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0047Leseprobe_ebayHowever, one of the companies, which reached theses objectives, is eBay.3 Within this strat-egy paper, the development of the enterprise and the strategic figures are identified, analysed and evaluated. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar, who is still the chairman of the company, in San Jose in September 1995. Buyers and sellers are brought together in a manner where sellers are permitted to list items for sale, buyers to bid on items of interest and all eBay users to browse through listed items in a fully automated way. eBay was going public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1998 and has continued its growing. At the end of 2002, there are about 4.000 people working for eBay.4 eBay also took over some well established competitors, adapted their businesses to eBay's strategy and re-branded them step by step. with the "buy it now" feature at fixed prices.11 The "buy it now" feature is closely connected with the introduction of the feature "eBay stores" which enables seller toDo you have too much inventory? Do you want to increase sales fast? Do you want a larger customer base? Complete the sale A professional will tell you how to sell on eBay. Marguerite Swope, Ph.D., eBay Education Specialist and eBay University instructor, uses the most up-to-date train-ing and student materials-the same ones used by eBay University. So you will know how to get the most out of eBay for your business. Please contact the PSU SBDC at (814) 863-4293, email sbdc@psu.edu, or register on-line at http://mhswope.poweru.net or www.sbdc.psu.edu. An affiliate of the national network of Small Business Development Centers. The purpose of the SBDC is to serve as an educational research resource for small businesses. orders under this BOA and receive the appropriate prices. WHEREAS, the Buyer desires to avail itself of the services of the Seller in connection with work under the Principle Contract, NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree that the Seller shall furnish all labor, material, facilities, equipment, personnel, services, and all other necessary and incidental related items to the Buyer, all as more fully described in this Agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this document as of the day and year of the Buyer's Procurement Representative's signature. Payment terms indicated in the eBay User Agreement shall apply to each order placed under this BOA. Each Contractor shall place its own orders under this Agreement, shall set up different User accounts, and shall pay according to the eBay User Agreement. All listing and selling fees for the first year shall be paid in accordance with the fees listed on the eBay web site. Therefore, the Seller agrees thatApplications You Can Build with the eBay API and SDK The eBay API and eBay SDK are tools developers use to create applications that satisfy business needs and market demand for specialized functionality. Perhaps you came to the eBay Developers program with a specific business need to be satisfied by an application based on eBay technology. The application calls GetCategories the first time it is run to retrieve from eBay the category hierarchy for the eBay site to which the seller would be listing items. API functions can be classified into two broad categories: those that request information from eBay and those that submit information to eBay. Using the eBay API, data is submitted to or retrieved from eBay using a call to a single API function. Whether you're building an application to integrate your own retail services with eBay or building an application for other sellers to use, you can take advantage of the power-selling tips that eBay offers. In addition to theHeadquarters to Remain at eBay Park in San José801 N. First St., Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95110 tel (408) 277-5800 fax ( 408) 277-3755 web www.sjmayor.org eBay Announces Expansion 2-2-2 Site in North San Jose Mayor Gonzales gleams as he makes the announcement - eBay Stays in SJ The agreement in principle between the two parties will allow eBay to maintain its headquarters operations at eBay Park on Hamilton Avenue and facilitate the purchase of property in North San José to accommodate its current and projected growth needs. "eBay is one of San José's true success stories," said Mayor Ron Gonzales at the eBay Park news conference announcing the agreement. The cornerstone of the plan is eBay's proposed purchase of approximately 511,000 square feet of office space on North First Street that is currently owned by Novell, Inc. The city will assign to eBay its right to purchase an adjacent parcel of approximately 15 acres of land from Novell and the accompanying development rights. San Jose will also provide additionalNCVA_HumanTrafficking_Ebay_030504Dear Ms. Whitman, We are outraged and offended at eBay's lack of respect for human decency and its promotion of the trafficking of human persons on its website. The auction item in question is # 2791370283 - the selling of Vietnamese women to Taiwan. (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2791370283#ebayphotohosting) Although a foreign government may condone the trafficking of its citizens as an export product, this does not relieve eBay of its corporate responsibility to conduct itself in an ethical and lawful manner. We understand that you are not the perpetrators of the trafficking of human persons; however, the use of your system and network to conduct such illegal transactions makes eBay a culprit and conspirator to the criminal act. Additionally, eBay does not list the trafficking of human persons as a "Prohibited and Restricted Item" on your website. We demand a review of auction items on eBay and the removal of any prohibited items under eBay's rules andeBay_Success4 (Page 1)Satmetrix ServiceT enables eBay to deliver world-class customer support to nearly 30 million registered users. Profile> eBay, the world's leading online trading company, offers a powerful marketplace in which a passionate community of individuals and small businesses sell goods worth $5 billion in more than 4,500 categories. Headquartered in San Jose, California, eBay employs 1,500 people in 14 offices around the world. In the closing days of 1998, just weeks before its initial public offering and meteoric rise, eBay employed 25 customer service representatives (CSR) companywide. Today, eBay's customer service force exceeds 500 people. With a community of nearly 30 million registered users, $5 billion worth of goods sold, and over four million page views per month, eBay has vaulted to the number one shopping site on the Internet as measured by total user minutes1. "Before that, we'd relied on phone calls and emails to the CEO for feedback." eBay chose Satmetrix SystemsT*PXE.ebay bro pdf/final.idHow to sell on www.ebay.com 1 2 3 4 Your item is now ready, let the bidding begin! Buyer pays item + shipping costs directly to PXE PayPal account. A notice that payment has been received will be emailed to you. Ship item to buyer [seller donates shipping]. Tell your family and friends about selling items on ebay for PXE. Trim off the postcard below [at fold line] to send information to a long distance relative. Petal your goods on ebay for PXE. List an item on ebay and use the PXE PayPal account for buyer: donations@pxe.org.Throughout the world, there are large numbers of frequent users who spend a vast amount of time in front of their PCs attempting to fetch the best price in eBay auctions either as purchasers or sellers. With pontegra Tracking for eBay, they have the opportunity to follow the progression of their auctions through eBay in front of a TV set while watching a normal TV program. pontegra Tracking for eBay on MHP*, OCAP**, and ACAP*** is based on the product "pontegra" by Nionex GmbH. pontegra Tracking for eBay covers the complete value added chain for tracking eBay auctions on a TV screen. The eBay user registers on the set top box and on a pontegra Tracking for eBay site of the iTV service provider in the Internet. Thereafter, when new bids for eBay auctions of interest come in, the user is immediately infor-med of the change on the TV screen. pontegra Tracking for eBay supports the following value added chain: - Permanent monitoring of all eBay auctions of all registeredEway ebay brochureeBay Sellers can now accept credit card payments using the eWAY secure payment gateway! Payments are in real time and you retain total control over processed funds. Benefits: - Accept payments immediately after the auction closes, in real time - You are in control of your money at all times - No waiting for banks to clear payments - No waiting for funds to transfer across banks - Identify immediately if the credit card has sufficient cleared funds - Your customers do not need to have an eWAY account to make paymentsebay holiday pFairfield, Calif. -- November 13, 2003 - Announcing an innovative new holiday giving opportunity, Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano and eBay today launched eBay's first-ever Secret Santa Gift Exchange holiday promotion. This promotion runs at http://www.ebay.com/2ndharvest from November 13 through December 18, 2003 and will be promoted to eBay's online auction community of 85 million users. eBay will host a gift basket program online to raise funds for local America's Second Harvest affiliates across the country, including Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano. eBay visitors will be able to purchase $25 gift baskets, $50 Santa's Bags that can feed entire families, or even a shopping cart, fridge, or truckload worth of food. -more-eBay promotion/two The eBay Secret Santa Gift Exchange is part of a growing trend of traditionally offline activities moving online. eBay and Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano identified three problems with a perfect solution. One solution tomail this auction to a friend watch this item view comments in seller's Feedback Profile | view seller's other auctions | ask seller a question See item description for payment methods accepted Buyer pays actual shipping charges. Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. Hello, You are bidding on brand new 256 meg of PC133 SDRAM, 3.3 volt, unbuffered, 168 gold pin. eBay will bid incrementally on your behalf up to your maximum bid , which is kept secret from other eBay users. The eBay term for this is proxy bidding . eBay Payments electronic check option is available if the total price (including all fees such as shipping and handling) is under $200.00 Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of the eBay User Agreement and Privacy Policy. pg. 16-19 eBay.qxp"eBay," he says, "opened up a whole new world." eBay operates simply. (eBay makes its money by charging the seller a placement fee and a small percentage of the final price.) When he first discovered eBay, Cedar offered around 50 items for sale each week. Seeing tremendous potential, USPS has been actively working with eBay since 2003 to make shipping through the Postal Service easier for sellers. Using eBay's website, sell-ers can calculate rates, purchase and print postage with their home computers, print shipping labels, and even add extras like in-surance and delivery confirmation. Making the connection even easier for sell-ers is the option to order free shipping sup-plies through eBay's website. Outside the virtual world, the USPS/eBay relationship is visible in other ways, including co-branded posters on display in post offices throughout the country and USPS's presence at eBay Live, an annual conference for the auction site's real-life community. Above:ebay-payment-3-28This research investigates online payment choices using probit and nested logit model based on the survey data we collected from eBay users. Using the survey data we collected from eBay users, we study the choice of payment methods in online transactions. In order to investigate the payment choice empirically, we conducted a survey of eBay traders. Unfortunately, after we sent out about 20 emails to the selected sellers in March 2002, we received a warning message from eBay, indicating that we were violating an eBay rule by sending a URL through eBay's email system. When we first posted the survey online, we asked the respondents to provide their eBay ID, which would help us obtain the sellers' reputation ratings on the eBay website (eBay posts its members' reputation ratings). Therefore, we had to add one question about the seller's eBay reputation rating (total number or ratings and total number of positive ratings). Among the 260 respondents, 110 respondentsBeginning December 11, 2003, eBay members can bid on the Independence, a 112-foot custom motor yacht with a fully equipped galley, entertainment system, and capacity to hold 35 people. Listing the yacht on eBay is an innovative and cost-effective way to maximize the Independence's value in the e-marketplace." Established and incorporated in the State of Maryland, TAG will lead the logistics and fulfillment of the sale on eBay and retain 10 percent of the final sale. TAG has supported over 15,000 asset sales via eBay in the past two years. The yacht can be found at the following URL address beginning Thursday: http://www.stores.ebay.com/tagexsurplus. DGS determined that the insertion and final transaction fees associated with selling the yacht on eBay would cost the State less than those fees charge by a traditional auction house and would be equivalent to a broker's fees. "We applaud Governor Ehrlich's innovative action to sell this historic yacht on eBay to help raisePOLF eBay storeSince May 2003, the Points of Light Foundation has averaged $10,000 a month from sales through their eBay Store. This "online storefront" features merchandise donated in-kind by Foundation supporters, and its Internet location has meant minimal start-up costs. Inventory for the Points of Light store comes from in-kind donors. Signed celebrity memorabilia, Super Bowl tickets, vacation packages and more exotic items - like the furniture from the reality television series "America's Top Supermodel" - round out the offering. Store manager Maria Herrmann secures new merchandise through constant requests to existing Foundation supporters and new prospects alike. Shipments to eBay buyers go out every day or so, usually with the help of an intern. There are tens of millions of eBay buyers, and getting their attention is an art. Customer satisfaction on eBay is measured in feedback, and with a score of more than 1400, it's clear that Foundation store shoppers are happy. ©EBAY 4-3-01What does this company do? eBay is an online trading community where buyers and sellers can conduct transactions 24/7. eBay has expanded the primary auction site to include www.half.com (which features fixed price buying at no more than half the original price of any given product), eBay Premier (which features fine art), eBay Motors (automobiles), and eBay Services for Business (which connects freelance professionals with businesses.) They currently have 22.5 million registered users who use eBay to socialize, discuss common interests and buy and sell items. eBay's main achievement has been its acquisition strategy of other companies in the same market, actions which have left them with an estimated 88% marketshare of online auctions. Is there a market for them? eBay does not make any products. Every type of collectible and product can be found on eBay, from N'SYNC pillows to fine art collectibles to Pez dispensers. eBay has regional websites sites in 52 | ||
