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Excellent Webworld [email protected] Callto: +61 41 724 7504 5 features of eBay to copy in any e-commerce website eBay is the oldest internet business founded in 1995. The founder and chairman of eBay Pierre Omidyar started the website from his living room on September 3, 1995, by the name ‘AuctionWeb’. eBay started its business by allowing individuals or businesses to sell new and used products online through the auction for a low fee. This unique business plan is the major reason for its success. The first product posted and auctioned on eBay was a broken laser pointer at $15. Carving a niche in the toy collector market, eBay creates a revolution for rare toy collections. In 1996 the first president of eBay was appointed, later the year company entered into a third- party licensing deal to sell plane tickets and other travel products. Meg Whitman was appointed in 1998 as eBay president and CEO, by that time company has 30 employees, half a million users and $4.7 million revenue in the U.S. The product categories were then expanded beyond collectibles into everything saleable. In October 2002, the company bought PayPal. By early 2008, the company counted hundreds of millions of registered users, 15000+ employees and revenue of $7.7 billion. It’s been 21 years since the release of the website and the business is still growing. Do you know why eBay is so popular? Which are the best features of eBay website? Do you want to have a website same as eBay? Do you know the features you can ask your web development company (cms)to add in your e-commerce website?

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5 features of eBay to copy in any e-commercewebsite

eBay is the oldest internet business founded in 1995. The founderand chairman of eBay Pierre Omidyar started the website from hisliving room on September 3, 1995, by the name ‘AuctionWeb’. eBaystarted its business by allowing individuals or businesses to sell newand used products online through the auction for a low fee. Thisunique business plan is the major reason for its success. The firstproduct posted and auctioned on eBay was a broken laser pointer at$15. Carving a niche in the toy collector market, eBay creates arevolution for rare toy collections. In 1996 the first president ofeBay was appointed, later the year company entered into a third-party licensing deal to sell plane tickets and other travel products.Meg Whitman was appointed in 1998 as eBay president and CEO,by that time company has 30 employees, half a million users and$4.7 million revenue in the U.S.

The product categories were then expanded beyond collectibles intoeverything saleable. In October 2002, the company bought PayPal.By early 2008, the company counted hundreds of millions ofregistered users, 15000+ employees and revenue of $7.7 billion. It’sbeen 21 years since the release of the website and the business isstill growing.

Do you know why eBay is so popular? Which are the best featuresof eBay website? Do you want to have a website same as eBay? Doyou know the features you can ask your web development company(cms)to add in your e-commerce website?

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Following are the 5 features that you can try from eBay:

Advanced search:

On the far right of the home page of eBay next to the search box isan option available called‘advanced’. Clicking on it will openeBay search box that providessearches by buying format, price range, the currency of sale,location and much more. The visitor can make the search ascomplex as required by using the millions of options available. Thevisitor can fill out some or all of the boxes available for searchingthe right product. The more boxes are filled, the more precise willbe the search. After filling all the search preferences click the searchbutton and the results will be displayed. An advanced search optionhas given a better shape in searching for a product. Just give thedetails you know about your product and see the product on yourscreen within seconds.

Managing multi store:

Opencart is a shopping cart solution giving the ability to make thebusiness search engine friendly witha welcoming and inviting userinterface. The built-in SEO helps ineasy manage of products, customers,orders, taxes rules, coupon codesand more. The administratordashboard of the website gives all

the important information providing an important overview withsales analytics, total orders, customers, people online etc. It makesmanaging multiple stores from one admin interface. Admin canchoose a different theme for each store and can localize storesettings. Opencart helps affiliates to promote specific products andget paid for this. Opencart offers different payment options such as

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bank transfer, cheque, and PayPal.

Responsive design:

The eBay website has a responsive design; it works well on bothwebsite and mobile. The website looks greatregardless of the screen size or type of thedevice. The responsive website design (web-development) decreases the loading time of theweb page compared to non-responsivewebsites. The design structure of the websiteadjusts in a manner that helps mobile buyers to view productimages, description, and other information. The responsive structureof the eBay helps in displaying the best relevant search results.

eBay Bucks and PayPal Credit(formerly known as ‘Bill MeLater’):

eBay bucks is a reward program that lets the customer earn pointson purchases. The customer has tofirst sign up for the program.Whenever the customer buyssomething a percentage of the priceof the product is converted intoeBay bucks. The customer can usethe eBay bucks after earning $5 or

more. Bill me later is a PayPal credit which provides flexibility inbilling. PayPal provides all the protection to bill me later to ensurethe security of the ban accounts of the client. It doesn’t require anyaccount number to entering or long credit applications to fill out.The payment option is available at the checkout step.

eBay instant sale:

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Reselling products has never been easy. But eBay has made it easierfor us. Buying and sellingsecondhand products like mobiles,tablets, shoes, books, kitchenwareetc is done without any majorcommunication problem or bargainissues. The instant sale process isvery smooth just load the name ofthe product and mention itscondition (options are available aspoor/good/fair/excellent). Click on the calculate button and theestimator’s reply will come back instantly. The buyer has five daysto reject the offer, within five days the product will be shippedback to the seller free of cost. Buying stuff from instant sell has twooptions: bidding and directly buying. The buyer can place a bid ifthe item is available in the auction, just enter your highest priceyou want to pay for the product and the eBay’s bidding system willbid on the item till it reaches the maximum price.

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