According to TechCrunch, Listia.com has been growing since first being introduced in August. It has been doing so well and sparking interest in many people, that it raised $400,000 in financing from Implisitic Capital – a lot of money to be invested in a Web site based solely on giving and getting things for free.

Listia comes across as more user friendly than sites such as Ebay or Craigslist due to the fact that there is no money involved; people bid on items with points they receive for signing up, listing items, and referring friends. There is also no worries of a plethora of emails concerning listed items, or the risk of a “no-show” when an item is sold.

Twitter users are tweeting about different items they are listing on Listia.com and are sharing interest and excitement towards auctioning for free stuff.

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   hermeswings (Cape Cod) http://www.listia.com/ Interesting web concept on bartering 13 Oct 2009 from TwitterGadget
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   matthewfong (Menlo Park, CA) Listia is like the free stuff section on craigslist but better, check it out and get free credits: http://listia.com/signup/9619 13 Oct 2009 from Listia
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   slhoopes (Seattle, WA) Is listia a better to ebay+craigslist?? http://listia.com/signup/9667 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   kewlio (San Francisco) Hella good stuff on Listia http://listia.com/12Xh (book) http://listia.com/12Xg (hair dryer) need this http://listia.com/12Lp?r=73 umbrella 13 Oct 2009 from web
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   JoshDance (Utah) Congrats! This service is great. Great guys too. – RT @listiainc: Listia Raises Some Money http://post.ly/8PgJ 13 Oct 2009 from Brizzly

Though Listia doesn’t involve money, there is still the option to buy points used towards bidding for items, and having the money donated to a charity. Find out more about Listia and their “get rid for free – get for free” policies on their “About Us” page.

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