Integrate eBay with Shipwire

eBay

Ebay (www.ebay.com. is a leading online marketplace where individuals and businesses trade goods, both new and used. It is the largest online marketplace in the world and it is a great place to buy and sell products online. It was founded in 1995 by a French computer programmer named Pierre Omidyar, who was born in France on June 21, 1967. He started programming when he was 11 years pd. By 1994, Omidyar was working for the Claris software company based in Los Angeles, California. He created a simple prototype site called AuctionWeb in his spare time. AuctionWeb was an online auction bidding system that let people bid on items from all over the world. He envisioned that people would be able to access the site from any computer and be able to bid on items that would be shipped directly to them.

Omidyar eventually left Claris to start his own company. AuctionWeb Inc., which he renamed as “eBay”, an acronym for “electronic Bay”. The site went live on September 3, 1995. On October 31, 1995, eBay announced its acquisition of online trading platform on EightBit, Inc. The acquisition was almost entirely financed by Omidyar’s personal credit card. Just over two weeks later, the company acquired iBazar, an online auction price comparison service. In 1996, the company raised $10 million of venture capital led by Benchmark Capital, at a $60 million valuation. By 1997, the company had expanded service to four countries in Europe. By 1998, the company was doing business in 15 countries and had a staff of 400 people serving 5 million users and doing 1 billion page views per month. eBay went public on September 21, 1998, and became a subsidiary of eBay Inc., which was then renamed as “PayPal Inc.”

In 1999, eBay bought PayPal for about $1.5 billion in stock from Omidyar and other early investors. The deal closed in October 2002, and brought the number of employees up to 3,000. Paypal’s corporate offices were moved to San Jose, California. In September 2000, eBays initial public offering occurred at a value of $18 per share with an overallotment option that brought the total shares up to 25% of the company. The stock has split three times since then. As of 2008, eBay has total assets worth $17 billion; revenues of $6 billion; and net income of $1 billion (see “eBay Revenue and Profits”.

Shipwire

Shipwire (www.shipwire.com. is an e-commerce shipping management service provider which utilizes web-based software that enables merchants to manage orders through their online shopping carts or e-commerce platforms and transmit them directly to Shipwire for fulfillment and shipment worldwide. Its headquarters are located in Redwood City, California.

Shipwire offers integrated sputions for small businesses looking to expand their business via e-commerce sales channels by providing them with an easy way to move merchandise from their warehouse to their customers front door. Shipwire allows customers to ship via ground, air or ocean freight for less than the cost of shipping purchased through traditional shipping methods such as UPS or Fedex. Shipwire does not own any of its own warehouses but rather provides the infrastructure for its customers to utilize the network of warehouses that it owns, contracts with or sources from third-party providers around the globe and ship using their preferred shipping method (see “About Shipwire”.

Integration of eBay and Shipwire

The integration between eBay and Shipwire offers eBay sellers an easy way to fulfill orders without having to handle or deal with the logistics associated with shipping products to their customers via multiple carriers or freight options available through Shipwire without having any upfront cost or upfront fees required to use this service (see “Integration Between eBay and Shipwire”. The main benefit that this integration offers is that sellers can ship all the products they want without having to worry about:

Deciding which carriers are best for each type of product shipped (UPS vs Fedex vs USPS, etc.)

Which carrier is going to give them the best rates for their particular destination (economy vs standard vs expedited)

Having to manually enter every order into multiple shipping systems (iShip vs Endicia vs UPS vs FedEx vs USPS, etc.)

Going through the hassle of picking a carrier, entering each order into the proper carrier shipping system (usually via UPS or FedEx), printing packing slips or labels and then manually loading packages into trucks or bins so they can be shipped out to customers daily or weekly (see “Integration Between eBay and Shipwire”.

Benefits of Integration of eBay and Shipwire

The benefits that this integration offers is that sellers can now ship all the products they want without having to worry about any upfront cost or upfront fees required to use this service through Shipwire as well as having:

Less work (no more worrying about whether your product will show up with your packaging in one piece)

No more worrying if your package will get lost or stpen before it gets to your customer (no more tracking numbers)

No more worrying about what carrier you should choose (the best one automatically selected by eBay)

No more worrying about manually entering each order into multiple shipping systems (iShip vs Endicia vs UPS vs FedEx vs USPS, etc.. (advantage no need to worry about which carrier is best for your particular destination)

No more worrying about going through the hassle of picking a carrier, entering each order into the proper carrier shipping system (usually via UPS or FedEx), printing packing slips or labels and then manually loading packages into trucks or bins so they can be shipped out to customers daily or weekly (not worrying about having enough manpower. (see “Benefits of Integration Between eBay and Shipwire”.

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