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Battle for “biz sale” marketplace breaks out

A war has broken out in the “businesses for sale” marketplace, with Seek launching a new website today (Friday) called SeekCommercial.

SeekCommercial takes on BizExchange, launched last year, Trading Post and Fairfax classifieds in chasing the micro-business for sale market.

David Waite, general manager of SeekCommercial, says Seek did a soft launch in December, and used live feedback to change the site before launching to the market today (Friday) with 1200 listings and 85 actual advertisers. “We have 2.4 million unique visitors a month coming to Seek, and 82% tell us they want to own their own business.

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