HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Feb. 2, 2010 -- Sears has relaunchedServiceLive.com, a nationwide service marketplace for home services that incorporates bidding and payment features. Its beta launch was a year ago.

The company describes the site as a “freshly redesigned and upgraded online marketplace, providing a comprehensive, easy-to-manage destination to research, secure, communicate about and pay for everyday services. From plumbing and painting to IT help, ServiceLive's platform and marketplace dynamics give it the power to change the way people get services done. With the backing of Sears Holdings, ServiceLive.com is a place that removes the headaches and hassles of getting services done at home.”

ServiceLive currently runs thousands of projects a month through the marketplace with nearly 40,000 pros registered to date, according to Sears, which promotes the following features:

--  Easy Research: Thousands of detailed pro profiles are easily searched

      and sorted, and include reviews and ratings only from customers who