Feedback week 10

Great works guys - it's a good idea, we have the framework there to approach investors. A few thumbs up :)

What we need to work on is our safety section and validating revenue streams.

One pager

Final pitch

wireless internet saturation

The vast majority of the north island is covered and a good portion of the south

Health and Safety protocol as they relate to enterprise

Contracting common practice for H&S - "Typically addressed by way of signing a register indicating that you have been made aware of any hazards (contractors, etc are required to sign such documents already)."

Another suggestion from a council member who worked with contractors was to have general hazard identification and management plans printed and signed off with the farmer.

Pet food companies by region + market demands

Web Design final

web design 2

Web Design 1

Researching Costs

Accountant:

Most accounting firms charge by the hour with fees ranging from $100 to $275. However, others work on a monthly retainer. Get a range of quotes from different accountants. Also try to get an estimate of the total annual charges based on the services you have discussed.

Web Developer:
There’s a wide array of rates. A new website can cost anywhere from $2000 to $20,000. An experienced freelance web developer might charge upwards $150 per hour, while a newbie might charge $30 per hour. But what do you need?


Web Domain:
At minimum, you need to invest in your own domain name and hosting. Depending on the type of domain name you choose, the costs could run from just $10 a year, to hundreds or even millions!
The options for website hosting run the gamut in price as well. For a new website, shared hosting is probably sufficient. But as your traffic starts to grow, so will your hosting needs and budget. While shared hosting can be as low as $50 per year, moving to a VPS (virtual private server) or a dedicated server can easily bump up the yearly price tag to over $1,000.




https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217784
http://learn.onemonth.com/calculating-freelance-web-developer-rates
http://www.whoishostingthis.com/blog/2014/07/29/website-cost/

web advertising guides

http://www.quirks.com/advertisers

Inition web search

Online Advertising Pricing

Pricing is for an advertisement on one page for six-months 10% discount given for a one-year contract	Top/Bottom Banner Ad	Side Box Ad
Premium Web Advertising Positions
Run-of-Site Top Button	1 Month	2 months
195w X 90h 100% of all site views	$3,500	$6,500
Home Page Middle Banner	1 Month	2 months

Pest Management Association of NZ - potential partner

"Through the efforts of PMANZ, the pest management industry is stronger, more professional and more unified. PMANZ has guided its members and the industry through legislative and regulatory initiatives, the creation of verifiable technician training, the changing technologies used by industry and public and media relations."

PMANZ is a free service that anyone can use to better understand safety regulation and procedures around independent pest control. They also provide tips, seminars and proffesional insight int best practice.

We see them as a valuable resource and potential partner to aid in the understaning of our users

Feedback - Confidence

Another feedback suggestion was to create confidence in the exchange as it is likely to happen between strangers.

To do this we are proposing a feedback system that is attached to the users profile and an
experience rating system so the landowner is aware of the hunter's previous experience - this is important for farmers who may be wary of the danger to their stock and the competency of the hunter to kill the the animals in question quickly and without disturbing livestock.

Feedback from interested parties - Safety

We've received a considerable amount of support from the likes of government departments, hunting clubs, biosecurity agents, wholesalers, and farmers.

The feedback is generally that's a great idea, but Health & Safety are important elements we need to consider.

After talking to Horizons, a biosecurity agent that manages independent contractors, we have a better idea of the processes involved with person entering private land.

Apart from proving appropriate licensing, the individual must be aware of potential hazards and have a basic understanding of Health and Safety protocols.

The process of the agent above before entering the private property is to have prepared a risk management plan in place that identifies all possible hazards. The contractor then asks the farmer to sign these forms and confirm which hazards are a factor. Both parties keep a copy of the form should any liability argument arise if something go wrong.

I am also contacting health and safety to check this procedure and ask the general procedures of PMANZ.

Website precedent

Couch surfing is a community page we are drawing inspiration from. In particular we are looking into how they regulate safety and the simplicity of the sign up process.

The use of icons is clean, simple and direct. Likewise, the coloured backdrops breakdown the process in manageable steps.

Week 9 feedback

Accentuate what makes you simple, desirable and better - why should someone use your service

Safety is big draw card - it creates peace of mind for hunters, farmers, and supporting parties

Think of who else benefits - they may become investors / supporters
Look into the Police, AHB, Gun safety controllers, MPI, OSH etc

Sum your project up in two sentences.

Intro Options for Pitch

Option One:

You’re in the bush on a hike. It’s a beautiful day, in fact, a really hot sunny day. The bush is peaceful and quite, almost too quite. Walking a bit further, a pungent smell drifts under your nose. You look to the side to see a decaying deer with its neck twisted back and foam coming out from its eyes, nose and mouth. Before you scared them away, little birds were having lunch on the carcass. What would you do? Would you ponder on what happened to it? Probably had some form of disease right? Ya know, one of those natural things that just happens without control?

(Show image of the deer)

No, that deer that you just thought about was murdered by a poison called 1080. Unnecessary and cruel. Not to mention dangerous to the birds who were eating it.

(Insert info of 1080)

Option Two:

(Show a picture of a Kea on the screen) Hey mummy what bird is this? Why haven’t I seen one? Could potentially be a question asked by your child. What are you going to say?  That our generation let the lethal poison called 1080 continue being dropped in our native forests? That these very birds they wish to see no longer exist, and they suffered a horrible tortured death?

1080 is destroying the animals is was made to protect, and we’re giving up the fight. There are other alternatives to using this poison, so why are we turning our backs on such a problem?

(Insert info of 1080)

Option Three:

What if the only way for you to get your nutrition is to go out hunting? How can you go hunting when there’s a 1080 drop happening where you have to wait at least 6 months before you go out into the forest? Or what about all the animals you could’ve hunted and taken home that are instead dying and rotting on the forest floors?

Survey Responses

In just two days of having the survey up and running, we have had 25 responses.



Question One:

Would you agree that pests should be eradicated in the most humane yet effective way possible?

Question Two:
Our idea is to be an online service which enables farmers to communicate with hunters who are capable of sorting out pest problems that the farmers can’t control by themselves. Pests such as rabbits, hares, possums, geese, stoats etc. As a landowner would you feel confident with hunters acting as independent contractors and managing your pests?

Question Three:

On the online service, would it help to have access to profiles showing experience of both the farmers and hunters?

Question Four:

Also, would it help if you knew the huntershad a clean criminal record and appropriate licensing?

Question Five:

Would you be willing to pay a small fee for membership for the service?