Our Mission: To build localized free online marketplaces that are socially, economically and environmentally responsible in order to boost economies and infuse a positive, immediate resource for everyone to take action and reach out their community. The sites are a perfect blend of popular Craig’s List (free and local) and eBay (visually interactive bidding) with added free video upload ability on newest sites, yet designed to be safer because they are genuinely localized, locally monitored to be safer, neighborly environments, and are presented as a free service to the community. Learn more, or start taking action today and join us in this new approach geared to shift the internet marketplace so it helps us work proactively toward economic recovery!
We are all about doing the right thing. YourLocalAuction.com was created to directly address issues all of us are experiencing today: the economy and safety on the internet. Presentation as a “Mainstreet” solution, the YourLocalAuction.com mission is to help move us forward within a socially, economically, and environmentally responsible plan, that immediately benefits its users. It begins by creating a free online exclusively for a community, where it can be properly monitored to stay a safer, family-oriented, online hometown marketplace for residents, businesses, and charities to sell, buy, trade and network. solution to the current global economic crisis and the present dangers and issues that are occurring on the internet. The plan is to:
1. Open a local auction in any community that expresses the need and interest as a FREE COMMUNITY SERVICE, presented as an immediate resource for an entire local community to unite online to sell, buy, trade and network with each other.
2. Present as a turn-key local business opportunity to the right local professional to own and operate as a local business; preserving good values, work- ethic, and promoting a safer, family-oriented environment.
3. Form strong trade partnerships with local businesses, large chains that are localized, local government, non-profit organizations and media in order to create a community effort to assist local economies to begin to re-build.
YourLocalAuction.com was created by an entrepreneurial couple, Tim and Pam Hoke, owners of inVision Brand Partners, Inc., in order bring hope to communities everywhere while directly address the economic crisis, through a socially, environmentally, and economically responsible online environment. The online marketplaces are presented as a free service to the community, are completely free of fees and contracts, and rely on individuals getting back to core values and a neighborly way of outreach and doing business. Each site will cater to the specific needs of the area it serves, and will prove to change how the online marketplace is viewed forever. Every community literally gets their own portal that is locally monitored and managed, prohibiting inappropriate content and deterring from online scams that have become so prevalent in today’s internet society. The sites are also designed to increase community spirit and boost economic activity for local residents, businesses, and charities to strengthen economies on a local level.
The Hoke’s vision is to create a viable and realistic solution to the issues arising from the thousands of online marketplaces that currently exist, while providing a resource for individuals to take immediate action to assist during the economic crisis, and bring hope and a boost to economic activity one neighborhood at a time. The Hoke’s, with 40 years combined digital marketing and software expertise behind them as owners of inVision Brand Partners, Inc, (a merging of Syntheweb, Tim’s web design firm and pH Creatives, Pam’s brand boutique) also have devoted years of volunteerism in their community and a large philanthropic mission. The idea has been in development since 2006, and due to the current economic crisis, they felt an urgency to get the idea out there by making the sites turn-key businesses that become even more localized by partnering with local business leaders, entrepreneurs, and out-of-work executives to open a site in their community. The vision assists all local residents, businesses and non-profits directly, while providing innovative opportunities to boost media markets and local governments through creative partnerships and alliances.
PRIVACY GUARANTEE – inVision Brand Partners, Inc., creator of YourLocalAuction.com does not release, rent, sell or otherwise disclose any of the user information provided, unless required for the completion of an auction transaction where the seller and buyer exchange information. Registered site users choose who they reveal their private information to and do so by their own discretion
SAFETY/ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY – YourLocalAuction sites are designed to be neighborly, family-oriented, safer online environments. All site owners reserved the right to remove inappropriate content or listings of a questionable nature (such as pornography, escort services, dating, drugs, or anything not aligned with the moral values and socially responsible foundation the sites are built upon), and will monitor the sites regularly to ensure the site rules are followed. Users can report abuse of the site, including excessive or aggressive marketing tactics or scams, and owner of the local site reserves the right to immediately take action, including and not limited to involving local law enforcement if necessary. A full list of prohibited material on the sites can be found each site’s Terms & Conditions page.
PHILANTHROPY GUARANTEE – inVision Brand Partners, Inc., creator of YourLocalAuction.com DOES NOT collect ANY funds nor WILL EVER generate any income directly from non-profits or charities beyond the advertising revenue from our advertisers. This allows us to provide this free service completely free from our end to all residents community non-profits and charities. The only expense for participation by 501c3's are any end selling fees incurred from their own banking institutions - NOT YourLocalAuction or inVision Brand Partners, Inc.. For the protection of all buyers and donors, each charity/non-profit has to provide valid proof of their 501c3 status in order have their stores approved on this site. In addition, all private information about an organization, including their tax-exempt information is kept confidential - YourLocalAuction will NEVER disclose any confidential or private information about participating non-profits.
WHY?
YourLocalAuction was created for the primary purpose of being a POSITIVE SOLUTION for the economy and to bring communities together within a socially, economically and environmentally RESPONSIBLE online environment. It is a time for change – a change for the better.
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YourLocalAuction.com is driven to provide a free, safer place where someone can reach out to their neighbors to take immediate action to help themselves amidst these challenging times. Directly assisting by connecting the residents, charities, and businesses of local communities, YourLocalAuction is presented as a positive start to a solution that helps us help ourselves, while addressing the current safety and spam issues of online marketplaces in a positive, responsible manner that can immediately have a positive impact local economies everywhere. All sites exclusively belong to their respective community, and are designed to be completely owned and operated locally – making them more manageable and customizable to reflect the full personality of the area and help residents, local businesses, and local non-profits connect and help each other.