Mighty Ape swings by Wellington
By Dylan –
A small team of Mighty Ape monkeys headed down to the capital over the weekend for the Armageddon Expo in Wellington. We're still recovering (I'm pretty sure Ben's still sleeping) but it was a huge success and we can't wait for the next one.
The best part about the expo is meeting so many of our awesome customers. We love being an online store, but truth be told, we miss retail and hanging out with other like-minded gamers and movie-lovers. We still reminisce about our days as Gamezone and Gameplanet Store…the release parties, the tournaments, the beer and the pizza. I guess Armageddon is our way of reconnecting with the fans and the enthusiasts.
Setting up a stand in another city is a logistical nightmare, but hopefully you'll agree after looking at the photos that it was worth it in the end. Jonno, Che, Sean and Ben did an awesome job organising all the stock to be packed onto pallets and freighted down to Wellington. Once there, the stand was assembled, the branding attached, the stock unloaded, organized and priced. Once again we used Vend as our point of sale system, and it worked great. We'd recommend Vend to anyone selling at trade shows as it's entirely web-based and easy to setup. Plus, you can monitor sales from any Internet-enabled computer – nice!
Take a look at our photos and let us know what you think in the comments. If you were there, perhaps you could share some stories and what you thought of the event. Live in Auckland? Swing by our stand in October. It's going to biggest and best yet.
Tags: Events and armageddon
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hope you guys are there again next year, cause i missed this years one :(
yeah deapool monkey
Aw man...wish i went now stupid work!
Yeah, my girlfriend and I live in ChCh and our Armeggedon expo was cancelled :(
So we made the trip to Wellington, visited the Mighty ape stall and purchased 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' (PS3) for an even cheaper price than it was retailing for!
Cheers guys :)
WHY DID YOU ONLY HAVE TWO DR WHO DVDS AT A PARTLY SCI FI CONVENTION!?!?! YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD HEEEAAAAAPPPS!
Cant wait to see you at the Auckland show in October!!!!!