About Us

Avatar Team

Avatar has been involved with Web design, development and marketing for over ten years, so we know what it takes to create a Web site that means business. Avatar is based in Christchurch, New Zealand. View our contact us page for full contact details, view our location map or use our secure form if you'd like to make a credit card payment online.

Why Choose Avatar As Your Web Company?

  • Visually enticing, commercially effective Web design. View our portfolio.
  • Extensive experience. We have helped over 600 businesses of all types, all over the world.
  • Effective site search engine optimisation and Web marketing. To see the great results we achieve, view our case studies and client comments.
  • Telarc SAI certified. We are the only New Zealand Web site design and Web marketing company that we know of with Telarc SAI certified systems ensuring quality service.

Avatar Sponsorships

In a variety of capacities, Avatar proudly sponsors The Friends of Tibet, Active for Animals, New Zealand Spaceflight Association, The Canterbury UPP Club, Canterbury Down Syndrome Association, Mangakotukutuku Stream Care Group, The Vegetarian Film Festival, Penguin Parade Boulder Bay, Surfbreak Protection Society, Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand, KiwiSAT, World Wide Water, CommunityAction For People and Planet, Friends of Matakohe-Limestone Island Society, Creative Junk, Marfell's Community Centre, Team Vegan, Vegan Triathlon, Ryder-Cheshire Foundation, The Joan Whiting Rest Home, Family Attachment Base Safe Trust, Electric Vehicle Project Kapiti, Southern Aqua-Lung Divers Club, Mutalau Ululauta Matahefonua Trust (MUMT), Christchurch Civic Trust, Upper Hutt Animal Rescue Sociey, Christchurch Vegetarian Centre, Mangere Budgeting Services Trust and Flying Kiwi Circus.

Do you know of any non-profit New Zealand organisations looking for site hosting assistance? View our free Web site hosting page for more information.

What Is The Meaning Of Avatar?

We often get asked about the meaning of 'avatar'. It's an interesting word that provokes a variety of responses from people. Here are some dictionary definitions:

av·a·tar (dictionary-definition) n.
The incarnation of a Hindu deity, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form. An embodiment, as of a quality or concept; an archetype: the very avatar of cunning.
A representation of a user in a multi-user virtual reality environment.
A root or superuser. There are quite a few Unix computers on which the name of the superuser account is "avatar" rather than "root".

We think it'd be rather nice to be thought of as a physical manifestation of a deity, and we also like the concept of being a computing 'superuser', but we actually chose the name because we see ourselves as guiding our clients to creating a successful 'avatar', or representation, of themselves on the Internet.

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