GovDeals.com is an online auction website that allows municipalities to sell surplus items online. The website was went online in 1999 and was founded by a former investment banker and his two partners. The purpose of the eBay-styled website is to help local governments earn money on unwanted items.Naples Daily News: Internet garage sale: City of Naples unloads unwanted goods on Web site (March 16, 2009)
There are a wide variety of items sold on GovDeals.com ranging from office equipment, like desks and printers, to airplanes, police cars and cranes.CBS News: Governments Unloading Property Online (November 22, 2008)
References
Fast Facts
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
GovDeals.com is an auction website for government municipalities
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
Buyers can search for items by state, zip code, category or description
-
Fact:
Search is sortable by most recent, to auctions closing within 1 hour, 24 hours or 48 hours
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
Website has had 1.2 million buyers
-
Fact:
Most popular items sold are vehicles
-
Fact:
Naples, Florida, raised $163,503 by selling 54 items on GovDeals.comMSNBC: City Making Money Online (March 17, 2009)
-
Fact:
-
Fact:
Items sold include surplus equipment, furniture, cars, trucks and items confiscated by officersUSAToday.com: Police Unload Property on Internet Auction Sites (December 7, 2003)
