A bit o’ this and a bit o’ that…

Check out the range of awesome things listed on Hire Things recently….

Winter dampness getting to you?  Rent a dehumidifier  or for those bigger spills a commercial dryer, or throw a party we are building up to be party central.

On a more serious note we would like to let you know that we have now added Q and A to the listing page so a customer can actually ask about the products, services or place before sending through a booking request. This means customers can make an informed choice and the Hire Outlet can have a quality booking.

We also offer a referral system and anyone who refers the site to someone can email referred@hirethings.com and we will give you another $10 free credit than can cover sucess fees or added extras to your listing.

How it works.

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A New Winner

This week it is one for the family holiday makers, the winner was the Venter trailer 

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Faizel Jassat “Congratulations” and welcome to the growing Hire Things site. Faizel has chosen to go with the petrol vouchers.

We are becoming party central, and  you can even  organise a wedding, there is now a wedding planner on the site, and wedding decorative covers.

We have gained some listings from the far north, welcome Kaitaia, Kerikeri and Cable Bay, we also welcome the Generators that help run the ski fields for those of us who enjoy the winter “thrills and spills”.

We welcome all our new members and say keep those listings coming, we are working on a few areas to improve your Hire Things experience, one is a question and answer area so you can ask questions before entering the booking process.

Keep those competition entries coming, there will be a new winner this week.

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Utting Sound in Hamilton wins

What a great week!!  Last week we had 36 new hire listings placed on the site!! 

Each week for the next few weeks we are giving away $40 of petrol, book, or Video Ezy vouchers drawn from the new hire listings for that week. 

This week Jonathan Roberts from http://www.uttingsound.co.nz/, with his listing of their bubble machine for hire in Te Rapa, Hamilton, has won the choice.

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Utting Sound is a team of sound technicians and specialists in the Waikato dedicated to helping your next event or gig hit all the right notes!!

You can see what else they have for hire on Hire Things in their hire storefront here.  They even hire out lasers!!

Remember, only valid listings of goods, places, or services for hire with photos go into the draw each week, so keep listing everyone to be in the draw!! 

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Week 2’s Winner

Our second voucher winner is Dive & Ski HQ  in Petone Lower Hutt, and they have chosen to curl up with a good book.  

 Dive hq winning entry ski clothing for hire

 A most apt thing to hire given that its school holidays and there is snow on “them there mountains”. The numbers are going weekly and visitors to the site are growing with now over 504 registered users and 467 listings, to browse click here.

We would love to here from our users so if you have a suggestion then tell us and we will consider the idea, click here for feedback.

Keep those listings coming the competition is still on and it may be your turn to win, click here for details.

 Have a happy week and safe travelling for those having holidays with the children

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Hire Things wins Air New Zealand Prize

Hire Things has won in a competition sponsored by Air New Zealand. Our prize was two return tickets to Australia.

The competition was open to residents of Creative HQ (the Positively Wellington Business Incubator here in the beautiful city of Wellington, NZ)

Companies were invited to produce a promotional video in which they we given 2 minutes to explain what their businesses were all about.

The first prize went to Mungo, a beverage company with a difference. These guys are in the business of supplying the most amazing ready made cocktails to the world. The twist? They don’t give you a hangover! (I can vouch for that) Well maybe that’s not entirely the twist, but I can’t give away all their secrets. Mungo fully deserved their two return tickets to the UK!

The third prize went to Chaos Dimention, a young dynamic company that is taking computer software into another dimension. These guys won two domestic flights within New Zealand.

Check out our winning video here… (and thanks Air New Zealand!)

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“Congratulations”

We are pleased to announce our first weekly winner, Karepa ( Karepa Wall) visit his storefront here .

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We had over 20 entries, so well done, and keep those listings coming. For further information on the prize draw click here.

The Team at HireThings.co.nz

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We’re so much more than just listings

Yes our business revolves around listings, how else will the customer find what they need to hire or rent, or the owner make some money?

BUT Hire Things is oh so much more.   For example, we have a quote/request/booking system to die for.  Just look at the screenshot below…

See how much its going to cost

Select your dates on the calendar, choose the time of day you want to start/end the hire, and hey presto the total is automatically updated. You get an immediate idea of how much things are going to cost.

For those of you in the know this is done using AJAX. This technology allows us to change the webpage as you type, click or point. A little AJAX magic and The Web comes alive!

This is just a fraction of what Hire Things has to offer. We have a whole host of features that allow a better User Experience, and hopefully keep you coming back for more.

Did we also mention it comes in green?

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Springwise “Spots” Hire Things

After all the hardwork and energy its nice to be noticed, or in this case “spotted” (to use their own terminology) by Springwise.com, a fantastic website covering new entrepreneurial businesses and ideas.

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Check out what Springwise say about Hire Things.

“New Zealand-based Hire Things … is promoted as a low risk, cost effective marketing channel for hire and rental services, and a facilitator for ‘micro-hire-businesses’. Think of it as eBay for renting goods.

Thanks to Natalie Ferguson of web design company decisiveflow.com for so succinctly defining what we do.

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The little digger that can…

Steve from Mini Dig Services has listed his very cool and handy “mini” digger, trencher, stump grinder and post hole borer into our excavation category for Wellington. It’s a step down from a bobcat, useful for all sorts of heavy-work landscaping, excavating, and tranching jobs.

It’s apparently only a metre wide, so can get into some pretty tight spots!! He told me the other day he had to go along the top of a narrow stepped retaining wall to service a job!

He’s got all sorts of attachments to go with it, such as a post hole borer up to 600mm wide & 1.5m deep, Trenching digger, a stump Grinder, and the standard bucket for moving gravel, dirt, soil, ect.

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Check him / it out for that next digging job!

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Calling all bands!!

Are you an up and coming band looking for gigs? Do you perform at parties and events?

You can use www.hirethings.co.nz to promote your band just like Oneader!

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I hear they are loud!

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