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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRENCH VERSION OF LIVEDEAL.COM LAUNCHES IN CANADA
THROUGH JOINT VENTURE WITH TORSTAR DIGITAL AND GESCA
Cvendu.ca Offers Quebecers New Online Classifieds Solution
for Buying and Selling Goods and Services
SANTA CLARA, Calif., February 22, 2007 - LiveDeal.com (www.livedeal.com), one of the nation’s leading free online local classifieds and yellow pages marketplaces, announced today the launch of Cvendu.ca, a French version of its online classifieds site for residents of Quebec, Canada.
Cvendu.ca was created through a joint venture between LiveDeal.com, Torstar Digital, and Gesca and marries the strength of LiveDeal’s industry-leading Web classifieds technology with the extensive local reach of Torstar's and Gesca's family of local Canadian newspapers.
"LiveDeal is pleased to be partnering with Torstar Digital and Gesca to deliver a robust online local classifieds marketplace to Quebecers," said Rajesh Navar, founder and CEO of LiveDeal.com. "This new site exemplifies how LiveDeal is an ideal online classifieds platform for media companies worldwide. Together we can deliver an industry-leading local classifieds solution that is strongly anchored in local communities."
Cvendu.ca offers all Internet users and classified advertisers across Quebec a relevant, local online classified environment. Users can browse ads in the city or town of their choice, thanks in part to Cvendu.ca’s partnership with all of the Gesca dailies (La Presse, Le Soleil, Le Droit, La Tribune, Le Nouvelliste, Le Quotidien et La Voix de l’Est). For those looking to move to a new apartment in Vancouver or to buy a house in Toronto or Ottawa, Cvendu.ca also allows full access to classified ads across Canada.
Canadians buying classified ads with all the Gesca dailies will have access to special offers and discounts when they post their ads on Cvendu.ca.
"Canadians are increasingly using the Internet for classified advertising - one third of online Canadians visit at least one classified advertising website per month," says Pierre-Elliott Levasseur, president, Gesca Digital. "Cvendu.ca capitalizes on the best online classified advertising technology to bring together buyers and sellers in an environment that makes the buying and selling of goods faster, easier and more effective."
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LiveDeal is a leader in the online local classifieds and yellow pages market with millions of goods and services listed for sale, in every zip code across the U.S. Buyers and sellers come together through the vast LiveDeal.com marketplace, which is ideal for finding and listing business services as well as such items as automobiles, furniture, appliances, real estate and more. LiveDeal is also the perfect place for sellers seeking to place pets in loving homes and for buyers to find the pet of their dreams. LiveDeal partners with online and offline media to quickly and cost effectively power their classifieds and yellow pages via its dynamic LiveDeal classifieds platform. LiveDeal was founded in 2003 by Rajesh Navar, an early member of eBay’s 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 (The Toronto Star) and Gesca Ltd. For more information about LiveDeal, see www.livedeal.com.
About Cvendu.ca
Cvendu.ca and LiveDeal.ca are a joint venture between LiveDeal Inc., Torstar Digital, and Gesca that marries the strength of LiveDeal Inc.'s industry-leading Web classifieds technology with the extensive local reach of Torstar's and Gesca's newspapers.
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