Auctioning4u, a chain of eBay drop-off stores in the UK, said it was voted one of London's top twenty most inspirational businesses in a competition held by O2 in association with The Evening Standard. Judges were looking for the business with the most inspirational story and asked questions such as where ideas for the business came from.
Auctioning4u's CEO Christian Braun told judges his idea started at home. "My wife and I were clearing out our house and there was a ton of things that were just too good to throw away, so we thought we'd sell them on eBay. Both being busy professionals we found the process infuriatingly slow up to two hours per item so we created the idea of the eBay drop shop Auctioning4u was born."
Auctioning4u is four years, has nine drop-shops, 25,000sq ft of warehouse space, a home pick-up service, and employs 88 people.
http://www.auctioning4u.co.uk
