread the word that itsmymarket.com is the place to buy and sell! To create an advert click here.

*Subject to Availability

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We're still here!

Source: Tomo
Monday 19th November 2007, 8:59pm

It's been ages since we've posted to our blog so here goes...

Hi Guys,

It's been a while, you must think we've vanished?!

Here's an update on a few things that we've been up to recently:

Well, first, we've been listening to some of your comments regarding the topic of "Carbon Offsetting". We racked our brains in one of those "strategy" meetings (that was punctuated by a swift beer to get our creative juices flowing!) where we came up with a way of keeping itsmymarket.com green. Essentially we have been able to calculate how much carbon is produced by your pc while you are visiting itsmymarket.com! Its a pretty complicated equation but in October 2007 we offset 4,380 tonnes of CO2 by planting trees...check out our green page for more info.

We've been raising money too, you may remember when Matt, Rowan & Manley ran the Great West Run on behalf of the RNLI raising £750? Well since then we've developed and tweaked a piece of software that runs charity auctions associated with radio stations. Our next big one is coming up soon on the 9th December but as we're hosting it you can check out the lots and bid on them now!

We've also been having a think about some future improvements to our classifieds...we're thinking of video ads - where in addition to uploading pictures of the item you wish to sell you would be able to record a short clip of your item on your mobile and txt it to us for around 25p...we're interested in hearing from both sellers and potential buyers - would it benefit you? Of course if you just have an opinion we're interested! Drop us an email: enquiries@itsmymarket.com with your thoughts.

Oh, how could i forget this: today we launched our latest photo competition! - yes, after much demand they're back...This one is called "Photo's of 2007" and does what it says - a collaboration of everything that's happened in 2007, in pictures! The winner will grab themselves a brand new Canon EOS 350D Digital SLR including a 18-55mm lens kit supplied by our friends at savebuckets.com.

Our Prioritised listings that get your advert to the top of its category has launched...costing as little as £1 per consecutive day we've had a number of our users use these to their success.

I think that's about it! Apart from the fact that we welcomed James to the team over the summer!

We really appreciate all the comments and thoughts that you send us and leave in our forums so please keep them coming! We'd also like to thank all of you who post blogs, place ads and everything else on itsmymarket.com.

Cheers for now!

itsmymarket

PS - its chilly outside hey??!!

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Exeter Prezzo II

Source: Matt
Friday 6th July 2007, 9:27pm

Will there be a happy ending? Prezzo PLC have replied to my letter of complaint...

I just got home to find a letter from Prezzo PLC on the doormat. The letter apologises for my recent bad experience in Exeter Prezzo, gives assurances that the matter will be investigated, and encloses a £50 voucher in the hope that I might return to give them a second chance to demonstrate their usually high standards and regain my custom.

That certainly restores a little bit of my faith. Not sure when I'll use the voucher, but I'll let you know how I get on.

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Exeter Prezzo

Source: Matt
Monday 4th June 2007, 2:58pm

Soapbox time! Or 'How Prezzo in Exeter messed up Ben's stag weekend a bit'...

Time for a rare personal blog post - we work so hard at IMM towers that we don't get much time for these :)

Ben, itsmymarket.com's resident genius, had his stag party this weekend just gone. On Saturday night, we kicked off proceedings with a visit to the Prezzo restaurant in Exeter (early on, whilst still being sober and well-behaved I hasten to add).

I'd booked Prezzo because I've had some great meals there in the past. The booking this time was for 14 people so Prezzo required a deposit of £70 (£5 per head) which I paid on Thursday.

When our bill came at the end of the meal, the deposit had not been subtracted. If I was cynical, I might suggest this was a deliberate ploy to get more money out of parties who've had a few beers and wouldn't notice, but I'm willing to accept that this was a mistake. Nonetheless, if you take a large group in there, be careful that they don't make a similar mistake and end up taking a large amount of extra money from you.

When we pointed out the error to the head waiter, he was insistent that no deposit had been paid. I explained that there was a note of the payment in their bookings diary and asked him several times to look, but he continued to insist that I was lying. One of our group then reached across the counter and took the bookings diary, opened it up and found the note about the deposit. Rather than apologise at this point, the head waiter simply said "well, I guess you were looking for a reason not to pay your service charge, and now you've found it"!

I've complained to the company that owns Prezzo restaurants - I hope it does some good. But I am simply amazed that the head waiter could be so rude and so arrogantly determined that we were wrong even after he'd been proven wrong.

I'm quite disappointed and feel let down by the restaurant I'd selected for a good friend's stag weekend.

EDIT: 6th July, 2007 - Prezzo PLC have responded to my complaint.

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Prioritised Classified Listings

Source: Matt
Friday 1st June 2007, 4:30pm

Get FREE guaranteed first page listings for your classified ads until July!

We're still beavering away on new features here at IMM Towers and as of today you can book guaranteed first page, top three, prioritised listings for your classified ads. Better yet, they're absolutely free until the 1st of July.

We're basically trying this feature out to see what you think of it, and how well it works and we're just too nice to charge you for helping with our trial. So go and snap up those prioritised listings quick, before somebody else does, and get your ads noticed!

Ok, have you created your prioritised listings now? Good. We want to know what you're thinking right now. Does it all make sense? Did it work? Does it do what you expected? Could it do more? Tell us everything...

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