The Mount Maunganui brothers behind a multimillion-dollar app business have signed a major new contract in the United States.
Peter and Brendan Howell launched DROPIT, a reverse auction app with a 60-second countdown, in the Mount in November 2015.
The company has since moved its headquarters to Miami, and in August the pair sat down with the Bay of Plenty Times to talk about how they found a niche for their app the lucrative world of American sports, rolling out their technology in-stadium to entertain and engage fans during breaks in the play.
Late last week they signed a contract with the NBA's Phoenix Suns to bring DROPIT to home matches during the 2017/18 season.
Company chief executive officer Peter Howell said the partnership with the Suns was a "game changer".