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Wellington software company helps Kiwis 100 million times
Wellington software company helps Kiwis over 100 million times
Wellington software company Abletech has counted how many times Kiwis have used their address auto-complete tool to get street addresses accurate. It just tipped over 100,000,000.
The counting started in June 2007. “We have the numbers ticking over in the office and on our website,” says founder and Wellington local Nigel Ramsay. “We look at it and we’re just blown away.”
The tool, called AddressFinder, is used by New Zealanders every day to help with everything from flower deliveries to letters. Businesses use it to tidy up bulk address lists too. Abletech has reached this milestone as popularity for the auto-completer rises along with its more advanced tools.
“We’ve got such a fast and accurate service that we’re able to offer extra services now,” says Nigel. “Like our NearbyAddress service that takes your GPS and turns it into a street address.”
Abletech grew from
three like-minded local men who all admit to being ‘big on
New Zealand’, Marcus Baguley, Carl Penwarden and Nigel
Ramsay. “We’re proud of being Kiwis working for
Kiwis,” says Nigel. “What I really like is that small to
medium sized New Zealand companies can use AddressFinder for
free.”
Kiwi businesses wanting to use AddressFinder
sign-up online and put the AddressFinder widget on their own
site for when people make a purchase and enter their
delivery address.
“There are other auto-completers out there but we’re very active keeping all the New Zealand data up to date for AddressFinder,” says Nigel. “If someone subdivides and moves onto a smaller section we need to make sure they’re easily found.”
Watching their AddressFinder counter tick over from 99,999,999 to 100,000,000 was a good day in their Willis Street office. “There were thumbs ups, whooping and even a cake to celebrate,” says Nigel. “It’s a very big number.”
Next time you get a delivery you just might be taking Abletech towards their next milestone.
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