Lixtor is an

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website operating in

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since 2005, as a free alternative to

Trade Me Trade Me is New Zealand's largest online auction and classifieds website. Managed by Trade Me Ltd., the site was founded in 1999 by New Zealand entrepreneur Sam Morgan, who sold it to Fairfax in 2006 for NZ$700 million. Trade Me was publicly ...

or Facebook Marketplace. Lixtor's business model is substantially different from its rival site Trade Me as it tries to operate its business on advertising revenue rather than charging users on listing fees and success fee.Lixtor.co.nz
- ''About Lixtor''

Controversy

On 6 November 2008 the ''

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'' reported on an article that Lixtor has been legally-threatened by Trade Me over "copyright infringement" on their "Privacy Policy" and "Terms and Conditions". However, Lixtor stated that it was carried out by Trade Me to "intimidate" Lixtor because Trade Me was threatened by Lixtor's "no fee" business model. Following this dispute with Trade Me, Lixtor listed their auction site for sale on Trade Me on 17 November 2008, with the starting bid $100,000,000.TradeMe
- ''Lixtor.co.nz FOR SALE starting bid $100,000,000 (Google Cache)''Scoop
- ''Lixtor is FOR SALE for $100,000,000 on TradeMe'' The listing was listed with the option to support Plunket by rounding up the success fee. However the auction was disabled by the Trade Me administrators hours after the auction.TradeMe
- ''Lixtor.co.nz FOR SALE starting bid $100,000,000 (#1)'' Nonetheless, Lixtor re-listed the auction minutes after their listing was disabled by Trade Me moderators, but this second listing was also removed hours later.TradeMe
- ''Lixtor.co.nz FOR SALE starting bid $100,000,000 (#2)'' No more listings were reported after this, possibly due to Trade Me's policy to suspend the "suspicious" members.Mauricio Freitas
- ''Trade Me closing accounts?'' On 20 November 2008, a community newspaper ''

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'' also reported that Trade Me's lawyers asked Lixtor to remove their "Terms and Conditions".The Aucklander
- ''Newbie takes on TradeMe'' On 3 February 2009, in the wake of the emerging New Zealand copyright law Section 92a, New Zealand Creative Freedom Foundation published an article which stated that Lixtor vs. Trade Me case is a good example of how the new section 92a in the New Zealand copyright law could be "misused", if passed.

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* Lixtor- official site {{NZ-company-stub Online auction websites of New Zealand Online marketplaces of New Zealand Privately held companies of New Zealand Internet properties established in 2005 New Zealand companies established in 2005

Controversy

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