Artfact Signs Marketing Agreement with Auction.fr Artfact, the Global Leader in Online Live Auction Technology, Signs Marketing Agreement to Launch “AUCTION LIVE” with Auction.fr, France’s Leading Auction Information Website
News-Antique.com - Nov 02,2010 - Auction.fr, France’s leading auction information website, and Artfact, the world’s leading provider of online live auction technology, have announced an agreement to introduce “AUCTION LIVE”.
When launched in the coming weeks, AUCTION LIVE will allow French collectors to use a single platform to bid online in real-time at over 100 leading French auction houses. With over 75% of its registered users indicating that they are interested in a live bidding option that ensures confidentiality and saves time, Auction.fr expects AUCTION LIVE to be a major success.
Since 2009, over 300 hundred leading auctioneers worldwide have chosen Artfact to power their live auctions online across its network of global auction websites, including Artfact.com, Invaluable.com, and Auctionzip.com.
AUCTION LIVE will be available free to all registered users of Auction.fr Auction.fr believes that in 2011, AUCTION LIVE online bidding, powered by Artfact, will be available at 30% of the 1,000 antiques, art and collectibles auctions listed on its site.
About Artfact
Founded in 1989, Artfact is the largest global marketplace for traditional estate auctioneers. 10,000 auctioneers in 25 countries around the world use Artfact technology to manage their businesses, list their auctions, or accept online bids from 10 million knowledgeable collectors and dealers of fine and decorative arts, antiques, and collectibles on the web at www.artfact.com, www.auctionzip.com, and www.invaluable.com. Artfact's headquarters are in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
About Auction.fr
Auction.fr is one of Europe’s largest and most comprehensive fine auction database platform. More than 100 traditional French and International auction houses host their auctions on www.auction.fr, for the pleasure of collectors passionate about art.