All posts by noel

Small updates to the site

I have made some updates to the site today. Mostly cosmetic changes here and there to make the site more usable. However on the front page there are some new stuff; A link and a signup button to our Facebook page. A link to our Twitter page A video presentation of Transfercar on YouTube. Will be back to make it all look a bit cleaner in the near future...Read More

Vote for Transfercar on Facebook

Transfercar needs your support! Install the app at http://apps.facebook.com/kick-start/ and vote for Transfercar at the “Kick-start. [network:StartUP] is a global community designed to assist online Start-UPs. Every week they will be sending their entire group of thousands of visitors to one lucky Start-UP (Transfercar) and provide a major traffic spike and hopefully a lot of new users. You can help Transfercar by voting for them at Start-UP with on their Kick-Start my Start-UP Facebook App. So install...Read More

New video presentation out

Two weeks ago we had a fun day (more fun than usual) here at Transfercar when [business:Made From New Zealand] came up from Wellington and did a video shoot of us. We started out filming outside the University of Auckland Business School (where the idea to Transfercar first was developed). Then we moved down to the car yard at Jucy Rental Cars (they happened to be close, sorry to all the other rental companies that didn’t get the same exposure!). And Tim Alpe, CEO at Jucy gave us a raving...Read More

We support the Internet Blackout NZ

Today New Zealand businesses and individuals are joining in on a massive protest against the Guilt Upon Accusation law ‘Section 92A’ that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence held up to court scrutiny. This is due to come into effect on February 28th unless immediate action is taken by the National Party. A massive “blackout” of websites are occurring today from major online players such as...Read More

IE6 users given the message to upgrade or change

[person:Francois Bondiguel], founder of [business:PocketSmith] pointed out on his twitter page yesterday that Norwegian websites have started a war to combat users of the browser of Internet Explorer 6 (IE6). This immediately caught my attention. For one, I myself is Norwegian 🙂 But more importantly is the extra work that IE6 causes web developers around the world, also here at Transfercar. IE6 was launched in 2001 when the web was very different from what it is now. Also IE6 never complied properly with...Read More

And the winners are…

Winners of the petrol vouchers announced We are happy to announce the winners of the “Wanna win free petrol?” -competition in the December issue of Transfercar’s email newsletter. For those of you who missed it, this was the competition: Wanna win free petrol? Well, you can! What do you have to do to win? Nothing much really, just refer as many colleagues, friends and relatives to us as you can. That’s it! We will draw 2 winners of $150 petrol vouchers each. To enter the competition just...Read More