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prominently: Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Sears, Macy's, JC Penney, Costco, Sam's Club as well as Ama-
zon.com, Buy.com, AOL.com, Yahoo! shopping and MSN.
In addition, we face competition from specialty retailers and exchanges in each of its categories of
products. For example:
Antiques: Christie's, eHammer, Sotheby's/Sothebys.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, KB Toys, Toys.com
Premium Collectibles: Christies, DuPont Registry, Greg Manning Auctions, iCollector, Lycos/Skinner
Auctions, Millionaire.com, Phillips (LVMH), Sotheby's, Sothebys.com
Automotive (used cars): Autobytel.com, AutoVantage.com, AutoWeb.com, Barrett-Jackson,
CarOrder.com, CarPoint, Collectorcartraderonline.com, eClassics.com, Edmunds, CarsDirect.com, Hem-
mings, imotors.com, vehix.com, newspaper classiÑeds, used car dealers
Books, Movies, Music: Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Barnesandnoble.com, BigStar, Blockbuster,
BMG Columbia House, CDNow, DVD Express, Wherehouse, Alibris.com, Emusic.com, BookÑnders.com
Clothing: BlueÖy.com, Dockers.com, FashionMall.com, The Gap, J. Crew, LandsEnd.com, The Lim-
ited, 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
Home & Garden: IKEA, Crate & Barrel, Home Depot, Garden.com, Pottery Barn, Ethan Allen,
Frontgate
Jewelry: Ashford.com, Mondera.com
Sporting Goods/Equipment: dsports.com, FogDog.com, Footlocker, Gear.com, golfclubexchange,
MVP.com, PlanetOutdoors.com, Play It Again Sports, REI, Sports Authority, Sportsline.com
Tool/Equipment/Hardware: Home Depot, HomeBase, Amazon.com, Ace Hardware, OSH
Business-to-Business: Ariba, BidFreight.com, BizBuyer.com, bLiquid.com, CloseOutNow.com, Com-
merce One, Concur Technologies, DoveBid, FreeMarkets, Oracle, PurchasePro.com, RicardoBiz.com, Sabre,
SurplusBin.com, UnionStreet.com, Ventro, VerticalNet
Additionally, we face competition from various online auction sites including: Amazon.com, the
Fairmarket Auction Network (an auction network including Microsoft's MSN, Excite@Home, Dell Com-
puter, 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. Overseas, we face competition from Yahoo! Auctions in most countries and from a large
number of regional and national competitors in each country.
The principal competitive factors for eBay include the following:
‚ ability to attract buyers;
‚ volume of transactions and selection of goods;
‚ customer service; and
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