Jean Harris works in her office Thursday afternoon at her home in Hixson. Harris is the COO of her family’s new business venture, SellBuytheroom.com.Name: SellBuyTheRoom.com
Contact information: Britney.Valas@sellbuytheroom.com
Products/services: SellBuyTheRoom.com tries to be a cross between eBay and Craigslist, allowing users to buy and sell their items through auctions or set price listings. Listings can be searched by regions as sweeping as “South” and as specific as “Athens, Tenn.”
Age: The website had its full launch Thursday. The site had been up for live testing since Jan. 3.
Startup investment: Nearly $70,000