"AUCTIONING"a person off is definitely different from, say, selling a pair of socks on Taobao. So, we at 21st Century looked for a career expert to comment. But this particular business is so new that no expert could be found. We were able to find a four-year Taobao seller, Lülü, 26, who agreed to tell us what she would do if she wanted to put a job-seeker up for bid: