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Listia is made for people who want to simplify their lives and homes while connecting with others. Over time, people have come to use Listia more and more each day. With that in mind, we wanted to reward our most loyal users for the things you do every day. Whether you’re listing items, buying credits, or completing offers we have more to give you with Listia Plus.

What is Listia Plus?

Listia Plus is a paid monthly membership that gives you access to benefits across Listia. Benefits include extra credits deposited to your account every month, bonuses on credit purchases you’re already making, and bonuses on offers you complete.

When you sign up for a plan, you’ll get $10, $20, $50, or $100 worth of credits immediately deposited into your account depending on the plan you’ve chosen. As your membership remains active, you’ll continue to get this deposit every month.

How can I sign up?

You can sign up at https://www.listia.com/plus. Membership ranges from Bronze, Gold, and Silver to Platinum, each with bonuses ranging from 5-15% on credits and offers.

Can I cancel my membership?

Listia Plus is completely flexible — change plans or cancel your membership at any time. At any point during your membership, you can schedule an upgrade or downgrade to your Listia Plus plan. The change will be automatically made upon your next renewal date.

Is Listia still free?

Listia is 100% committed to always being free to use. You will never need to pay to use Listia or our main features. Listia Plus was created to reward anyone who is already completing offers or purchasing credits to buy items on Listia. Listing and selling your own items on Listia is still the best way to earn many credits without spending money.

We’re always working hard to bring more value and make Listia better for you. We’re excited to know what you think! You can sign up for Listia Plus here.

As part of our Charity Program, this month we have two new charities to help you give back to your community. With our monthly Charity Program, all members are encouraged to donate funds to charity without spending any money whatsoever.

Members are able to donate a few of their Listia Credits to any one of our monthly charities. While members donate their Credits, Listia matches those credits with real money which is then donated once the month is complete. Over the years Listia members have raised more than $50,000 USD for a wide variety of charities around the world!

The two charities for May are:

Foundation Communities

Listia and Gridmates are on a joint mission to Improve People’s Lives. In the US there are 48 million people who cannot afford to cool or heat their homes, cook for their children or even have light during the night. You have now the power to Energize People’s Lives. By providing the gifts of energy, Gridmates will help power 7 Learning Centers, an initiative of Foundation Communities that provides after school activities for children of low income families in Texas.

Foundation Communities operate 7 Community Learning Centers that are home to free after-school programs for 700 children. By contributing to this campaign, you’ll be helping us keep the PCs, lights and heating/cooling on. We need your support to keep the knowledge going and help children chase their dreams!

Be part of this great cause! You have the power to Empower Students to Dream Big. Click here to learn more or donate today.

 

The Lung Cancer Alliance

The Lung Cancer Alliance is the leading and highest rated lung cancer nonprofit in the country. They initiated and continue leading the fight against lung cancer playing a critical role in every major advance since their founding in 1995. Every dollar provided to them is used effectively and efficiently to accomplish their lifesaving mission to:

• Offer personalized support, information and referral services at no cost through a team of trained, dedicated staff members to help patients, their loved ones and those at risk.
• Advocate for increased lung cancer research funding and equitable access, coverage and reimbursement for screening, treatment, diagnostics, and testing.
• Conduct nationwide education campaigns about the disease, risk and early detection

Let’s show support for these charities and help make the world a brighter, safer place to live. Donate today to help make a difference.

As the days start getting longer and warmer, we start feeling that spring approaching. Our winter clutter has started to show it’s face though. We know how it feels when you don’t know where to start in cleaning and simplifying your home. Don’t worry, we’re here to help you out and to stay clutter-free! Join the Spring Cleaning Challenge to make clutter a thing of the past!

During the month of March, we’ll be slowly help you declutter your house room by room and help you make it a regular habit in your life. Each activity you complete bring you closer to a drawing for a chance to win the prizes below.

• 15 or more challenge goals: $100 Amazon Gift Card – One Winner
• 12 to 14 challenge goals: $50 Amazong Gift Card – One Winner
• 8 to 11 challenge goals: $25 Amazon Gift Card – One winner

The first goal is your closet! Start sorting today or tomorrow and list clothes, shoes or accessories. We’ll be updating our Facebook page every day with tips and the new goal for the day. So check back everyday or check the Listia app to see what today’s challenge is!

**Update April 4th, 2016**

We’re excited to announce the winners of the Listia Spring Cleaning Challenge! 🌻🌷🌼 So many of you participated and started living a simpler life one room at a time! Without further ado here are the winners!

Lisa M – $100 Amazon Gift Card
Carolyn P.S. – $50 Amazong Gift Card
Susan S – $25 Amazon Gift Card

Listia Stories features you, and all of the Listia community members. Tell us about the friendships you’ve made, or why you love Listia. Members whose stories are published here on the blog receive a unique Listia All-Star Badge, 5 Listia stickers which will arrive in the mail & 1,000 bonus credits deposited into your Listia account. Email your entries to Ilove@listia.com.

( Josh1087) Listia has changed my life! That may sound cheesy, but I am not even joking. I have been a member since 4/1/15 and I initially joined as part of an offer in another app. The goal was to bid on an auction, but I never imagined I would actually win it! Those humble beginnings started my Listia career and I couldn’t be happier! Listia has given me access to collectibles I just can’t find locally and thankfully there are no fees like other auction sites. I never collected coins before Listia and now I have a collection of over 1000 vintage coins! My wife is also a huge fan! I have gotten her dozens of brand name purses for next to nothing! I can’t thank this site enough for helping fuel my hobby without breaking my bank in the process! Thank you Listia!

(betsysimmons90) Hello Listia, I just had to share this with you. I did not have the money for a Christmas tree so I decided to use things I have gotten on Listia to make one. I cut out the shapes from cardboard boxes and I decoupaged them with pretty paper napkins that I got on Listia. The lights are from Listia and so are the butterflies. The flower on top is made using a bow maker that I won on Listia. I even got the 2 stockings from Listia last year. If it wasn’t for Listia I don’t know what I would do. Thank you so much for starting this site.

Listia Stories features you, and all of the Listia community members. Tell us about the friendships you’ve made, or why you love Listia. Members whose stories are published here on the blog receive a unique Listia All-Star Badge, 5 Listia stickers which will arrive in the mail & 1,000 bonus credits deposited into your Listia account. Email your entries to Ilove@listia.com.

(marthaannflores) I started Listia on January 1st, 2012 and found out through Facebook. I started searching auctions and got all set up that same night. It became a nightly ritual of taking pictures of items for my daughter and I to get rid of and list. We had so much fun bonding, too. It also provided a means of companionship and means to help each other. Listia helped me through some real bad times: severe depression, recovery from surgery and more. During these times there have been many Listian friends that have listened and helped me along the way. For this, I’m very grateful. So not only have I gotten many items, gotten rid of many items, got closer to my daughters, made many friends, and improved my health, but most of all, I met a wonderful family with a precious little lady fighting daily for her life. Thank you Listia for bringing this little lady into my life (I hope one day to meet her – she holds a place in my heart).

(KarmaCake) I have been on Listia for a few months and am truly amazed by its unique and creative take on online marketplaces. It is better than Amazon, better than Ebay, and better than most other online marketplaces out there! The ability to sell almost anything is wonderful and extremely helpful to all Listians. As a medically disabled military US ARMY vet, I am so happy this venue is a blessing and a very successful experience. I look forward to continuing to use this site, list more and more, and become a top rated seller on here providing the utmost best customer service possible to all fellow Listians.  God bless you Listia, for giving me the ability to gift  Christmas presents to more people than I ever have any other year of my life. I love this site!

There’s no better way to ring in the New Year than with some gifts of our own. We’re excited to announce the winners of the Holiday Video Unboxing Contest! There were some outstanding entries from all of our fans and our team had a tough time deciding the winners. From video collages to heartwarming gifts, we loved them all. There can only be a few winners though. Without further ado!

1st Place – $100 Giftcard – Christina. Christina really showed off the holiday and Listia spirit!

2nd Place – 100K Listia Credits – George. George showed off unique items and even racked up thousands of views on Facebook. 

3rd Place – 50K Listia Credits – Jenny. Jenny’s multiple videos showcased her items in great lighting and clear audio.  

We can’t say how much fun the team had watching all of the videos. Many of the contestants even had multiple entries! We’ll be sure to do more of these contests if you enjoy them.

Let us know which was your favorite and what you thought of the contest below!

Update! – December 14th, 2015

Wow! Listia Cyber Week is officially over! And what a contest it was! We had thousands of players but there could only be a few top winners. There were 50 Listia sticker winners and 93 people completed the puzzle so they’ll be sharing the 5 Million Listia Credit prize and be receiving 53,764 credits each! Without further delay, the winners are below!

• $100 Amazon Gift Card – Angela M
• 40″ LED TV – Brenda L
• Apple iPad Mini 2 – Wendy W
• Listia Swag Pack – 10 Members
• Listia Sticker – 50 Members
• 3 Million Listia Credits – Jennifer T

Congratulations to all the winners! The credits will be issued in the next 72 hours and the stickers will go out in the next 2-3 business days. Stay tuned for our next contest!

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It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving and we all know what that means, Cyber Week!!! A week of shopping for deals and spending hours in front of your computer and Listia is going to give you one more thing to do this week!

This year we’ve crafted a Listia Cyber Week Crossword Puzzle along with daily Listia sponsored auctions and raffles. Get started on the crossword here: https://www.listia.com/cyberweek

Crossword puzzle details

• Unlock the crossword puzzle by sharing on Facebook or Twitter
• Once shared, one clue in the crossword puzzle should be unlocked
• Special Cyber Week goals will be released every day until Monday, 12/7/15. Each of these goals will unlock a certain number of crossword puzzle clues and may even reward you with credits.
• Once the clues are unlocked you may enter the answers in the crossword puzzle
• Each time you successfully answer sets of crossword puzzle clues you will be automatically eligible to win 6 different tiered prizes
  • 5 Answers – 50 random people that answer 5 clues will win the highly coveted Listia sticker
  • 10 Answers – 1 random person that answers 10 clues will win a Listia swag pack consisting of: mug, shirt, beer stein, limited edition 2014 coin, and 5 stickers
  • 16 Answers – 1 random person that answers 16 clues will win a $100 Amazon gift card
  • 22 Answers – 1 random person that answers 22 clues will win a 40″ LED TV
  • 30 Answers – 1 random person that answers 30 clues will win an Apple iPad Mini 2 (White, Wifi, 16GB)
  • 35 Answers
    • 1 random person that answers all 35 clues will win 3,000,000 credits
    • 5,000,000 credits will be distributed evenly amongst everyone that answers all 35 clues (eg if 100 people fully complete the crossword puzzle, each person will get 50,000 credits)
• There are 35 total clues, but there will be enough goals to unlock ~50 clues (you don’t have to do EVERY Cyber Week goal to complete the puzzle)
• The last Cyber Week goals will be live on 12/7/15. Once these goals end, the contest is over and you will no longer be able to unlock clues or enter answers.
• Winners will be chosen a few days after Cyber Week ends and will be contacted via Zendesk ticket or Listia private message

A don’t forget the awesome raffles we have!

Let Cyber Week… BEGIN!!!

Listia Stories features you, and all of the Listia community members. Tell us about the friendships you’ve made, or why you love Listia. Members whose stories are published here on the blog receive a unique Listia All-Star Badge, 5 Listia stickers which will arrive in the mail & 1,000 bonus credits deposited into your Listia account. Email your entries to Ilove@listia.com.

(joshuahubbard581) I’m so excited that Listia gave me the opportunity to get Christmas shopping done early. Yes, on Listia I got a Michael Kors bag & so much more! And right now, it’s time for me to enjoy my credits. I recommend Listia because it’s way better than other auction sites. I haven’t had any problems with Listia and it’s a fun and exciting atmosphere. The raffle part on Listia is a fun and exciting experience. Listia has offered me Michael Kors, Coach, Philosophy, Paul Mitchell & so much more.

One of the best parts of the Listia community is seeing all the unique, amazing items our members have won on Listia. Everything from new toys for your kids, to iPads and even new fall clothing or makeup. With the holidays coming up, we wanted to highlight and reward you for sharing the things you’ve received from Listia with your friends. So we’re announcing the Listia Holiday Unboxing Video Contest!

Starting today, November 6th, each person who creates an unboxing video sharing what they’ve won on Listia and puts their referral link in the video description, will be eligible to enter the contest. Unboxing is just filming yourself opening what you’ve won on Listia, like showing a box of toys or makeup. See how to make one here. You will receive 10,000 credits for every person that signs up and successfully completes their first listing with your referral link. Not only that, when a new member signs up they’ll receive an extra 1,000 credits thanks to you!

To enter:

• Upload a public video on YouTube or Facebook
• Include in the title “Free From Listia Unboxing” along with the name of the item you won (e.g. Free iPhone From Listia Unboxing)
• In the description, place your unique referral link found here – https://www.listia.com/invite_friends
• Share the video link or tag us on our Twitter page or Facebook page 

Due to popular demand, we are extending the contest until January 3rd, 2016! The winner will be chosen the following week! The promotion ends December 11th and we’ll be announcing the winners on December 14th. The 1st Place winner will receive a $100 dollar Walmart giftcard, the 2nd Place winner will receive 100K Listia Credits, and the 3rd Place winner will receive 50K Listia Credits!

We are looking for high-quality, unique and original unboxing videos. Having a lot of views and likes doesn’t hurt your chances either. 🙂 Learn how to make one and start uploading today!