I am so excited to be attending the Auckland / Northland region Top Shop Awards event tonight. This is one in a number of exciting things for Need A Part since our move to Auckland 4 months a go.

We are finalists in the online category which is sponsored by our friends at New Zealand Post. I feel like this represents NZ Post’s change to focus on the present and future of communications and delivery of parcels. We have definitely benefited from this by using some of their awesome software to provide a more satisfying customer experience on www.needapart.co.nz. Namely the tracking notifications API allows us to keep customers informed on the progress of their delivery.

Retail NZ has done an awesome job so far of this event and even got me to sign up to the Uber app by giving us $20 off our taxi fares to and from the awards dinner. Nice work Retail NZ.

I hope that we are named as the winners of our category this evening. I am also super stoked with placing as finalists this year. Andy and I have put in a lot of effort to Need A Part over the last 5 years. It is not easy trying to change industry perceptions, develop the systems (our whole site is coded from the ground up by Andy Abel), and grow a profitable business all at the same time. We have had a lot of support from our family, peers and other people in the industry.

It is an honour to be named as finalists and my fingers are crossed for this evening.