We had the pleasure of speaking to the founders of Auctionopia, Tom Popomaronis & Brett Horowitz. Tom & Brett came up with the concept of IM auctioning while in the dorm room thinking about Ebay and how it’s been so successful. After two (2) years of development and hiring & firing teams from India, France and God knows where else, they are finally LIVE and want to t Auctionopia.

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Auctionopia is a negotiating website! We’re not your typical auction site. We’ve taken the technology you use every day and combined it to make your experience more unique than what you’re used to.  How does this sound? Instead of waiting 7 days for an auction to end, how about talking directly to the seller over instant messenger and sealing the deal in five minutes.

For your convenience, we’ve taken away some annoying things we don’t like about your typical auction site. Say goodbye to listing fees. That’s right, you can list anything on Auctionopia for free without any strings attached (of course, if you want to “enhance” your listing to maximize the exposure of your item, we do give you that option!). I mean, really…who wants to pay for simply listing an item? We don’t, so neither should you.