Yahoo! Auctions in Singapore will be retiring

YAHOO! Auctions, an online auction-service platform popular with Singapore users, is closing down. It will cease operations on Oct 6, announced the company in a statement on its website. From now until Sept 8, users can only bid or buy items. The last day for listing an item was Tuesday.

Yahoo Singapore is aligning its resources to focus on giving users the best overall experience on the Internet, via our other properties like e-mail and messenger, as well as social media services like Flickr. They realised that they could provide more value to their customers through other properties and decided to close the Yahoo! Singapore auctions site.

The closure, however, does not affect the remaining Yahoo! Auctions sites in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Yahoo! Auctions in Singapore transition timeline:
• The last day to list an item for sale is August 19, 2008
• The last day to bid on or buy an item is September 8, 2008
• The last day to access remaining site tools such as My Account is September 22, 2008