Zing Pop Culture
 Zing Pop Culture logo | |
| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 2 May 2014[1] |
| Headquarters | 25 Backhouse Place, Trade Coast Central, Eagle Farm, Queensland, AUS |
Key people | Steve Wilson (Managing Director) |
| Products | Collectibles, figures and merchandise |
Number of employees | 200+ |
| Parent | EB Games Australia |
| Website | zingpopculture |
Zing Pop Culture (stylised as ZiNG Pop Culture) is an Australian pop culture merchandise retailer. The company is headquartered in Eagle Farm, Queensland (a suburb of Brisbane) and operates over 100 stores across Australia. It also ran the now defunct e-commerce website Zing Marketplace, which was a competitor to Facebook Marketplace, Gumtree, and eBay.[2] Zing Pop Culture is a division of EB Games Australia and GameStop.
History[edit]
The first Zing Pop Culture store was opened in July 2014 at the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre in Indooroopilly, Queensland.[3]
Zing Marketplace[edit]
Zing Marketplace was an Australian e-commerce retro gaming and pop culture marketplace operated by EB Games Australia and Zing Pop Culture. The marketplace facilitated consumer-to-consumer sales through its website. The website launched in September 2021,[2][4] and was discontinued on 22 March 2022.[5]
EB World[edit]
EB World is a loyalty program founded in 2011 and operated by parent company EB Games Australia. The program offers five reward levels. Level one, two, three and four can be earned by collecting points called "carrots" when shopping at EB Games and Zing Pop Culture stores.[6] The level five tier is by invitation only with memberships being reviewed annually.[7][8] The program allows receipt free shopping, longer preorder holds and other additional benefits through continued purchases.[9] As of 2017 the program had over 5 million members.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "National Names Index: Index of corporate and business names: Electronics Boutique Australia PTY LTD". ASIC: Australian Securities & Investments Commission. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Zing Marketplace | Zing Marketplace terms and conditions". zingmarketplace.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Frequently asked questions - ZiNG Pop Culture". zingpopculture.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ Williams, Leah. "EB Games Launches Zing Marketplace, AKA Nerdy Gumtree". Kotaku. Pedestrian Group. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Verbrugge, Kieron (21 March 2022). "The EB Games Online Zing Marketplace Is Closing Down". Press Start. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "What Is EB World, And Why Are They Giving Me Carrots?". Kotaku. 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "EB GAMES IS SURPRISING GAMERS WITH LEVEL 5 EB WORLD MEMBERSHIPS". Press Start. 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "LEVEL 5 EB WORLD MEMBERS WILL ONLY BE PICKED ONCE A YEAR". Press Start. 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ "What is EB World?". EBGames AU. 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "EB Games to give away 100,000 limited edition poster in celebration of 5-million EB World Members". MCV. 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.