Jumbuck
Acquire
Online
Auction
Community
OZtion.com.au
Melbourne,
3rd
June
2008
Jumbuck
Entertainment
Ltd
(ASX:JMB)
is
pleased
to
announce
the
100%
acquisition
of
Oztion
Pty
Ltd,
the
largest
Australian-owned
online
auction
community.
With
this
acquisition
Jumbuck
acquires
a
strong
web
business
with
1
million
unique
visitors
a
month,
275,000+
registered
trading
accounts
and
a
user-friendly
mobile
service.
“With
over
670,000
items
for
sale,
OZtion
is
the
clear
challenger
to
become
the
biggest
online
auction
website
in
Australia”
said
Adrian
Risch,
CEO
of
Jumbuck.
“With
eBay’s
recent
restrictive
changes,
many
buyers
and
sellers
have
been
switching
to
OZtion.
Jumbuck
has
a
giant
community
of
users
and
we
can
help
bring
this
great
service
to
many
new
buyers
and
sellers”.
Philip
Druce,
Managing
Director
and
co-founder
of
OZtion
commented
“Joining
forces
with
Jumbuck
will
help
us
grow
OZtion
and
continue
to
improve
the
range
of
services
we
offer
buyers
and
sellers.
Jumbuck
is
a
strong,
highly
profitable
company
with
reliable
established
products.
This
will
give
OZtion
users
further
confidence
in
using
our
auction
service.”
Snapshot
of
the
OZtion
integration
with
Jumbuck:
•
OZtion
is
currently
ranked
150th
most
popular
website
in
Australia
(source:
Alexa)
•
OZtion
is
on
track
to
generate
$1.2
million
in
revenue
for
financial
year
2008/2009,
double
the
previous
year.
•
OZtion’s
mobile
site
will
be
tailored
and
offered
to
Australian
mobile
operators.
M:metrics
reported
recently
that
US
mobile
users
spent
more
time
browsing
Auction
sites
on
their
mobile
than
any
other
site.
‘Aussie
for
Auction’
is
the
tag
line
for
OZtion.com.au
and
represents
the
uniquely
Australian
community
who
currently
use
the
service
because
it’s
‘fair-dinkum’.
Media
Contact:
Sebastian
Rice,
Silverspan,
02
9959
1991,
seb@silverspan.com |