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June 13, 2013

Media Release - GetOnline celebrates 1st Birthday


In the past year more than 11,000 New Zealand businesses (SMEs) have built their online presence with GetOnline.co.nz an MYOB and Westpac initiative that provides a website builder that makes it easy for every Kiwi business to get online.

Launched in June 2012, GetOnline.co.nz gives local SMEs a free domain name and enables them to build a business website free of charge for one year. In that time participating businesses have received an aggregate of more than 1.3 million visits to their websites.

The industries most likely to take up the GetOnline.co.nz opportunity were business services (27%), retail (25%) and construction and trade (16%). Overall, approximately 2,600 use the e-commerce facility and have 35,000 products available for purchase.

Read a copy of the full Media Release HERE.