auction founded 2005 headquarters birkenhead auckland nz revenue not available 2008 number of employees less than 10 website http www.lixtor.co.nz lixtor is an internet auction website operating in new zealand since 2005 as a free alternative to currently dominant paid online trading website in new zealand trademe . 1 lixtor s business model is substantially different from its rival site trademe as it tries to operate its business on advertising revenue rather than charging users on listing fees and success fee . 2 contents 1 controversy 2 see also 3 references 4 external links controversy edit on 6 november 2008 the national business review reported on an article 1 that lixtor has been legally threatened by trademe over copyright infringement on their privacy policy and terms and conditions . however lixtor stated that it was carried out by trademe to intimidate lixtor because trademe was threatened by lixtor s no fee business model . 1 following this dispute with trademe lixtor listed their auction site for sale on trademe on 17 november 2008 with the starting bid 100 000 000 . 3 4 the listing was listed with the option to support plunket by rounding up the success fee . 3 however the auction was disabled by the trademe administrators hours after the auction . 4 5 nonetheless lixtor re listed the auction minutes after their listing was disabled by trademe moderators 4 but this second listing was also removed hours later . 6 no more listings were reported after this 4 possibly due to trademe s policy to suspend the suspicious members . 7 on 20 november 2008 a community newspaper the aucklander also reported that trademe s lawyers asked lixtor to remove their terms and conditions 8 on 3 february 2009 in the wake of the emerging new zealand copyright law section 92a new zealand creative freedom foundation published an article . 9 it was stated that lixtor vs. trademe case is a good example of how the new section 92a in the new zealand copyright law could be misused if passed . see also edit trademe internet in new zealand references edit a b c kloeten niko 6 november 2008 . trademe trying to intimidate says auction rival . national business review . retrieved 15 october 2011 . lixtor.co.nz about lixtor a b trademe lixtor.co.nz for sale starting bid 100 000 000 google cache a b c d scoop lixtor is for sale for 100 000 000 on trademe trademe lixtor.co.nz for sale starting bid 100 000 000 1 trademe lixtor.co.nz for sale starting bid 100 000 000 2 mauricio freitas trade me closing accounts the aucklander newbie takes on trademe guilt upon accusation new zealand businesses . creative freedom nz . archived from the original on 24 july 2011 . cs1 maint unfit url link external links edit lixtor official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lixtor & oldid 713214452 categories online auction websitesnew zealand websitescompanies of new zealand2005 establishments in new zealandprivately held companies of new zealandinternet properties established in 2005hidden categories cs1 maint unfit urluse dmy dates from february 2015use new zealand english from february 2015all wikipedia articles written in new zealand english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 april 2016 at 17 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view