I’ve just received news of a new internet live action platform. It’s called Universal Live Auctions (ULA) and will be at www.universallive.com; launch date is July 2, 2009. ULA was one of 2 companies contacted by eBay to aggregate non-auctioneer sellers into eBay's Live Auction platform. According to ULA President, Martin Shape, their new Live Auction platform offers to sellers and buyers:
• No listing or feature item fees for sellers
• Database of over 100,000 bidders and buyers
• 15-20 exciting live internet auctions each month
• 8,000 items auctioned each month
• 20,000 to 50,000 emails sent each week highlighting current auctions
• Platform accommodates both non-auctioneers and auctioneers
• Industry's lowest buyers premium
• Free collectible gift with every registration
• Focused (categorized) auctions with focused bidders
• Personalized watch list
• Free gift with every winning bid
It’s interesting to see the continuing strength of the net as a platform for buying and selling; clearly it expands the market for both sellers and buyers. I’ll keep an eye on it to see how ULA develops.
