The TIAS com antiques and collectibles mall closes deal with LiveAuctioneers to provide `Live` auctions on eBay

Released on = May 20, 2006, 8:12 am

Press Release Author = TIAS.com Inc.

Industry = Internet & Online

Press Release Summary = New agreement with LiveAuctioneers allows online merchants
at TIAS.com to offer their antique and collectible items for sale at \"Live\" auctions
on eBay.

Press Release Body = Garden City, New York - 5/20/06 TIAS.com Inc.
(http://www.tias.com) the Internet\'s largest online antiques and collectibles mall
today announced that they have partnered with Manhattan based LiveAuctioneers to
provide TIAS dealers with the ability to sell their merchandise on eBay\'s \"Live\"
auctions. The first auction of this new partnership is tentatively scheduled to take
place in late June of 2006.

Unlike standard online auctions, \"Live\" online auctions take place in real time,
similar to auctions at traditional brick and mortar auction houses. LiveAuctioneers
is that largest and fastest growing provider of \"Live\" auction technology to the
antiques and collectibles trade. TIAS has provided online storefront technology to
online antiques and collectibles merchants for over 11 years. The TIAS site is Web\'s
that largest antiques & collectibles mall, with well over half a million items
available for sale online. The depth of TIAS\'s available online inventory and the
technology proved by LiveAuctioneers will create a unique opportunity for both
buyers and sellers of art, antiques and collectibles.

\"We are very excited to be working with LiveAuctioneers on this project.\" said
Phillip Davies President of TIAS.com \"We chose LiveAuctioneers as our technology
parter for eBay\'s \"Live\" auctions because of the tremendous growth in customers they
have achieved over the past year and the technological innovations that they
currently offer.\"

About TIAS.com
The TIAS Web site serves approximately 170,000 unique customers a day. About 650
merchants sell through the TIAS system, listing well over half a million antiques
and collectibles for sale online. The company has been building Internet e-commerce
systems for merchants for over 11 years. TIAS provides full-service, outsourced
e-commerce solutions including commerce site development and hosting, online catalog
systems, order management, inventory management, shipping, costing, system
integration, fulfillment, e-marketing and customer service.

TIAS entered the Internet-based commerce solutions market in April of 1995.
Initially focused on the $16 billion antiques and collectibles market, the company's
software offerings were expanded over the next 11 years to support the volume and
recurring sales markets. The company currently serves customers in markets as
diverse as software, textile products, antiques, art, collectibles, jewelry and
crafts.
About LiveAuctioneers
Using LiveAuctioneers' proprietary technology, it is not unusual for auction
companies to attract more than 25,000 people to their Internet catalogs, as well as
300+ registered bidders from around the world. Many auction houses say it is the
most effective form of marketing and advertising they employ and that, typically,
17-30% of their auction lots sell to Internet bidders. Often the percentage is much
higher.

LiveAuctioneers is a safe and secure Web site that couldn't be easier to use. Its
suite of user-friendly auction management tools enables an auction house of any
size, selling any type of item from antiques to real estate to commodities, to reach
an international audience of millions. Using LiveAuctioneers in association with
eBay Live Auctions is not only the most powerful feature an auction house can add to
its marketing strategy, it is also the most cost effective.

Contact info
Phillip Davies
TIAS.com Inc.
Phil@tias.com
1-(888)-OLD-STUF
1-(516)-294-3161

Web Site = http://www.tias.com

Contact Details = Contact info
Phillip Davies
TIAS.com Inc.
Garden City, New York
Phil@tias.com
1-(888)-OLD-STUF
1-(516)-294-3161

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