Cornerstone Trust: Astros Marketing Turns 10, Launches astros.co.za

JOHANNESBURG, 19 October 2026. Cornerstone Trust is marking ten years of Astros Marketing (Pty) Ltd, the group’s video production and business website company, with the official launch of astros.co.za.

Two sister companies, one trust

Cornerstone Trust is the shareholder of Astros Marketing (Pty) Ltd. It also owns Advanced Machinery (Pty) Ltd, the operator of am.co.za. That makes Astros and Advanced Machinery sister companies under the same trust.

In practice the two work hand in hand. Advanced Machinery sells the machines, and Astros makes the videos and websites that help people see what those machines can do.

Ten years behind the camera

Astros has been in video production for more than 10 years. Its best known work is the Achievement Matters YouTube channel, which has grown past half a million subscribers and is still going up.

As of 19 October 2026 the channel has about 532,000 subscribers, 1,097 videos and roughly 22.2 million views. If you have ever watched an AM.CO.ZA machine demo or product walkthrough on YouTube, you have seen the Astros team at work.

“The channel showed us that honest, practical video does the selling for you,” said a Cornerstone Trust spokesperson. “People want to see a machine running before they buy it, and Astros has spent a decade getting that right.”

A decade of looking after business websites

Alongside video, Astros has maintained business websites for ten years. The new astros.co.za brings both sides of that work together in one place.

Video Production (astros.co.za/video). Companies inside and outside the group can book the same team that built Achievement Matters. Shoots happen at the Joburg Video Studio in Johannesburg.

Business Websites for Sale (astros.co.za/business). A business can close, but the website it built, with its domain, its content and the trust it earned in search, doesn’t have to disappear. Astros now offers these established websites to new owners. The idea is simple: if you’re starting a business, don’t start from the ground up, start from a previous success.

The section opens with 20 Business Websites for Sale across 12 categories, each with a full write-up, screenshots and an enquiry form. More listings will be added over time.

What it means for the group

For customers of am.co.za and the wider Cornerstone Trust network, Astros is a resource close to home. Need a product video that actually moves stock? Thinking about a new business but don’t want to build traffic from zero? Both answers now live on one site.

“Ten years in, Astros still treats every video and every website as something that has to earn its keep,” the spokesperson added. “The new site just makes it easier for people to find them.”

Take a look

Visit astros.co.za to see the video services and browse the current Business Websites for Sale. Media and partnership enquiries can go to poppy@am.co.za.

About Cornerstone Trust

Cornerstone Trust is the shareholder of Astros Marketing (Pty) Ltd and Advanced Machinery (Pty) Ltd.

About Astros Marketing

Astros Marketing (Pty) Ltd is a Johannesburg company with more than 10 years in video production and business websites. It produces the Achievement Matters YouTube channel, runs the Joburg Video Studio and offers established websites to new owners through Business Websites for Sale at astros.co.za.