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Jessica Cole Matt Crowe Blair Stewart

Jessica Cole Matt Crowe Blair Stewart. Background. Founded as Auctionweb.com on September 3 rd , 1995 by Pierre Omidyar in San Jose, CA Changed to Ebay in 1997 Went public on September 21, 1998. Background Cont. John Donahue is current CEO Ebay now has 11,600 employees

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Jessica Cole Matt Crowe Blair Stewart

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  1. Jessica Cole Matt Crowe Blair Stewart

  2. Background • Founded as Auctionweb.com on September 3rd, 1995 by Pierre Omidyar in San Jose, CA • Changed to Ebay in 1997 • Went public on September 21, 1998

  3. Background Cont. • John Donahue is current CEO • Ebay now has 11,600 employees • Now has operations in more than 24 countries • “Make Shopping Exciting” • Revenue in 2007: ▲$7.67 billion USD • “Shop Victoriously”

  4. Strengths • Market Leadership • Largest global online auction website • 222 million users as of December 2006 • Strong Revenue Growth • Business Model • Unique – unites buyers and sellers

  5. Weaknesses • Rising Expenses • Net profit declined 4.9% from 2005 to 2006 • Weak Online Advertising • 2.8% of total revenues derive from advertising and non-transaction activities • Japanese and Chinese Operations • Dominated by Yahoo Japan, quit market in 2002 • Eachnet – China operations

  6. Opportunities • Acquisitions • Stubhub.com, Tradera.com, Rent.com, etc. • Increasing use of the internet • Worldwide penetration only 16% • US online retail sales expected to grow 17% • Growing search engine advertising • Expected to reach $13.1 billion by 2010 • 47% of online advertising budgets by 2010

  7. Threats • Security Threat • Maintaining security of computers and computer networks critical issue • Intense Competition • Overstock.com, Amazon.com, etc. • Risks of Operating Online • Technical Issues • Threat of fraudulent transactions

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