A few questions about the website:

ac-80 · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:09

hi guys, im a student at Cheadle & Maple collage and for my ICT AS unit 2 i need to research a website, so because i have bought components from this website i chose this one. Unfotunatly i can find much about your histiory so if some one can help with these questions:
How long has the company been running:
Revenue:
Operating income:
Net income:
Headquarters:
Key people:
A bit about your history:
Do you operate outside the UK:
Do you sell on the high street:

How does the website capture the customer’s information overtly?

How does the website capture the customer’s information covertly?

those are the only questions i need asking about and it would really help me if i could get all the info about the questions above and before Friday 24th September.

thanks.

TriedandTested · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:16

Hmm.

Anything from that list they don't mind knowing you can probably find out yourself. All the rest: none of your bizziwhacks I'd imagine.

ac-80 · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:25

thats the difficulty their is nothing on the website that i can find, and the website hasn't got a wikipedia page so im hoping an admin who helped set up the website could give me some of the information i need because my teacher said that if i cant find any info freely displayed on the website ask the forums and if that doesn't work ask customer support and if that doesn't work give up and "make it up?"

Berserker · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:32

Your best bet would be direct contact (off the forums). The company, especially as it's a private company, may consider some of those to be sensitive 'trade secret' information, so don't expect answers to all of them.

The rest you can get from a few searches on the forum/site. Hint: the owner of the forum - Spie - is the company chairman. He would be a 'key person' then.

Tefal · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:33

ac-80 said:
if that doesn't work give up and "make it up?"

As opposed to "try another site" ?

DAnDan · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:34

ac-80 said:
How does the website capture the customer’s information overtly?

How does the website capture the customer’s information covertly? [/B]

Through an elite team of e-detectives, specialising in online "bullying" of certain people

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Greenlizard0 · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:37

Indeed, Facebook is very useful.

ac-80 · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:37

that sounds like a far smarter option to take, what is the websites email address because all other contact info is based on RMA, complaints and order enquires, i need the simple email address because to make this a bit easier and simper for us. i guess.

Greenlizard0 · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:39

Tbh I'd give their sales line a call anyway. They surely would have some idea who you could talk to / transfer you to. It's not a very small company and has a large forum presence. The name's well known you're probably by far not the first person who's looking at it from an academic point of view.

manic111 · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:48

To be honest, it would be easier to go with a public company - all of their info has to be on their site.

Westyfield2 · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:52

Spie did once put some details up about the history of OcUK. Can't remember when it was though!

TBH though, as it's a private company they don't really have to tell you anything!

Dave M · 18 Sep 2010 at 14:06

ac-80 said:
How long has the company been running:
Revenue:
Operating income:
Net income:
Headquarters:

All that's on Companies house (lookup Esnet ltd).

Key people:

Everyone, we don't have any dead wood

A bit about your history

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1257070&postcount=61

Do you operate outside the UK

You can see our shipping destinations on the website, we only have one location though.

Do you sell on the high street:

See last q.

How does the website capture the customer’s information overtly?

Text boxes you type your details into

How does the website capture the customer’s information covertly?

I'm not sure it does, I guess you could say Google analytics.

Locky · 18 Sep 2010 at 14:09

ac-80 said:
How long has the company been running:

Revenue: Turn over of 50mil

Operating income: unknown

Net income:unknown

Headquarters: 4 Axis Millennium Way High Carr Business Park Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire ST5 7UF United Kingdom

Key people: Mark Proudfoot, Andy Gibbson, Adam Whitworth, and so on

A bit about your history: Started off selling overclocked/unlocked AMD cpus all them years ago

Do you operate outside the UK: yes shipping worldwide

Do you sell on the high street: sort of, they have a shop

How does the website capture the customer’s information overtly:

How does the website capture the customer’s information covertly?

ac-80 · 18 Sep 2010 at 14:22

ok thats really helpful thanks guys!