01/06/09

FMNZ Milestone 5 Report - Click here

Sportsground has entered into a sponsorship agreement with FMNZ to provide self-edit websites to markets and stallholders that help meet FMNZ objectives surrounding authenticity for a fraction of the cost of custom development.

Summary: Sportsground is a NZ based developer of Content Management System (ie self-edit) websites. 

• Initial website system development cost over $1m. 

• Ongoing enhancements to the system.

• Independently peer-reviewed by Netguide and awarded "NZ Website of the Month" immediately after launch.

• Enormous scale. Already the single largest website provider to Kiwi sports with approximately 20% of all sports clubs in NZ along with SPARC regional sports trusts (Sport Auckland, Sport Hawke's Bay), Netball NZ RSOs, Hockey NZ RSOs, Tennis NZ RSOs, various NZRU unions, etc.

• Easy to use. No software required. No technical knowledge necessary.

• Shareholders include Graeme Avery (HB Farmer's Market, HB Wine Country) and Stephen Tindall.

• Websites include sub-sites for individual stalls that can be updated by stallholders. Control remains with the markets. 

• High level of uptime: three upstream carriers, on-site power generation, hot-standby server redundancy. 

• Sites include opt-in groupmail notices, photos, video, text, documents, hyperlinks, Google calendars, etc. 

• Compliant with NZ legislation (Privacy Act, Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act). 

• Transforms websites from simply being an online brochure to becoming a dynamic communication network for authentic FMNZ markets to interact with each other and the public.