Name: Darshan Pather Course: E-commerce Assignment 3: Case Study- EBay’s Business Model Lecturer: C. Gneuss Due Date: 27/08/12 Introduction Ebay.com is an online auction and shopping website that allows people and corporations to buy and sell a variety of products and services internationally. EBay makes money by charging fees to sellers‚ however it is free to shop and place bids. Till date EBay has presence including partnerships and investments‚ with more than 90 million users worldwide
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eBay is currently the top-ranked online auction company within its industry‚ with nearly one-third of U.S. internet users registered on its site. The mission of eBay “is to provide a global trading platform where practically anyone can trade practically anything.” Millions of people buy and sell items on eBay every day‚ and because eBay is a for profit company‚ it gets a cut of the profit from each sale for itself. There are several objectives that eBay strives to meet on a daily basis. First
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high risk/ high return business is not a simple process. There are several key factors and criteria that need to be met in order for your venture to have a chance. Ignoring them would most likely result in complete failure‚ and this is why a large number of startups fail in their early stages. This simulation is meant to help me identify the key pitfalls and factors of success. The purpose of this report is to communicate how I approached the problem of launching the high risk business‚ and the
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Different aspects of online auctions‚ eBay. For assessor only | | 1. Content | | 2. Language structure | | 3. Language accuracy | | 4. Language: format & citing/referencing | | Overall: | | Advisory grade | | Assessor’s initials | | Maastricht UniversitySchool of Business & Economics | Place & Date: | Maastricht‚ 10-12-2012. | Name‚ initials: | Elemans‚ DP | ID number: | I6049135 | Study | International Business | Course Code: | EBC1009 |
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eBay: Connecting in China December 1‚ 2005 The Problem: Causes and Symptoms The problem for eBay is how to factor the new Chinese business landscape‚ its conditions‚ culture and constraints so that it can penetrate into the large Chinese market. This is the challenge identified because Whitman‚ the company’s CEO‚ has announced that the goal for the company is to reach the $3 Billion sales level by 2005. In order to reach this new milestone‚ the company would need to look for key markets
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Zheng Executive Summary Background eBay Inc history: September 1995: funded as a sole proprietorship. May 1996: incorporated in California. April 1998: reincorporated in Delaware. September 1998: completion of initial public offering October 2002: acquired PayPal Product Online Auction: Every day‚ 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week‚ 365 days a year‚ millions of people from all over the world go shopping at online auctions. This is not an exaggeration - eBay‚ with a 76% share of the auction site
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Introduction Amazon and Ebay are two well-known brands of online shopping sites. They have evolved and grown from small firms to the giants of e-commerce today. In this essay‚ a comparison would be made between the two firms. Questioning the types of business models Amazon and Ebay’s have employed and how they have evolved over time‚ the driving factors of change‚ and finally the future outlook of each firm help distinguish the trails both firms made to become the two leaders in the market of
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eBay’s Strategy in China Defining the Business Model 1) Customer Value Proposition (CVP) eBay’s customer value proposition consists on three main ideas. The main one‚ their target market‚ is all Chinese customer with the willingness to buy and trade through an online platform. eBay tried to fulfill this necessity by opening an online trading “auction house” for Chinese customers. The company provided a service where an item would be listed in their webpage with the ability to bid on it. The
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CASE: EBAY EXPANDS AROUND THE GLOBE Retail Management: A Strategic Approach Berman and Evans As recently as 2000‚ eBay had virtually no international operations. Then‚ international expansion became a major strategic initiative. By 2005‚ the firm had Web sites in 31 countries around the world – ranging from Brazil to Germany to China. eBay’s 2005 foreign operations generated well over US$1 billion in revenues‚ accounting for 46 percent of eBay’s trading revenues. By 2008‚ 54 percent of
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TaoBao vs. eBay China Why did eBay succeed in the US but fail in China? What could eBay have done to avoid defeat? Unlike the US‚ China did not have the infrastructure necessary for eBay to enter and operate successfully. Therefore‚ eBay was before its time in China and failed because: * Low internet penetration rate – eBay needs high traffic. * Lacked the norms and laws to support online exchange – trust is a key success factor in internet based businesses‚ and the lack of rules
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