About Us

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The Free Auction is located in Columbus, NE., U.S.A. This young and aggressive internet company started due to the current overpriced online auction sites (they know who they are), that charge people fees every chance they get -- a percentage of sale fee, a $3.00 fee for each item listed, etc... We got started so personal users and small businesses could get involved in online auctions for free or at a very low cost.

The Free Auction was founded by Dan Schmid, president. Dan saw that personal users were getting tired of paying huge fees to post items up for auction. He had an idea to make an auction site where ALL basic auction postings would be free for all users. No Final Value fee's, no % Of Item fees -- no fees at all. It was quite clear that online auctions were becomming the most successful selling tool available on the web, however, listing on an auction that you had to pay fees to, just dug straight into the pocket of the users. That is where The Free Auction is different.

Dan's philosophy for building a successful online auction site meant you had to have something more than just an auction. Not only did he take that first big step and make basic listings free, he found success by building a HUGE WEB COMMUNITY. Our community became so involved that community members voluntarily policed the auction site as well as assisted others with problems and suggestions. The community evolved through the use of discussion forums and chatrooms.