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Alive & Kicking!
6.12.11

Kidstuff.org.uk is up and running again!
(Apologies for the absence - Leigh's husband was seriously injured in a plane crash earlier this year.)

Watch this space for an exciting offer for new sellers. Coming soon!


Find us on Facebook

facebook logoWe now have a brand new facebook page, where you can keep up to date with our latest news, see details of items for sale, and leave your comments. Find us on facebook. 25.5.11


Upto 75% off Listing Fees Until 30th June
24.5.11
List your items for up to 60% off (from 32p per item) until 30th June.


Sitemap
9.10.10
List of advertisersWe've introduced a sitemap, to help you find your way around the site.

All links from the sitemap open in new full-size windows (and so will work if javascript is disabled).


Discounts for Kidstuff Users
8.10.10
List of advertisersKidstuff is proud to be supported by a growing range of local businesses and attractions, some of which are offering exclusive deals to kidstuff users.

In our list of advertisers, those in the pink-box at the top are offering on-the-spot discounts (just say you saw their advert on this website), or money-off vouchers that you can print out and take with you to claim your discount. At the time of writing, you can claim £2 off per person for a trip to Fishers Farm Park; free adult-entry to the Flying Fortress, and a 10% discount in Toe's Company, a new children's shoe shop in Storrington.

Please support our other advertisers too!


Quick Links
7.10.10
We've introduced some quick links, to make navigation around the site easier. Appearing in the top right hand area of most pages, you can click on these icons to find the following pages:

    Sign up for email alerts
    Help & FAQs
    Learn about the security of kidstuff.org.uk
    News (this page)
    Our Twitter feed
    Details of how to contact us


twitter logoWatch the Birdie!
5.10.10
We now have a Twitter feed, where you can find new-item alerts, kidstuff news, and other news relating to parents and children in Sussex, including details of local, family-friendly events.

Follow us @kidstuff_org_uk.


New Items in the shop
4.10.10
New items have been added to the shop, and there are newly discounted items too.


Kidstuff.org.uk Gets the All Clear from Norton!
28.9.10
Norton Safe Web tick mark>We are delighted to have been awarded a tick mark by Symantec's <a href=Norton Safe Web, an off shoot of the company that makes the popular anti-virus software. Following a comment from a concerned user in August - Norton displayed a grey question mark against our site - we submitted our details for testing, and have now been awarded the coveted green tick mark.

This means you can use kidstuff.org.uk safe in the knowlegde that the site does not harbour any viruses, spyware or any other kind of malicious file.

Full details of Norton's test can be found here.


How Did You Hear About Us?
19.9.10
Learning how users first hear about kidstuff.org.uk is invaluable in targeting our own advertising. So, to help us bring more great items and more buyers to the site, please spare thirty seconds to let us know how you first heard about us by filling in this form. Thank you!


kidstuff.org.uk Submits to Norton Testing
16.9.10
Norton Safe Web question markFollowing a report from a concerned user, that Norton was showing a grey question mark against our site (meaning that the site is untested), we have submitted our details for Norton's rigourous Safe Web test.

The results, which are not expected to take long, will show that kidstuff.org.uk is free of malicious files/software of any kind. We'll let you know when the test has been completed.


Wanted Listings
15.9.10
Kidstuff wanted tickIf there's something you need, but you can't find it on kidstuff.org.uk, you can now post a wanted listing on the site for only £1 (reduced to 75p until the end of October).

Once you have bought a wanted listing, you only need to email a description of what you're after, and your contact details to wanted@kidstuff.org.uk wanted@kidstuff.org.uk and we will publish it. Prospective sellers can get in touch with you directly.

The are no charges for sales made via wanted listings, and the small fee for posting details is only to cover adminstrative costs.


Kidstuff Gets Prime Position in Primary Times
6.9.10
screenshot of Primary Times featureWe've been given a prime spot in the latest issue of Primary Times, in the 'Local News' section of the popular parents' magazine.

With a circulation of over 40,000, Primary Times is distrubted twice a term to primary schools throughout the kidstuff area.


Sussex Local Magazine Features kidstuff.org.uk
29.8.10
The September copies of Sussex Local magazine, have been delivered throughout the kidstuff area in recent days, along with its feature article about kidstuff .org.uk and owner Leigh Blows.

"I was nervous about the article, and even more so about the photograph," Leigh says with a smile, "But they've produced a lovely feature about us, hitting exactly on the service we're offering. People are already telling me how much they like it, and it's only been out a few days."

Look out for our Sussex Local adverts in coming months.


First 1,000 hits
26.8.10
Kidstuff yesterday celebrated its first one thousand hits, after less than four weeks of operation. We are now receiving an average of forty hits a day.


Launch!
1.8.10
This website was launched today. With a wide advertising campaign planned over the coming months, we are expecting this news page to be read by many people.

Please help us keep track of which forms of adveritsing are working, but filling in our How did you hear about us form.


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