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75%
agree
8 votes
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Monopolies (with inflation protection) in TWO markets, not just one |
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52%
agree
17 votes
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Upside to the eBay Story |
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40%
agree
20 votes
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PayPal |
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77%
agree
176 votes
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Ebay's sellers are unhappy, and some are starting to defect to other platforms |
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87%
agree
16 votes
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eBay Destroying It's Brand From Within |
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55%
agree
45 votes
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eBay faces increasing competition from Amazon |
June 18, 2013
eBay's (NASDAQ: EBAY) most prominent business is ebay.com, an internet auction site that connects individual buyers and sellers worldwide. Its massive popularity places it as one of the Internet's leading e-commerce sites, and millions of items are sold each day on eBay.com. It has three primary businesses: auctions, payments (PayPal) and communications (Skype).[1]
In addition to PayPal and Skype - two businesses that eBay acquired through mergers - eBay has grown beyond its three core businesses by purchasing various companies. These acquisitions have served to expand eBay's business into different regions of the world as well as extend its online auction-based business model. As a result, eBay faces the challenge of integrating these properties with its existing businesses, many of which compete with one another.
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) - Company Overview
- Business Sectors[3]
- Marketplace (61% of revenues)
- Payments (30% of revenues)
- Communications (9% of revenues)
- Business Growth
- FY 2010 (ended December 31, 2010)[4]
- Trends and Forces
- International Expansion
- Declining growth and user activity
- Decreasing buyer satisfaction
- Decreasing seller satisfaction
- Replacing low-quality inventory
- On-site advertising: cannibalization?
- Competition
- References
