Name of your website?Around South Africa
Your name?
Johan Bosman
Your Location (city, etc)
Cape town
Please give us a short summary of your website?
We would like to announce the launch of our new easy to use website: www.aroundsouthafrica.com Not only are we extremely passionate about South Africa, we also go the extra mile to ensure that you have an unbeatable holiday when visiting South Africa. We specialize in personalized 'off-line' services to assist you with customised tour itineraries within your budget to cover all your interests and suggest a route that is scenic, whilst wasting no unnecessary time on the road! Apart from this, we offer excellent rates, superb properties - game lodges, hotels, guest houses & self catering, unbeatable care hire rates, day-tours and overnight tours to cover the whole of South Africa.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Our passion for South Africa and its beauty.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
2007 October
How did you decide on a name for your website?
To travel around South Africa and experience all the beauty it has to offer.
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
Customer friendly Ease of use Top quality hotels Instant confirmation and payment not complicated website
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
To keep my site and develop it into a international known brand.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Lots of hard work but we do it because we love it and it is amazing to see our baby grow.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Add more South African information but I will not change the layout as part of the design is ease of usage.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
We have a good team that is available 24 hours a day but we will employ more South Africans when we reach that point.
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
There is no problems just solutions
What has been your biggest challenge?
To make sure all our accommodation offering give 6 star service to our customer base.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Search engines/directories and PPC
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
As with all businesses there is always every day challenges but we always find solutions.
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?
We have been fully operational for 3 months after a 8 month design and development fase. We believe in the product and that it will become a leading travel portel.
What is your website address?
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