www.thisisbrighton.co.uk is joining forces with fsauctions from Freeserve, the number one Internet service.

It will create a bigger and better marketplace for your auctions online. You may already be a fan of the auction room that opened on this website in January 1999. If not, now is the time to check out the service because today, Friday February 24, we are flicking the switch to put you at the heart of an exciting new trading arena.

fsauctions make the perfect partners for Newsquest Media Group, which owns The Evening Argus and www.thisisbrighton.co.uk (www.thisisbrighton.co.uk).

While Newsquest was introducing new ways to buy and sell with web-based auctions in the UK at AuctionHunter, Freeserve was changing the face of the UK's Internet service with subscription-free access.

Just as you would expect from the Web, you will be seeing lots of development at www.fsauctions.co.uk (www.fsauctions.co.uk) as we work to constantly evolve the trading activity on the site.

We will be starting that development with security and sales enhancements, but well also be building more areas in which to trade and offering exciting special promotions, like tickets to pop concerts.

For example, there are lots online today for Elvis: The Concert, which appropriately puts The King back on stage with his original bandmates using the sort of modern, technical wizardry weve exploited to bring you the news, views and entertainment from your favourite newspaper online.

The gavel has closed on AuctionHunter, but get ready to start bidding on the next lot at fsauctions!

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