Name of your website?www.jambostar.com
Your name?
Ali M
Your Location (city, etc)
Nairobi
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Real estate both for rental and sale in kenya
What inspired you to launch your own website?
Many kenyans are in diaspora and interested to invest/buy properties in kenya. To provide an opportunity for investment without travelling home
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
03/01/2007
How did you decide on a name for your website?
used jambo from the local language and included star for value of the kind of service we provide
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
Ensures that customers have almost real tour of the property on screen
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Keep and grow
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
very well
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Would grow even faster
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
definitely
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
Working with Kenyan banks to provide morgage service to kenyans in diaspora
What has been your biggest challenge?
The property transfer and titles
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Participating in kenyan diaspora forums
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
NO
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
1 year
Do you like what you are doing?
yes
What is your website address?
www.jambostar.com
