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Netotiate launches private shopper bids

By Sharon Hill
Netotiate, in beta,  is a segue from the standard consumers-bidding-against-each-other auction site.  On Netotiate consumers make a bid direct to the merchant: “This is what I want to buy and here is what I am willing to pay for it. What do you say?” The consumer remains anonymous until it’s time to pay, so is in total control of the conversation. The merchant has 48 hours to respond to the product bid. Of course, consumers can only bid on products sold by merchants who have signed up to participate in Netotiate; at first glance we thought we’d discovered a nice assortment.
A quick search for an IPad gave us a choice of more than 2000 tablets and accessories. Ten merchants, including Apple itself , Radio Shack and Buy.com were accepting bids, or so we thought. The filtering functions were robust. We could narrow down by tablet itself, bags, and an assortment of accessories that included memory cards and keyboards. We could indicate our preferences in weight, operating system, carrier, and hard drive capacity.
We said we wanted to pay $400-$600 for an IPad with 60-80gb hard drive, and weighing no more than eight pounds. Only one product displayed – Continue reading
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 Naspers consolidates classified brands in Eastern Europe

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 Emma the new Craigslist? No — not yet

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Canada’s newest group deal aggregation site

There are plenty of aggregation sites that bundle together all the group buying deals in a single web location. Canadians now have a new one.

PromotionalCode.ca last week launched its own group deals aggregation service. There’s nothing mind blowing about PromotionalCode.ca’s new offering, other than it being a part of a larger site that aggregates Internet and in-store discount codes (i.e., $10 off at The Gap), printable coupons and freebies. That makes for a nice synergy, in our opinion, though it’s not at all clear if that can cut through the clutter of similar sites – from DealBot and Yipit, to our favorite: the amusingly-named BargainMoose (although Miser McGee comes in a close second).

GroupBuyingCanada has a list of the 40 top sites it’s watching, including the aforementioned Bullwinkle site.

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 Digitizing, socially sharing print ads

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Shiny Ads signs Kijiji Canada

Shiny Ads, a Canadian startup which sells a self-service advertising platform to medium and large-sized publishers, has signed Kijiji Canada as a client. Shiny Ad’s service allows Kijiji users to easily place and pay for ads on the site.

Shiny Ads does not charge its clients any registration or monthly fee. Advertisers make payments through Shiny Ads and then Shiny Ads pays the publisher, rather than the other way around.

Although Shiny Ads is a Canadian company, Kijiji is its only client in Canada. Other publishers using the Shiny Ads platform include CBS Interactive, AdWeek.com and Wikia.com, all in the U.S. The company does hope to roll out its service abroad. “Engaging with other Kijiji sites globally is certainly an initiative that we are embracing and looking forward to embarking on,” Shiny Ads sales manager Michelle Tomicic told us.

Earlier this year, Shiny Ads closed a financing round of just under $400,000 from the Canadian Intertainment Media and existing angel investors. The company also received an investment of $197,000 from the Ontario government. Both investments have helped Shiny Ads expand its staff. In March, the company hired Graham Huddlestone as its director of client services. He previously held positions at AOL Canada and Advertising.com.

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