This is a PowerPoint Presentation on the site eBay.

1. By: Mark Manjardi A Presentation of The First Online Auction Site

2. URL: http://www.ebay.com/ History Purpose Content Uses Web 2.0 Similar Sites Research Positives & Negatives Surprise Overview of

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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?

8. Amazon http://www.amazon.com Craigslist www.craigslist.com Yahoo auctions.yahoo.com Why eBay is better… Similar Sites

9. 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 growing 190 countries 24 currencies Research eBay 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

10. 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

11. Questions..?

12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9bHDy5khQ eBay Song