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NoitWorld.com: online auctioning meets social networking

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noitworld-logoNoitWorld.com has been open for just over a month now, and claims to offer a “cooler” and more “consumer friendly online marketplace” than the likes of eBay, with a major selling point being that it’s designed to integrate with popular social media services.

Cofounder Todd Foret (a US Army veteran, hence the site’s name — “noit” means cool or hip in US Military speak) says that because many Internet users spend so long on social media sites, it makes sense to provide tools for buyers and sellers to easily share stuff that way.

So, cool merchandise can be propagated across the likes of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. [Read more…]

Originally posted on July 7, 2009 @ 8:56 am

eBay acquires top classified sites in Denmark

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eBay Inc. has acquired Den Bla Avis and BilBasen, providers of leading online classifieds sites in Denmark for approximately $390 million. The addition of Den Bla Avis and BilBasen to eBay’s global classifieds portfolio positions the company as a leader in the online classifieds market in Denmark and further strengthens the company’s world-leading portfolio of online classifieds sites. eBay’s online classifieds business now has a presence in more than 20 countries and 1,000 cities.

Larry Illg, general manager with eBay global classifieds, will head eBay’s business in Denmark and will lead the integration of Den Bla Avis and BilBasen into the global classifieds portfolio. eBay plans to use its experience in building online communities around the world to grow user traffic to dba.dk and bilbasen.dk. Den Bla Avis and BilBasen will maintain offices in Aarhus and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Originally posted on October 7, 2008 @ 3:53 pm

Buy an Entire Village Online

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Hillary Clinton believes it takes a village. How would you like to OWN the village? Thanks in part to an online auction, White’s City, New Mexico can be yours.

Imagine it: two motels, an RV park, 25 campsites, your own post office, grocery store, restaurants and more – sitting on your land.

The auction takes place on July 14 at 11am. Online bidding starts the very next day. Bid here.

No pressure, though. The town has been operating for over 80 years under the ownership of the White family. Looks like they’ve had enough and are packing it in.

The tourist town sits outside of Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

I love how far online bidding has come. I might be interested. Do you think they’ll accept Paypal?

Originally posted on June 17, 2008 @ 4:05 pm