...Going global means new frontiers Introduction On the 19th Sep. 2014, the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO) was successfully completed in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), U.S., and the total IPO amount has reached up to $25 billion (Chen. Mac. Solomon. 2014). Alibaba, the miracle creator, used only 15-year’s development to take the seat in the Wall Street and build an e-commercial empire. The NYSE’s IPO is the signal to tell global investors and competitors that Alibaba is ready to join the global market competition. For Alibaba, going global means new frontier, however, the new frontier could be either a barren cliff or cornucopian grassland. In this essay, we will mainly discuss that why Alibaba want to expand global markets, and how Alibaba is going to make the global strategies to against global competitors in overseas market. by avoiding direct competition, targeting similar market as China and increasing firm size in the global market environment to step into a “grassland” market for persistent development. Alibaba -- the world’s largest online and mobile commerce company, was established in 1999 by the group of 18 people led by Jack Ma in Hangzhou, China. There are three main sites in Alibaba China, including T-mall, Taobao and Alibaba.com along with numbers of other companies to support Alibaba’s ecosystem development. Moreover, Alibaba also has Alibaba.com and AliExpress.com to provide worldwide online shopping services (Pressman 2014). Until 2013...
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...eBay Goes on a Shopping Spree Introduction The author provides a case analysis of the eBay shopping spree assigned reading in the E-commerce: Business, Technology and Society textbook. The purpose of the research is to explain whether or not making so many acquisitions is a risky proposition. Additionally, the author will argue why eBay can successfully compete with its top three competitors. Finally, the researcher will explain why eBay is the perfect model for the integration of all the aspects of e-commerce. Questions Question #1: Explain whether or not you think making so many acquisitions is a risky proposition and why? The acquisitions are risky but support the eBay overall open source commerce platform called X.commerce. Therefore, the acquisitions are warranted as a calculated risk which enables merchants to more easily integrate online and offline commerce efforts (Laudon & Traver, 2012). Specifically, the acquisitions of RedLaser and Milo allow eBay to build services to help sellers offer goods locally, both online or through a mobile device, providing them with another channel for product distribution (eBay Annual Report, 2012). RedLaser allows consumers to scan barcodes in order to find the goods they are looking for in a variety of locations, both online and offline, while Milo enables local inventory to be viewed online or on a mobile device. The eBay acquisition strategy shows a strong commitment of connecting local retailers with shoppers. The...
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...Q1 | Why has eBay become successful and diverse online market place? a) What is eBay? Who is the founder?b) Success story of this company in diverse online marketplace i. How and why it become successful? ii. How eBay position itself in the E-commerce marketplace? | 9-11 | Q2 | Visit the eBay website (http://www.ebay.com) to help you answer, and check out their many trading categories, specialty sites, international sites, and other features. [You can provide the screen-shot of the web pages to show every of the feature] a) What is trading category? What they have on this in their website? b) What is specialty site? What they have on this in their website? c) What is international site? What they have on this in their website? d) What other features do they have in their website? Analyze each feature in term of its purpose and business values e) Is there Customer Relationship Management technology in their website? | 12-24 | Q3 | Why do you think eBay has become the largest online seller of certain other products, like computers and photographic equipment? a) Based on the eight initiatives/ competitive advantages that you have learned in Chapter 2 | 25-26 | Q4 | Is eBay’s move from pure consumer-to-consumer auction market place to inviting large and small businesses to sell to consumers and other businesses, sometimes at fixed process, a good long-term strategy? a) What is pure consumer-to-consumer auction market place for eBay? b) What is...
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...eBay’s innovative online auction business combined the ease of online shopping with the unique selection of estate sales and garage sale shopping. It allows for people to sell their own personal items to anyone with internet access at any time. eBay is full of much strength such as their ability to globalize their brand. This is also one of their main weaknesses. Since eBay is an online business, anyone with internet can access the website. While they have the potential to reach out to everyone, not everyone uses the internet. One of the issues eBay faces is that the internet usage in Asia is very low especially considering over half the population resides there. E commerce was growing everywhere which definitely helps eBay’s business. One of eBay’s great accomplishments is their ability to acquire several other successful businesses. They don’t just take over random businesses because they can; they acquire businesses that can help them out with their own business. For example, PayPal goes hand in hand with the type of business eBay runs. It gives users a more secure way to use their website which consumers definitely appreciate. Along with their feedback forum which allows consumers to voice their opinions, the fact that both sides (buys and sellers) feed off one another and cause the popularity of the other side to rise really makes consumers feel like they are a part of the business. This is part of what makes eBay such a great success. Although they have their share...
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...E- Commerce group assignmen Group 8 eBay- Fine- Tune its Strategy E-commerce assignment group: eBay ABSTRACT 1 EBay is one of the world leading companies, specializing in online retailing market, which has been really famous for its amazing business model and selling strategies at the point of several decades ago. It was once to be deemed as the monopolist in the online auction market business with so many successes. However, as the competition is becoming more and more intense, along with many new effective business strategies coming to the online retailing sector, the companies had committed in some mistakes as well as faced with a number of difficulties. It should and must change in order to keep up with the market speech. This paper is not only to give an overview of eBay’s company but to analyze deeply its current situations, of which providing the 8C’s, 5 forces and other relevant model analysis. In addition, the key reasons for eBay’s changes as well as key factors for its success had been identified. The recommendations for Vietnamese enterprises were also included. High Quality Class No. 2 Business Administration – Group 8 E-commerce assignment group: eBay TABLE OF CONTENT ABSTRACT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 TABLE OF CONTENT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 I. OVERVIEW OF EBAY----------------...
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...eBay: “The world’s largest online marketplace”- A Case Study J.Gopalkrishnan* V.K Gupta** Abstract eBay, Inc. is the largest and most popular marketplace on the Internet, allowing members to buy and sell almost anything. Launched in 1995, about 147 million people now use eBay. An estimated 430,000 people in the United States make all or most of their living by selling on eBay. eBay’s online payment service, called PayPal, enables transactions nearly anywhere in the world. eBay proclaims “trust” between buyers and sellers as the key to the success of the marketplace. eBay is the “The world’s Online Marketplace”, which is its positioning statement, and it means many things about the company’s identity. It enables trade on local, national and international basis, with a diverse and passionate community of individuals and small businesses. eBay offers an online platform where millions of items are traded each day. The objective at eBay was to “to develop the work ethic and culture of eBay as a fun, open and trusting environment and to keep the organization focused on the big picture objectives and key priorities. The company market capitalization had surpassed that of even Amazon.com, making it the “world’s most valuable Internet retailer”. Pierre Omidyar, founder, is focused to achieve excellence in strategic management for improving the company’s strategy, sustaining the company’s growth and business performance, and potentially expanding from online auctions into general “etailing”...
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...Comparison of eBay.com and Alibaba.com Thomas Liquori o h T a m i L s o u q . i r e m Digitally signed by Thomas Liquori DN: cn=Thomas Liquori, email=thomasliquori@a ol.com, o=thomasliquori.me, l=New York, NY Date: 2010.09.05 16:57:16 -04'00' 12/16/2009 Professor Reddi: BUS451 By: Thomas Liquori, Danauda Benjamin, and Anca Barbu EBay.com Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 3 EBay.com Products and Services .................................................................................................................. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Comparison of eBay.com and Alibaba.com Ebay.com Financial analysis .......................................................................................................................... 6 Ebay.com Last Three Year Financial Graphs ................................................................................................. 7 EBay.com TOWS Matrix Analysis .................................................................................................................. 9 EBAY.com TOWS Matrix Graph ................................................................................................................... 13 Competitive Forces for ebay.com ............................................................................................................... 14 EBay.com Industry Rivalry...
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...*Institute of Management, Nirma University of Science & Technology, Ahmedabad. E-mail: jaya_gopalkrishnan2000@yahoo.com **Indian Institute of Management, Indore eBay: “The world’s largest online marketplace”- A Case Study J.Gopalkrishnan* V.K Gupta** Abstract eBay, Inc. is the largest and most popular marketplace on the Internet, allowing members to buy and sell almost anything. Launched in 1995, about 147 million people now use eBay. An estimated 430,000 people in the United States make all or most of their living by selling on eBay. eBay’s online payment service, called PayPal, enables transactions nearly anywhere in the world. eBay proclaims “trust” between buyers and sellers as the key to the success of the marketplace. eBay is the “The world’s Online Marketplace”, which is its positioning statement, and it means many things about the company’s identity. It enables trade on local, national and international basis, with a diverse and passionate community of individuals and small businesses. eBay offers an online platform where millions of items are traded each day. The objective at eBay was to “to develop the work ethic and culture of eBay as a fun, open and trusting environment and to keep the organization focused on the big picture objectives and key priorities. The company market capitalization had surpassed that of even Amazon.com, making it the “world’s most valuable Internet retailer”. Pierre Omidyar, founder, is focused to achieve excellence in strategic...
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...dotcom boom of the 1990s with an unusual business model - it did not expect to make a profit until after at least four years of business. While other dotcom businesses grew rapidly, Amazon slowly built strong foundations. Finally, at the end of its fourth year, it made a $2.5 million profit. In 2005, it made a profit of $359 million and in 2006, $190 million. Amazon's most famous for selling books, but the company also sells a wide range of products from CDs to small kitchen appliances such as coffee machines. Sales in books from traditional stores have reduced recently and Amazon has often been blamed for `stealing' their sales. Amazon provides an enhanced experience for its customers. For example, when a customer logs in they see a personalised page with suggestions of products they might like. Amazon does not just provide the products, but includes customer reviews, detailed product descriptions and other information to help customers to select the right product for them. There are facilities to create a wish list and a wedding list: customers create a list of products that they would like and pass this on to family and friends to let them know what to buy for a wedding gift or other occasion such as a birthday. For more information, visit the Amazon site, especially the About Amazon and Help sections. A link to this website is available at www.heinemann.co.uk/hotlinks. Enter the express code 2315P 1 Describe Amazon as an e-commerce entity. 2 Why has Amazon become...
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...5 Financial Overview...…………………….…………….…Page 6 SWOT Analysis…………………….……………..….…..….Page 7 Working at eBay......................….............Page 9 International Locations……………………………..….Page 10 Company Overview EBay is the largest online marketplace in the world. EBay has became one of the most popular auction sites we know of today. One can find more than 18,000 categories of merchandise on eBay, including big-ticket items such as cars and real estate. EBay is not so much an e-commerce site as it is a trading community, where buyers are sellers find one another and conduct transactions. It currently has approximately 88 million active users around the world. The company has since expanded by acquiring innovative businesses, such as Shopping.com, Stub Hub, Bill Me Later and others, which have positioned the company as the global leader in e-commerce and payments. They introduced PayPal which makes it easy and quick to send and receive payments online. They have also acquired Skype, Rent.com, and Half.com. Throughout the years, eBay has accomplished many things. In 1998, the eBay Foundation was established. It engages eBay employees through charitable giving and volunteerism. The eBay community has raised more than $165 million for charity and more than 18,000 nonprofit organizations benefit from the generosity of the eBay community each year. EBay remains the number one online auction site in the nation. EBay’s Mission Statement: “EBay's mission is to...
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... Introduction Market size and trends of the two markets. Alibaba since March 10, 1999 after the establishment soon became China's largest Internet companies and the world's second largest Internet companies, Alibaba is the world's leading small business e-commerce company, Alibaba Group's flagship business. Alibaba market through its three trading around the world to millions of buyers and suppliers engaged in online business.Three online marketplaces: focuses on serving importers and exporters in the international market, domestic trade in China market, and, through an associated company, to promote Japanese exports and the domestic market in Japan.In addition, Alibaba is also on the international market with a global wholesale trading platform for smaller, you need small quantities of goods to buyers fast delivery service.All transactions with the formation of a market more than 240 countries and regions from over 61 million registered users of the online community.In order to be transformed into so small businesses can easily create and manage a comprehensive online business platform, Alibaba also acquired directly or through its network of companies, including China million and an Octopus, domestic traders to provide a wide range of business management software, Internet-based facilities, services and export-related services, and business management professionals with expertise and...
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...Competitors Amazon is the largest E-commerce company today , being the largest online selling comapy gives them the credibility and the confidence needed to call themself the best E-commerce company . So who really can compete with a company that has proven a rise in sale each year? Well the answer to many people could be that no one can actually compete with amazon , but in fact the online shopping is so large that more than one company can share the spot light. One of the main competitors is eBay, its an online shopping website that was first set as an auction website but then expaneded and has now become a way for small business to build their own store/website threw their eBay account. eBay also has a better advantage because they are more international than Amazon, since most of the small business are based outside of the U.S. However, many customers prefer Amazon because they do not charge fees for posting your products. eBay will often charge their customer for the posting and any pictures that are attached to the post. Amazon is also highly known for their collections of college textbooks which explains their number of customers that fall into the College Student category. They also offer their customers a "buy back gaurantee" at the time of purchase so students do not have to worrry about selling them. Some of Amazon's competitors include Chegg, Valore Books, and Coursemart. The reason why these three are top competitors is becuase they offer E-books which is something...
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...Business MANAGAMENT E-Bay is the largest and most popular marketplace on the Internet, allowing members to buy and sell almost anything and it was launched in 1995. Pierre Omidyar was the founder of E-bay and Jeff Skoll was the co-founder. The name "eBay “came from the name Mr. Omidyar used for his original business, Echo Bay Technology Group, the "eBay AuctionWeb" was originally just one part of the Echo Bay Technology Group. When Mr. Omidyar went to register the domain name echobay.com it was already registered so hen did the next best thing - Shortened it to eBay.com. The first thing to ever be sold on the eBay was Mr. Omidyar's broken laser pointer, which he got $14. The site quickly became very popular, as sellers came to list all sorts of odd things and buyers came and actually bought them. Relying on trust seemed to work remarkably well, and meant that the site could almost be left alone to run itself. The site had been designed from the start to collect a small fee on each sale, and it was this money that Mr. Omidyar used to pay for Auction Web’s expansion. The fees quickly added up to more than his current salary, and so he decided to quit his job and work on the site full-time. Development of E-Bay In 1996 the feedback facilities were added to "AuctionWeb", to let buyers and sellers rate each other and make buying and selling safer. This was an incredible idea as the buyers and sellers basically police themselves to all activities. In 1997, Mr. Omidyar...
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...the Annual Report eBay Inc. is one of the largest e-commerce businesses listed in the Fortune 500. Like other companies, eBay Inc. prepares an Annual Report and a 10K every year in which it discloses each activity and financial performance. eBay Inc.’s Annual Report and 10K are designed for different audiences. The Annual Report provides information about the company’s activities and financial performance for shareholders and investors. The 10K is an official document that publicly traded companies must file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Annual Report provides specific growth of each activity such as eBay marketplace, PayPal, and Skype to increase the confidence of its shareholders and investors. The 10K provides detailed background and financial information targeted towards business professionals and the SEC. eBay Inc.’s 2009 Annual Report was a letter with a lot of details and numbers to demonstrate the performance. The CEO, John Donahoe, listed specific activities’ revenues and growths such as “In November 2009, we sold approximately 70 percent of Skype allowing us to focus on our two core growth engines: payments and e-commerce.” Also, Mr. Donahoe compared the growth of each activity to previous years. For example, in the first half of the year, on eBay marketplace, “we delivered $8.7 billion in revenues, a 2 percent increase from the prior year.” Mr. Donahoe used sincere language to build a strong relationship with eBay Inc.’s shareholders...
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...What eBay has Done For The E-commerce Business? CITN120-Introduction to Networking If you’re a consumer looking to buy or sell an item or maybe catch a fantastic bargain, you have probably heard of eBay. The company’s founder Pierre Omidyar started his journey on September 3, 1995, as a simple home page and a broken laser pointer and created something that had never been done before. Pierre simply intended the listing on his web page of a broken laser pointer to be a test more than a serious offer to sell at auction. He was shocked when he received a response, “I’m a collector of broken laser pointers,” and sold the item for $14.83. When Pierre received this answer back he knew that he had created something big and transitioned from one of commerce, buying and selling things, to one of e-commerce, connecting people around the world together over the internet. In 1996 Pierre and his hand picked business team set out with their vision, which was to create the first online auction website for consumers to buy and sell their items. Since the start up, eBay has become the market leader and pioneer in the on-line auction industry and its brand name has become synonymous with e-commerce. eBay doesn’t actually sell any goods itself, it is simply a meeting place where the merchandise is sold and delivered by third party sellers that are not employed in any way by eBay. This unique e-commerce business gives sellers a place to reach buyers, and gives buyers access to the world’s...
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