Office Pinky Interview Name of your website?Office Pinky Your name? Peter Bryant Your Location (city, etc) Plymouth Please give us a short summary of your website? Office Pinky is online office supplies and stationery. 15,000 products, backed by our Pinky Promise for low prices, fast delivery and great service.~~ What inspired you to launch your own website? Our owning company has been selling office supplies in the UK for decades but was unsure how to promote themselves online. When did you launch your first website, and what was it? I launched an Insurance Quote Engine back in 2005 selling home insurance to individuals in Devon and Cornwall How did you decide on a name for your website? Lots of brainstorming to make the site stand out whilst assist in improving our SEO listing What makes your website different from other, similar offerings? The site is funky, fresh and pink! Our pricing is extremely competitive and free delivery is avaialble on orders over £30. What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?) Retire a happy and successful man How does your investment of time and money balance against your success? A little unevenly at present but starting to tip towards the latter If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site? Dedicated servers and hosting of own payment gateway If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand? Yes, our backing company has an annual turnover of £25m so understand big business What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with? Managing the product file with our internal systems What has been your biggest challenge? Agreeing on a name for the website so that we could start the implementation process What method has been most successful for promoting your website? Google Base How has running your website differed from your expectations? I have been much more hands on with the customer orders than I had originally expected How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity? The site has been live for nearly 3 months and I intend to manage it as required by my job role What is your website address? Office Pinky |