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Transcript of eBay Presentation
By: Mark Manjardi
A Presentation of The First Online Auction Site
URL: http://www.ebay.com/ History Purpose Content Uses Web 2.0 Similar Sites Research Positives & Negatives Surprise
Overview of
Founder: Pierre Omidyar Date: September 3, 1995 Headquarters: San Jose, California First Known As: Auction Web Funny Historic Story: Pez Candy
Dispensers First Item Sold: Broken Laser Pointer
History And Creator
Serve as an online biding site where people can sell things they no longer want
Online thrift store Highest bidder gets item at end of deadline Never ending auction for the world
Purpose of
Any item or product up for sale
Day to day lists of for-sale items
People made pages displaying their item
Each item’s page made up of Image, Information, Biding Price, Contact Info
Content
School:◦ Educational – teaches students how to make a dollar out of
items they no longer need
Home◦ Forget a Garage Sale. Sell Items Online!
Business◦ Promote & Sell Items◦ Communicate with other business online
Uses (School, Home, Business)
Communication◦ Best way to communicate = buying & selling from each other on one
huge online market◦ Comments & contact information◦ Phone & email
Secure Information Sharing◦ Detailed information on each item necessary◦ Information on seller also◦ Information runs the site
Collaboration with World Wide Web◦ Sites for images and background information on items
How is this a Web 2.0 tool?
Amazon http://www.amazon.com
Craigslist www.craigslist.com
Yahoo auctions.yahoo.com
Why eBay is better…
Similar Sites
1999 — A year after going public, eBay has 10 million registered users and a gross merchandise volume of $2.8 billion annually.
2002 — 61.7 million registered users, gross merchandise volume of $14.9 billion annually.
2005 — 181 million registered users, gross merchandise volume of $44.3 billion annually.
2008 — 87.7 million active users worldwide, gross merchandise volume of $59.7 billion annually
Today – eBay keeps growing190 countries24 currencies
ResearcheBay remains the premier buying and selling marketplace in the online universe, with more active listings, users, and goods than shoppers are likely to find anywhere else
Positives◦ Items around the world all at one site◦ Anyone can buy or sell◦ Best auction site due to popularity
Negatives◦ 18 or older◦ Don’t know who you are buying from◦ Not physically buying it in store
Overall◦ The new era of shopping
Positives & Negatives
Questions..?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9bHDy5khQ
eBay Song