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product, eBay currently or potentially competes with a number of companies serving particular categories of
goods as well as those serving broader ranges of goods. Broad-based competitors include the vast majority of
traditional department and general merchandise stores as well as emerging online retailers. These include most
prominently: Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Sears, Macy’s, JC Penney, Montgomery Ward, Costco, Sam’s Club as
well as Amazon.com, Buy.com, AOL.com, Yahoo! shopping and MSN.
In addition, eBay faces competition from specialty retailers and exchanges in each of its categories of products.
For example:
Antiques: Christies, eHammer, Sotheby’s / Sothebys.com, Sothebys.amazon.com
Coins & Stamps: Collectors Universe, Heritage, Numismatists Online, US Mint
Collectibles: Franklin Mint
Musical Instruments: Guitar Center, Harmony-Central.com, MARRS, MusicHotBid.com
Sports Memorabilia: Beckett’s, Collectors Universe
Toys, Bean Bag Plush: Amazon.com, eToys.com, KB Toys, Toys.com, Toys R Us
Premium Collectibles: Christies, DuPont Registry, Gavelnet, Greg Manning Auctions, iCollector, Lycos /
Skinner Auctions, Millionaire.com, Phillips (LVMH), Sotheby’s, Sothebys.amazon.com
Automotive (used cars): Auction Auto.com, Autobytel.com, AutoMallUSA, AutoVantage.com,
AutoWeb.com, Barrett-Jackson, CarOrder.com, CarPoint, CarScene.com, eClassics.com, Edmunds,
GreenLight.com, Hemmings, Newspaper classifieds, Used car dealers
Books, Movies, Music: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Barnesandnoble.com, BigStar, Blockbuster,
BMG Columbia House, CDNow, Cductive.com, DVD Express, Half.com, Reel.com, Spinner.com,
Wherehouse, Alibris.com, Bookfinders.com
Clothing: Bluefly.com, Boo.com, Dockers.com, FashionMall.com, The Gap, J. Crew, LandsEnd.com, The
Limited, Lucy.com, Macys, The Men’s Wearhouse, Ross, 3Dshopping.com
Computers & Consumer Electronics: Best Buy, Buy.com, Circuit City, Compaq, CompUSA, Dell, Egghead,
Fry’s Electronics, Gateway, The Good Guys, IBM, MicroWarehouse, The Sharper Image, Shopping.com,
ValueAmerica.com
Home & Garden: IKEA, Crate & Barrel, Furniture.com, Homepoint.com, Home Depot, Living.com,
Garden.com, Pottery Barn, Ethan Allen, Frontgate
Jewelry: Ashford.com, Mondera.com
Sporting Goods/Equipment: dsports.com, FogDog.com, Footlocker, Gear.com, golfclubexchange,
golftrader.com, MVP.com, PlanetOutdoors.com, Play It Again Sports, REI, Sports Authority
Tools / Equipment / Hardware: Home Depot, HomeBase, Amazon.com, Ace Hardware, OSH
Business-to-Business: Ariba, BidFreight.com, BizBuyer.com, bLiquid.com, CloseOutNow.com,
CommerceBid.com, Commerce One, Concur Technologies, DoveBid, FreeMarkets, iMark, Oracle,
PurchasePro.com, RicardoBiz.com, Sabre, SurplusBin.com, TradeOut.com, UnionStreet.com, Ventro,
VerticalNet
Additionally, the Company faces competition from various online auction sites including: Amazon.com, the
Fairmarket Auction Network (a auction network including Microsoft’s MSN, Excite@Home, Dell Computer,
ZD Net, Lycos and more than 100 others), First Auction, Surplus Auction, uBid, Yahoo! Auctions and a large
number of other companies using an auction format for consumer-to-consumer or business-to-consumer sales.
The principal competitive factors in the Company’s market include the following:
•ability to attract buyers
•volume of transactions and selection of goods;
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