Last night the monkeys from Mighty Ape attended the 2012 ESET NetGuide Web Awards at the Hilton. The event was hosted by comedian Steve Wrigley who kept the crowd in fits of laughter while announcing the successful award winners.

We are happy to announce that we had our most successful night at the NetGuide Web Awards yet, and came away with the following awards:

• Best Site for Gamers
• Best Social Networking Page
• Best Shopping Site
• Overall Best Site

Our aim was to retain the title of Best Shopping Site but we far surpassed that by taking out the award for Overall Best Site. The awards are voted for by the public, there were apparently over 225,000 votes this year, so it is truly humbling to know that a significant number of those votes went to Mighty Ape. Thank you so much for your support!

We were also very stoked to come away with the award for Best Social Networking Page for the Mighty Ape Facebook page. We put a lot of effort into our social media, so it is great to be recognised for that. It's also of particular significance because we went up against the All Blacks (they were a finalist) and won! There are not many teams that can say that :P

We all had a great night last night, and we have another busy weekend ahead as we complete the move to our new (and bigger!) warehouse in Albany. We'll be celebrating our wins with cake next week when we're done. We look forward to a busy Christmas and New Year, and continuing to deliver the top notch service that makes you want to vote for us in the NetGuide Web Awards! :D

Thank you to everyone who voted for us in the 2012 NetGuide Web Awards. We're happy to announce that we are finalists in the following categories:

• Best Shopping Site
• Best Social Networking Page
• Best Site for Gamers
• Best New Launch, Relaunch or Innovation
• Overall Winner

To check out the full list of finalists swing by the NetGuide blog. The winners will be announced at the NetGuide Web Awards event tomorrow night. Keep your fingers, toes, and tails crossed for us! @(^_^)@

Voting in the 2012 NetGuide Web Awards closes tomorrow at 5pm.

We'd love to retain our title of Best Shopping site and we need your help to do that. If you have voted already, thanks so much. If you haven't, we'd love your support, it will take you less than a minute to do so.

Swing by the NetGuide Web Awards voting page and vote Mighty Ape for Best Shopping Site!

Thank you so much for your support! We're crossing our fingers, toes, and tails :P

Have you voted for us in the NetGuide Web Awards yet? If you have, thanks so much! If you haven't we'd really appreciate your support.

Thanks to you monkeys we won the Best Shopping Site award at last years event and we'd love to retain that title! Check out our previous blog post about the Web Awards for 10 great reasons to vote for us :)

Please swing by the NetGuide Web Awards voting page and vote Mighty Ape for Best Shopping Site!

Thanks for your support!

Every day we work our tails off to create New Zealand's best online shopping site. But once a year our reputation is put on the line with the annual NetGuide Web Awards.

Thanks to you monkeys we won the Best Shopping Site award at last years event and we'd love to retain that title!

Vote Mighty Ape for Best Shopping Site!

10 reasons to vote Mighty Ape

1. Great service. Our trained service monkeys are ready to help via phone and email.
2. Same day shipping. In-stock orders are shipped the same day we receive your order.
3. Day-one delivery. Pre-order and get delivery on the release day.
4. Huge range. We have over six million awesome products to choose from.
5. Low prices. Cheaper than retail plus we price match anyone!
6. Exclusive imports. We source games unavailable in New Zealand from all around the world.
7. Daily deals. Every day we bring you six great products at genuine clearance prices.
8. Marketplace. We make it easy to sell your pre-loved games, movies, books and music.
9. NZ owned. We're proud to be a locally owned company taking on the big boys.
10. We love community. Join us on Facebook, Twitter and at Armageddon Expos NZ-wide.

Vote Mighty Ape for Best Shopping Site!

And if you can spare a few more seconds why not place a vote in the Best Social Networking Page category for our Facebook page too: facebook.com/Mig­htyApe

Already voted? Mighty Ape loves you!

Thanks for your support!

We're proud to announce today that Mighty Ape has won the awards for Best Shopping Site and Best Site for Gamers at the 2011 NetGuide Web Awards, held last night at an award ceremony at the Hilton Hotel on Auckland's wa­terfront.

The Web Awards are decided by votes from the public, and with over 270,000 votes casts, we owe it all to you, our awesome customers, for receiving this fantastic recognition. Thank you.

We built Mighty Ape to provide New Zealanders with an online store of international quality both in terms of range and price, but also service, speed and a quality web site experience. Being recognized with this award means a great deal to our whole team and we're very, very happy.

Thanks for voting for us and for supporting Mighty Ape – we really appreciate having you as part of the team!

PS: Mighty Ape was also a finalist for Site of the Year along side Facebook, Google, Trade Me and Stuff (some pretty big names!). Unfortunately for us, Facebook secured that particular award this time around, but there's always next year, right?

LAST CHANCE: Voting closes on Tuesday (August 16th) at 5PM. Please VOTE NOW!

Every day we work our tails off to create New Zealand's best online shopping site. But once a year our reputation is put on the line with the annual NetGuide Web Awards.

The award for the Best Shopping Site slipped through our fingers last year and now we need your help to snatch it back! Love Mighty Ape? We need your vote.

Vote Mighty Ape for Best Shopping Site!

10 reasons to vote Mighty Ape

1. Great service. Our trained service monkeys are ready to help via phone and email.
2. Same day shipping. In-stock orders are shipped the same day we receive your order.
3. Day-one delivery. Pre-order and get delivery on the release day.
4. Huge range. We have over 4 million awesome products to choose from.
5. Low prices. Cheaper than retail plus we price match anyone!
6. Exclusive imports. We source games unavailable in New Zealand from all around the world.
7. Daily deals. Every day we bring you four great products at genuine clearance prices.
8. Marketplace. We make it easy to sell your pre-loved games, movies, books and music.
9. NZ owned. We're proud to be a locally owned company taking on the big boys.
10. We love community. Join us on Facebook, Twitter and at Armageddon Expos NZ-wide.

Vote Mighty Ape for Best Shopping Site!

Already voted? Mighty Ape loves you!

Thanks for your support!