A new competitor in the online auctioning business is taking on eBay by offering a mobile alternative. ‘Hunt For It’ is a new online auction site with integrated mobile technology, which means that registered users can actively bid on any ‘hunt for it’ auction via their mobile phone. Registered users can sign up for text alerts so a buyer is no longer tied to his computer to monitor the bidding to make sure he wins.
A new UK-based online auction site, ‘Hunt For It’ has launched today, offering free listings and mobile bidding from any network.
The site is set for launch on 1 March, and has been created by father and son team, Rikki and Martin Hunt. Martin Hunt, 16, pitched the idea of creating an eBay rival site to his entrepreneur father and current Chairman of Swindon FM.
Sellers receive 5p each time a text bid is sent and they can list all items for free. Hunt For It goes live with some 15,000 items across a range of categories.
Check out Hunt For It – via [Netimperative]