Chinese buyer nabs Fiji heart-shaped island for $800K on Taobao   

三座海外岛屿淘宝1元起拍 中国土豪掷500万摘下“海洋之心”

“海洋之心”，海岛面积22600平方米，斐济第二大岛，占地2公顷。它邻近斐济的主岛屿，海岛一端有一段长长的沙岸延伸到太平洋海水中。这里曾经是美国电视剧《幸存者》中“流亡岛”的拍摄基地。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) - Long-Term Property, a real estate firm based in Beijing, began an auction on Tuesday morning for four islands located in Fiji, Canada, Greece and the UK. The auction took place on Taobao.com, China's largest online shopping platform, the Modern Express reported.

The starting price was 4 million yuan for the UK island, and just 1 yuan for the other three, the newspaper says.

The auctions attracted many Chinese netizens. The Fiji island sold for 5 million yuan ($800,000), the Canadian island for 1.7 million yuan and the Greek island for 4.8 million yuan, while the auction for the UK island was aborted as buyers failed to meet the reserve price, according to the report.

The buyer of the Fiji island is entitled to 99 years of leasehold rights, while the other three are all freehold properties, an employee at Long-term Property, who is responsible for Taobao customer service, told the paper.