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LiveDeal.Com Rolls Out Welcome Mat for Landlords and Rental Agencies; Offers Free Rental Listings in Virtually Every Town in the U.S.

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 09:00 CST

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- LiveDeal.com (http://www.livedeal.com/), one of the nation's leading local online classifieds sites, today announced that its For Rent Marketplace offers landlords and rental agencies a free, fast and simple way to market available rental inventory in virtually every city in the U.S. In a matter of minutes, landlords can post detailed property descriptions and photos of available apartments, condos, homes, and vacation and commercial properties on LiveDeal.com at no cost.

"As more and more online classifieds sites migrate towards a pay-per- listing model, LiveDeal.com welcomes landlords and rental agencies who are looking for a free online classifieds solution to reach local renters," said Rajesh Navar, LiveDeal's CEO. "Whether they are listing one property or thousands, LiveDeal's local rental classifieds is perfect for landlords and agents as it enables them to market their inventory with unlimited text and a photo for each listing."

To begin posting properties on LiveDeal.com, landlords simply log on to the site and complete a quick registration form. They can then upload detailed postings and photos to the site at no cost, in just a matter of minutes. The process of searching for property on LiveDeal.com is just as fast and simple for renters. Renters can browse listings by city/state or zip code and will be shown properties within a 50-mile radius of their search entry. Renters can also take advantage of LiveDeal.com's email alerts system, which will notify them when new rental listings have been posted on the site.

According to comScore Media Metrix, LiveDeal.com is consistently one of the top 10 most visited online classifieds sites on the Web and has ranked ahead of Yahoo! Classifieds, among others for attracting a greater number of unique visitors over the past six months (August 2005-January 2006). LiveDeal's internal web-traffic logs show more than one million unique users are visiting LiveDeal each month. Additionally, LiveDeal listings have grown by 300 percent to feature more than 400,000 items daily, valued at more than $3 billion. Key listings categories such as autos, furniture and real estate have grown in excess of 1,000 percent since August of 2004, with some categories such as pets growing at more than 1,500 percent year-over-year.

About LiveDeal

LiveDeal is one of the leaders in the free local online classifieds market with more than $3 billion worth of goods listed for sale, in every city and zip code across the U.S. Buyers and sellers come together through the vast LiveDeal.com marketplace, which is ideal for trading items you want to see or try before you buy, such as pets, automobiles, furniture, appliances, real estate and more. LiveDeal also partners with online and offline media to quickly and cost effectively power their classifieds via its dynamic LiveDeal classifieds platform. LiveDeal was founded in 2003 by Rajesh Navar, an original member of eBay's engineering team, with executives from other pioneering Internet companies. As part of its global expansion, LiveDeal recently launched LiveDeal Canada (livedeal.ca) in partnership with Torstar Corporation. For more information about LiveDeal, see http://www.livedeal.com/

Media Contact: Marian Hughes Kathy Wilson Tier One Partners Tier One Partners 708-246-0083 781-862-9937 pr@livedeal.com pr@livedeal.com

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CONTACT: Marian Hughes, +1-708-246-0083, or Kathy Wilson,+1-781-862-9937, both of Tier One Partners for LiveDeal, pr@livedeal.com

Web site: http://www.livedeal.com/http://www.livedeal.ca/

Source: PRNewswire

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