LiveAuctioneers and eBayLiveAuctions solidify marketing partnership agreement

July 16, 2004

NEW YORK - LiveAuctioneers.com has signed a significant marketing partnership agreement with eBayLiveAuctions.com. Under the terms of the agreement confirmed on July 16, LiveAuctioneers will work in close association with eBayLiveAuctions, providing clients with encoded online catalogs and access to a full suite of marketing and tracking tools.

“This is great news for us after 18 months of hard work, providing our clients with ’round the clock customer support,” said LiveAuctioneers.com’s CEO, Julian Ellison. “Before, eBayLiveAuctions and LiveAuctioneers were operating on a handshake. Now we have an ongoing year to year contract that is automatically renewable.”

Based on its strong past performance, LiveAuctioneers now also becomes a partner in eBayLiveAuctions’ seller referral program, wherein eBayLiveAuctions refers auction houses and dealers requiring online sale support directly to LiveAuctioneers.com.

LiveAuctioneers.com is the leading provider of live auction events on eBayLiveAuctions.com, and services more than 160 clients in the United States and United Kingdom, including Sotheby’s New York, Freeman’s, Skinner and Lyon & Turnbull.

Contact: LiveAuctioneers.com

Tel.: ( 212) 844 9521

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