eBay Education Specialist Provides
Seminars on How to Sell on eBay

Mission

To provide informative seminars on how to sell on ebay to help engage those that want to be success in selling and to introduce people to the wonderful world of eBay's marketplace.

Information

eBay Marketplace Fast Facts As of September 30, 2006

• Founded in September of 1995, eBay is a global online marketplace where practically anyone can trade practically anything.

• eBay has a global presence in 33 markets, including the U.S.

• eBay has 212 million registered users worldwide.

• If eBay were a country, it would be the 5th most populous country in the world behind China, India, the U.S. and Indonesia. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base, April 2005)

• Profitable since its launch, eBay Marketplaces net revenues totaled $1.049 billion in Q3-06. eBay Marketplaces International business accounted for 49 percent of net revenues in Q3-06.

• In Q3-06, gross merchandise volume (GMV), the total value of all successfully closed items on eBay’s trading platforms, was $12.6 billion.

• eBay users worldwide trade more than $1,590 worth of goods on the site every second.

• There were 584 million new listings added to eBay worldwide in Q3-06. At any given time, there are approximately 105 million listings worldwide, and approximately 6 million listings are added per day. eBay users trade in more than 50,000 categories.

• Based on Q3-06 GMV, the following categories delivered $1 billion or more in worldwide annualized GMV:
......eBay Motors at $16.1 billion;
......Clothing & Accessories at $3.7 billion;
......Consumer Electronics at $3.9 billion;
......Computers at $3.6 billion;
......Books/Music/Movies at $2.8 billion;
......Home & Garden at $3.0 billion;
......Collectibles at $2.2 billion;
......Sports at $2.5 billion;
......Toys at $1.7 billion;
......Business & Industrial at $1.8 billion;
......Jewelry & Watches at $1.6 billion;
......Cameras & Photo at $1.4 billion; and
......Antiques & Art at $1.0 billion.

• While eBay is well-known for its auction format, users can also buy and sell in fixed-price formats, which accounted for 37 percent of total GMV during Q3-06.

• At the end of Q3-06, eBay hosted approximately 573,000 stores worldwide, with approximately 56 percent of stores hosted on eBay’s international sites.

• Approximately 1.3 million sellers around the world use eBay as their primary or secondary source of income. (Source: ACNielsen International Research, June 2006)

• The most expensive item sold on eBay to date is a private business jet for $4.9 million.

Products/Services

eBay educational training and consulting. Introducing the technique of buying and selling on eBay.

PROFESSIONAL FEES

Fee is $59.00 per attendee, $ 15.00 for student manual / workbook if wanted (payable 2 weeks in advance of seminar). The seminar fee also includes free email and phone customer service support for 12 months following class attendance. Also, I provide private instruction for $ 25.00/hr.

DISCOUNTS

Senior Citizens, Veterans (and families), teachers, students and law enforcement personnel receive a 15% discount for the class.

Special rates for groups over 20 can be arranged.

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