CityAuction Partners With Snap to Create Co-branded Online Auction Site; Unique Geographic Targeting Feature Now Offered to Larger Pool of Users; New Link Partner Program Also Announced.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 1998--CityAuction (www.cityauction.com), the first and only geographically targeted person-to-person per·son-to-per·son adj. 1. Of or relating to a long-distance telephone call chargeable only when the caller speaks to an indicated person at the number reached. 2. online auction site, today announced a strategic partnership with Snap, thlly or anywhere in the world. The agreement enlarges CityAuction's user base significantly, giving sellers a larger market, and buyers a greater variety of items to buy. "Our dream is to build CityAuction into the single place where people can buy and sell absolutely anything on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ," said Andy Rebele, founder of CityAuction. "We built the best way for people to buy and sell with each other, locally or anywhere in the world. By partnering with Snap, we introduce this resource to a much larger group of people. With the consumer brand of NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. and the Internet expertise of CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , Snap is the perfect way for us to reach out to new customers." "Snap is focused on helping our users tap the power of the Internet to make their lives easier," said Edmond Sanctis, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Snap. "Snap CityAuction is a great example. It's a practical, fun and incredibly easy way for people to buy and sell anything, from cocommunicate their experiences with another user and help bidders and sellers evaluate each other before participating in present or future auctions, which creates a community of trust. |
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