Delhi, June 18, 2005
eBay India, India's leading online market place, today organized the First eBay Academy - a platform for potential sellers to learn about how to sell on eBay India. The eBay Academy is conducted nationally in all major cities & is aimed at highlighting the entrepreneurship platform that eBay India offers to local sellers to reach out to millions of buyers both nationally and across the globe.
In addition to providing its sellers with an opportunity to start a business with zero investment, eBay India also offers sellers the convenience of managing one's business from the home, the office or even a cyber café. The unique feature of trading on eBay India is that no matter where the seller is located, he gets a global reach by listing his products on the site. eBay India thus provides an opportunity for sellers of localized and unique products to reach out to buyers across the globe. Buyers also benefit from access to unique products directly from places of their origin.
eBay Academy seminars have helped over 10,000 potential users (students, traders/ retailers, professionals, retired people, housewives Service class employees) understand the power of ecommerce followed by a step by step guide to help them start their business on eBay.
eBay Academy Seminars cover the following.
- What is eBay?
- How big is the opportunity?
- How does business take place on eBay?
- How can eBay benefit you?
- Way to get your eBay business started
Benefit to the users
- Customized training from the experts.
- Meet Successful Sellers & learn from them.
- Completely free
Many residents of Delhi are already successful sellers at eBay India. They have joined thousands of Indians who are making their livelihood and expanding their market on eBay India while reaching out to buyers across the globe.
Mr. Tarun Baweja is a 22-year-old Commerce Graduate from Delhi. He has been selling home appliances on eBay India on the id kitchenaids for the past 3 years.
While browsing through the internet, he came to know about eBay India through a search engine. He just logged on to the website and was surprised to see so many people making a living by simply selling online. It was then that he decided to jump the bandwagon.
When asked to rate his experience with eBay, he says without any hesitation, "A 93 on 100 definitely. eBay India has changed my life. My products were viewed only by the localites. After I started selling on eBay India, my products have received enormous exposure. I will always be thankful to eBay India".
Mr. Sharma started selling on eBay India 3 years ago under the id indiastamp though his hobby began 50 years back. Co-incidentally his son who has migrated to U.K. also sells stamps there. Mr. Sharma mostly collects stamps of India as well as Great Britain and has buyers from all over the world especially in Belgium, France, England and U.S.A.
Mr. Sharma says, "I come from an age when money was something very dear and not easily spent. I had a huge collection of thousands of stamps, which occupy a whole room. I thought of it as a good option to earn something by selling them on eBay India. eBay India is a great platform, but one must know it well before they start selling. According to me, there are 3 P's that are essential to know. They are - Product, Presentation and Platform. One must be completely honest to their buyers in order to be successful. Online selling is a platform which operates entirely on trust".
Mr. Ravi Khurana is a 49-year-old graduate in Commerce from the Delhi University. About 2 and half years ago, he quit his overseas job to return to India. He had heard of eBay India and thought of logging on to the website just to see what it was all about. His company deals in all types of junk jewellery like oxidized, studded with precious and semi-precious stones and shell jewellery. He immediately registered as deltamarketing_in1 and decided to start selling on eBay India.
Ravi says "I feel that the ways that eBay India is functioning, the barriers to international trade are either too transparent or non existent. Trading internationally through eBay India is a great way for sellers to acquire an international recognition both for themselves as well their products".
About eBay India
eBay India (www.ebay.in), India's leading online marketplace, is India's biggest online trading community where anyone can sell or buy almost anything. eBay India is a trading platform offering auctions, quick buy and classifieds modes of person-to-person trading. There are a wide range of products listed on eBay India in an array of categories including Art & Antiques, Apparel, Bollywood, Books & Magazines, Cars & Bikes, Computers, Home and Personal Loans, Electronics, Cameras & Optics, Movies, Music, Health & Beauty, Gifts, Home, Jewellery, Mobile Phones, Real Estate, Toys & Baby Products, Travel etc. eBay India is a 100% subsidiary of eBay.com, The World's Online Marketplace.
About eBay.com
Founded in September 1995, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is The World's Online Marketplace® for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals and small businesses. Today, the eBay community includes more than a hundred million registered members from around the world. People spend more time on eBay than any other online site, making it the most popular shopping destination on the Internet.
People from all over the world buy and sell on eBay. Currently, eBay has local sites that serve Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, eBay has a presence in Latin America through its investment MercadoLibre.com.
