this task I have prepared marketing plan of one online store that I choose to show how they improve competitiveness of their marketing or sale strategy that they take. I have chosen company eBay – the world’s online marketplace. Below is some information about this company that I have search through most of the reference unit. This introduction is about‚ what is eBay‚ what the product is‚ how they market their products and what is their marketing strategy. What is eBay Inc? eBay Inc. was formed
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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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Millions of buyers and sellers have made eBay Inc. the world’s largest and most popular Internet site for individuals and businesses to exchange goods. By 1999 eBay had 5.6 million registered users and listed over 3.1 million items for sale; by 2004 there were an estimated 65 million registered users from 150 countries‚ 971 million items for sale‚ and gross merchandise sales hit $15billion. eBay owns local sites in 19 countries‚ has stakes in another eight foreign nations‚ and provides users with
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OU‚ ROBERT M. DAVISON Why eBay Lost to TaoBao in China: The Global Advantage electronic commerce involves electronically-facilitated transactions between consumers through third parties.9 In China‚ a number of C2C platforms have emerged‚ such as eBay (China)‚ TaoBao and PaiPai. TaoBao‚ established in 2003‚ has quickly assumed a dominant position in this market‚ underlined by the December 2006 decision by eBay to quit the C2C market in China altogether‚4‚ 8 merging its China operations with those
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What is organizational culture? This indefinable combination of values‚ beliefs‚ and practice that a corporation posses‚ which makes the difference between surviving and thriving‚ succeeding and failing. Most large corporations typically have a strong culture with values and norms appropriate to the organizational purpose. In a big organization‚ sub-cultures also exist‚ division to division‚ office to office. In this part of this group assignment I will describe the organizational culture of one
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History of eBay It all began in September 1995 when Pierre Omidyar a software developer for Apple computers decided to sell his broken laser pointer. He created originally called ‘‘AuctionWeb‘‘ site which was created on the very same server as his page devoted to research about the ebola virus. It came as a surprise when he found out that his broken laser pointer was sold for more than 14 dollars. He decided to contact the winning bidder asking why would he buy a broken thing for this amount of
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Question 1 What are the business benefits to Amazon and eBay of opening up some of their database to developers and entrepreneurs? Do you agree with this strategy? Why or why not? Amazon and eBay have opened the database doors to thousands of developers and entrepreneurs since 2002. They realized very quickly the benefits of this‚ which was once thought of as risky experiment. A database is a collection of information organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly select the desired
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eBay started with the basic auction service‚ but eBay has refined OAMs by creating a unique business model‚ with specific features that other OAMs do not offer. First of all‚ eBay makes money by helping buyers meet sellers‚ where individuals can advertise items that they would want to sell and buyers can contact the sellers directly. Sellers ship the items directly to the highest bidder. Then‚ to ensure an safe online auction environment (sellers are paid for what they sell)‚ eBay has worked with
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UVA-F-1357 EBAY INC. (A) Gary Bengier‚ Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations at eBay‚ clicked on the send button as he emailed the week’s financial update to Pierre Omidyar‚ the company’s 31-year old chairman. It was September 15‚ 1998 and Wall Street was still reeling from a summer of severe market volatility. Much of the market’s instability could be traced to bearish worries over a deepening and continuing economic crisis in Asia and other developing markets. Many investors
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eBay Case Threshold resources • Offices and facilities • IT server platforms and appropriate software • Personnel with in-depth IT knowledge • All other appropriate personnel • Sufficient customers and suppliers Threshold competences Unique resources • Being the first • Web 2.0 management skills • Electronic platform management skills • Leading technology expert • Active community of users • eBay brand • Partnering on the internet • Biggest electronic exchange platform SWOT analyse:
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