People and Numbers

What if gas prices go to $2.50 / Liter ($9.46 / US Gallon)?

Recently terapeak launched services for 5 of eBay’s international markets, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Canada, Australia.

I beleive this service will help clients in the market grow and expand their businesses internationaly. Our whole team is focused on contineous improvement and we look forward to serving our clients.

We continue to innovate in the eBay Market Research space. That is what we do!

*French and Australian research is available through our dot com research portal.

Some interesting information on the number of cross boarder sales that occur on eBay.

United States
Unites States Sellers -> United States 88.4%
United States Sellers -> Canada 4.2%
Unites States Sellers -> United Kingdom 1.7%
Unites States Sellers -> Other Countries 5.7%

Canada
Canadian Sellers -> Canada 43.2%
Canadian Sellers -> United States 47.4%
Canadian Sellers -> United Kingdom 2.4%
Canadian Sellers -> Other Countries 7.0%

Germany
German Sellers -> Germany 92.3%
German Sellers -> Austria 2.5%
German Sellers -> Other Countries 5.2%

United Kingdom
United Kingdom Sellers -> United Kingdom 85.5%
United Kingdom Sellers -> United States 5.5%
United Kingdom Sellers -> Ireland 1.2%
United Kingdom Sellers -> Other Countries 7.8%

What does this mean? Here are a few potential causes for this behavior;

1. Tariffs and Duties on goods shipped outside ones own country
2. Lack of knowledge of foreign markets, languages, currencies
3. The atlantic ocean

I read this article after linking from Rogelio Choy’s blog. This is an interesting article and the slide show is captivating as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/technology/09gaming.html?ex=1291784400&en=48a72408592dffe6&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss 

I wonder if this will ultimatly lead to a better standard of living for those people involved.

About a week ago a friendly delivery guy showed up at our offices with a big box. Inside the box was a totally new Intel Desktop Computer! Intel corporation sent our company a free evaluation PC with their new top of the line processor, MOBO, and various other goodies. This is the first time I have received a free computer! Needless to say it was a fun experience. I hooked it up to my Dell 24″ monitor… oh yeah!

I have been testing it on various applications and it is pretty damn fast. I also like the quite operation and the ability to truly multitask with a duel core processor.

As the eBay ecosystem expands there is an ever increasing need for services to help sellers scale and grow their businesses.

August 10th 2006 - Terapeak has recently launched a revolutionary research application specifically designed for top sellers in the eBay Motors Parts and Accessories Categories.

The benefits to sellers are numerous.

Seller benefits include

The idea is that knowledge is power! Our Goal is to help sellers understand the market for eBay Motors Parts and Accessories Sales.

Since this is my first business related post I want to keep it to the point. Market research is important to any business planning its business activities. People who develop eBay businesses have many questions about what the future holds for them on the eBay platform. Research can provide answers to some of those questions. Knowledge empowers eBay business owners with new opportunities, a sense of knowing and the right information to grow sales. I am pleased to be in the eBay Research business as it is one that helps people create wealth in their life and is focused on empowering people.

The research firm that my brother and I founded is focused on empowering people with the information that they need to grow their business and increase their wealth. Our focus is on listening to people and providing them with the information they ask for in the format they ask for. Our business is simple. Give people what they ask for. I have always felt a dedication to our clients to listen to what they want.

Terapeak is considered by many to be the best eBay Research firm in the world. I believe this can only be accounted to our Clients. Our Clients provide the input and we work our hardest to make it happen. Our firm has a deep dedication to excellence and a commitment to continuously improve our services.

After using Internet Explorer 7 for the past week I have to say that it is nice to see Microsoft making real change. I agree with many other people that Microsoft has copied what others have done with tabbed browsing (Fire Fox) and Candie colored buttons and tabs (Apple).

The good news is that now people can have the benefits of those other products while staying in the tightly integrated Microsoft environment. For many people this is a good thing. I am sure that an equal number of people will find this new version disruptive to their typical browsing experience.

So to end this post I must confess that I don’t like the “Home” button on the right. I hope Microsoft moves the home button to the left side of IE7.