What is Pets on the Net?
How does it work (why
is this free?!)
Why are we doing this?
Who runs petsonthenet.co.nz?
Media - Articles in
the media about us
What is Pets on the Net?
Launched on March 31st 2002, Pets on the Net is New Zealand's
nationwide database for lost and found pets + pets for adoption.
Information on lost or found pets is able to be added and searched
24 hours a day. Found pet information is also fed in by many
SPCA's, pounds, vets and of course the public. Sometimes this
has resulted in pets being reunited in a matter of minutes or
hours. Dozens of expert advice pages complement the site from
our experience in reuniting lost pets.
This free community service is hugely successful with thousands of pets reunited and
rehomed as a direct result of our ads and/or advice.
How does it work
(why is this free?!)
We are constantly being asked how can we run such an
excellent service and yet keep it FREE?!!
The answer is that your
donations,
optional paid ad upgrades, sponsorships and pet related
business advertising such as banners, advertorials and our
Pet Services/Retail Directory all help bring the revenue
needed to run this community service. We also
gain revenue through our affiliates such as
Fishpond. We
also sell a range of quality NZ made
engraved ID tags for pets.
Why are we doing this?
Our feline "founder", Sammy.
In June 2000, our cat, Sammy, suddenly went missing. We did all
the normal things, search, door knock, fliers, phone the SPCA
and vets etc in the first few hours. We even rang the 0900
number that was available then for lost pets (now defunct...),
four unhelpful minutes stung us $16...! Then we could do no
more, but frustratedly wait for the local paper to publish our
lost pet ad - in a few days time.
So we went to the internet to place an ad for her somewhere, we
didn't care how much it cost, we just wanted to find ONE place
we could put an ad online that "everyone" would know where to
look at if they found her....But it did not exist. Frustrated that
no one had created such a service when we needed it, we thought
there should
be one and it should be nationwide and it should be FREE!! So we
saw right then, the incredible need for a site like this. It was
a huge idea to have to bring to reality.
Having no experience in website design whatsoever, it was a
painfully slow learning curve to put this together all by
ourselves with only one PC, "love, fresh air and plenty of
midnight oil". But in March 2002, we finally launched
petsonthenet.co.nz. The first lost pet ad was on within 2
hours! More followed. Then very soon, we started to reunite
pets, more and more! Then people started to adopt pets through
connections made on petsonthenet.co.nz as well.
More than ten years later, we remain focussed as NZ's nationwide
database for lost and found pets and pets for adoption, a FREE
and comprehensive, specialist service and the ONE place to find
a lost pet online. We offer free advice, support and SPCA found
lists - much more than just another online "classifieds". We are
run by caring humans who are here to help - there is no 0900 support or confusing
auctions and we continue to enjoy many reunion successes every
day as NZs largest website for pets.
By the way, our cat came back!
Three days later she indignantly sprung from our neighbours
locked wash house and came home - hungry yet happy to be free.
She had founded this community service in her absence!
Who runs petsonthenet.co.nz?
This site was created by Kim and Gavin Buchanan (and Sammy!) and is
still run by Kim as administrator We also
have a team of dozens of volunteers throughout NZ who help us.
We get many heart warming emails of thanks every day (please keep 'em
coming!).
Please see our Contact Us page for our
list of valued supporters and suppliers
 Click
for an article published August 2004 about
petsonthenet.co.nz in the NZ Womans Weekly
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for video on
TVNZ Breakfast August 7 2007 about petsonthenet.co.nz
Media - More
articles in the media about petsonthenet
Petsonthenet would like to
thank
Our valued
supporters and suppliers
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