Having a chat

Chewing the fat, shooting the breeze, having a natter - call it what you like, talking to people is darn important and everyone should do it as often as they can (except in libraries). We talk to our members as much as possible, through our blog and discussion board and by getting people to email contactus@zopa.com if anything's on their mind.

Oct 12 2005

Guinea pigs wanted

Posted by Dave at 5:01 pm

As we constantly change and (hopefully!) improve Zopa, we hugely value input from our members and visitors. Right now, we’re gearing up for some major developments and we need your help! We want to create a panel of people who are willing to spare a couple of hours one evening a month for the next few months to work with us as we develop new services, screens and concepts. Some of the evenings will be more classic focus group type sessions, some will be one to one interviews, and some will be usability sessions (less scary than they sound - we’re interested in how people use the site, and what works, and what just confuses the heck out of people!).

If this sounds like something you might be interested in, we’d love to hear from you! You need to be able to get to our London office (near Oxford Circus) for about 7pm and be prepared to stick with us for several sessions. We’ll pay you £50 a time for your trouble, and can probably promise some food and drink (at the very least, the Zopa fridge is well stocked with chocolate and wine!).

Still with me? Great - send an email to IWantToHelp@zopa.com and I’ll get in touch. If we aren’t able to accept you, please don’t be offended - we only need 10-12 people, and we want a good cross section of people who are interested in Zopa.

Look forward to meeting you!

UPDATE: We’ve had lots of interest, but we’re still looking for more people! Drop me a line if you’re up for it - even if you’re not in the UK. (I’m sure we can work out some way of getting your input!)

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11 comments

ronnie karim

Posted on October 20th, 2005 at 10:32 pm

Hi, have been watching your website for a while now and have to say iam very impressed with what i see. Whilst i am not able to travel to London i would be willing to assist in providing input.

Ronnie

caroline ellis

Posted on October 21st, 2005 at 2:18 pm

Hi i would be willing to be a guinea pig for any new stuff you are launching i am interested in your website and am now a member

Penny Hoile

Posted on October 21st, 2005 at 6:36 pm

Hi - I would be interested in assisting with input - not sure if I can make 7.00pm unless I know the specific evening… but would try

dorothy gregory

Posted on October 22nd, 2005 at 9:08 am

I am interested in website user friendliness and have been involved in trialling databases for a major blue chip company.

I am willing to assist but unfortunatley unable to get to London as I reside on the Isle of Wight.
Good Luck with your service.

Jim Shuker

Posted on October 22nd, 2005 at 4:24 pm

Hi, I’m interested in online support and training systems, I work for a large online e-learning organisation.

I am happy to assist if you can setup a way of doing this virtually over the Internet.

Good luck with the improvements.

Jane Byrne

Posted on October 23rd, 2005 at 2:01 pm

I would be interested in getting involved - I’ve found your site fascinating and the concept intriguing! I work within an online marketing environment which may or may not be an advantage.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks

Jane

Nick Taylor

Posted on November 1st, 2005 at 10:47 am

Hello,

I’ve been a lender on Zopa for a while now, but don’t live in London. If there’s any way that I can help without having to pootle up to the “big smoke” then I’d be happy to.

Obviously in exchange for loads of cash…

Turrah

Nick

Melanie

Posted on November 8th, 2005 at 9:54 pm

Hi,

I’m very interested in being a ‘guinea pig’ and based in London. The business concept sounds really interesting!

Mel

Anthony

Posted on November 22nd, 2005 at 1:17 am

Hello,

If you still need “guinea pigs”, I would be willing to be involved from a newer lender perspective….

Also a suggestion for a potential improvement:
I have some money in the market to be lent at the moment, and it some of it is in the category “Loans currently being processed”. Would it be possible to have a breakdown of where in the processing stage various loans are - or maybe what offers (and rates etc) are being matched & processed? I have had some money “being processed” for several days, and the amount keeps going up, but no loans have finished processing as yet, and I am not sure how long this process can take or which of my offers are being matched.

Thanks,
Anthony

Tim

Posted on January 1st, 2006 at 11:29 am

Anthony,

I agree .. I’ve had the same thought myself about showing the status of the loan processing. We’ve been giving priority recently to getting out a release which will pay you interest on your unlent money. (Hopefully extra hard cash will be more useful than seeing the status of your loan). When that’s done we’ll take another look at how we display the info on loans being processed.

We will be releasing a new version of the marketplace shortly which will show much more clearly what the latest rates are: both offers made and loans matched. At the moment you have to go to Amend Loan and click on the mkt tab to get this info. In the next version we will show this graphically and on the marketplace page. Just as soon as we all get back in the office ….

Geoff P

Posted on May 6th, 2006 at 4:47 pm

We have plenty of guinea pigs. Not sure if they’re the ones your after:)

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