eBay Germany

The German forerunner of eBay was created 1999 in Berlin under the name Alando by six friends and brothers. Later bought already six months the American eBay society the enterprise for 43 million US Dollar. In the middle of 2000 was shifted the registered place of business in the Europarc three-lime trees in Kleinmachnow. According to the general trading conditions however a Swiss eBay folder is to be legally responsible for the execution of the auctions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

In Germany finances itself eBay over a so-called offer fee, which between 0,25 euro and 4.80 euro for each is appropriate for articles, as well as over a commission at a value of up to twelve per cent, which is charged for to the salesman with a successful sales. A substantial portion of the company turnover is generated by the eBay partners in such a way specified (also Affiliate called). These place potential prospective buyers on eBay and receive in response commissions (see Related links). In order to advance interested salesmen on eBay, distributors (dealers on clerk ion basis) were established. Most this dealer are single fighters, however there are also some larger enterprises, which work country widely (Dropshop.de, Clevereasy.de) or European-wide (auktionsbote.de). Model for this successful enterprise concept is Auctionsdrop from the USA. However already many of these distributors already disappeared to 2005/2006 again.

eBay Germany had at the beginning of the yearly 2004 knappe sieves millions members and is thus market leader.

Criticism on eBay

As is the case for each trade over Internet is required also with eBay caution. The system of evaluation is a good independent quality control between the users, it succeeds to cheats however again and again to obtain by devious means data of proven salesmen and not to usually sell under wrong name existing articles. Often they do the sample always same after that. They send a E-Mail away with falsified sender to the eBay user, spend themselves as business center of eBay and require the direct input of the log in data on a falsified web page (Phishing), because otherwise the member account must become closed. Amazingly many users fall still on this trick in here; often there is even humans, who are dependent financially on eBay. One reaches emergency aid over the ebay Livechat! After official numbers today each hundredth is with eBay offered article a fraud. And although eBay alone employs one hundred persons for the search for zwielichtigen auctions, this number is not reduced.

Into criticism did not however only come eBay because of the fraudulent auctions, which take place on its platform. Users complain also about the subjectively felt casualness eBays opposite possible fraud victims, the missing identification of the aliases and increasing favoring of professional salesmen.

Alternative one

Alternative ones too eBay offer smaller action houses as for example to 9p99.de Hood.de JamBid.de or amprice.de, which has fewer members and/or users, however by the constantly rising eBay fees of increasing popularity enjoy; partially adjusting of articles is even free with such offerers. An overview of all Internet auction houses is possible with the services AlleAuktionen.de or .

The most well-known alternative for Austria is One Two of pay-former market leaders in Austria with on-line auctions

In Switzerland Ricardo is the largest Internet auction market place.

Also the non-commercial offer of exchange ticket is with its offer at books, music, films as well as software a good possibility of being dependent not necessarily on eBay.

In Asia Taobao is very successful.

Strange auctions

It comes again and again with eBay to auctions of curiosities, which are made very popular partially in the media. Conspiracy theoreticians do not only see therein a purposeful Werbestrategie, which is steered of eBay.

• In March 2002 the price of an auction of a half cheese roll was after the mention with mirror on-line one about 9 million euro. Then the auction was deleted of ebay. This contentious offer released the first larger reporting in the media around fun offers with eBay.
• To law students DO Dresden offered to 2003 its complete faculty ("„magnificent building, 1800 students, 70 professors and a well equipped library "“) for auction, in order to protest against the planned locking of the specialist area.
• The association German language left the German language auction in February 2003. During deletion three days according to offer supply the highest bid was with 10 million euro.
• Attac wanted purchase Nix tags on the occasion of 2004 the Nix auction. The price was with over 150 euro as eBay the auction prevented.
• Also a Wireless LAN cable for approx. 15"€ was sold (Wireless LAN = slack local network).
• After the alleged failure of the truck duty project in Germany a duty bridge was offered for the sales. In accordance with the offer text one would have one of these bridges in its proximity to select themselves and to diminish be able. eBay the auction has terminated after the amount of requirement with 10 millions euro already lay.
• To Silvester already used was sold. The article was auctioneered to 20 "€.
• Now and then one finds also air guitars as well as spare bubbles for spirit levels in the offer.
• A preserving glass with the label was offered "„my soul "“, until eBay the auction deleted.
• Likewise an empty listing was offered.
• Also "„dehydrogenated water "“could be ersteigert in bags.
• Virgin Maria toast is an old grilled cheese-and-yielded, on which from natural or supernatural - depending upon aspect - effects the face of the virgin Maria resulted. The origin this object lies in Florida: 1994 had itself DIANE Duyser cheese-and-yielded getoastet, but when she wanted to in-bite straight, she discovered that the picture of the virgin Maria on the bread side had developed. The deeply religious woman did immediately without a further foods and retained sand-yielded since then in a plastic bag than Reliquie up. The public experienced from this miracle, when it virgin-Maria-sand-yielded 2004 with eBay for the auction offered. That sand-yielded by Richard Rowe, boss of on-line Casinos Goldenpalace.com, for 28,000 dollar was finally ersteigert. It intends to use the miracle roll for karitative purposes.
• VOLKSWAGEN gulf IV, which according to vehicle registration in the possession of Joseph cardinal Ratzinger was before, the named the term Pope gulf, obtained the so far highest number of 8.750.000 side calls of an individual eBay offer in the German-speaking countries by numerous mentions in the media. For the vehicle occasional requirements up to ten million euro were submitted by Spassbieter. After deletion of these dubious offers requirements were registered nevertheless, which exceeded the actual value of the vehicle around a multiple. Even if Joseph Ratzinger is noted as former owners, then it is not guaranteed that it ever sat in the vehicle. There Pope Benedikt XVI. in addition no driving licence has, it might have moved the vehicle hardly. The auction ended to 5. May 2005. For 188.938, 88 euro the American on-line Casino Goldenpalace.com received the addition, which also the virgin Maria toast ersteigert. The actual value of the vehicle lay at the time of the auction with less than 10,000 euro. eBay had to fight with this auction due to the high interest with enormous technical difficulties, so that not even all material Bieter came at all to the course and so probably escaped the auctioneer several ten thousand euro.
• On 18 September 2005 a woman from Germany wanted to sell their 5 months old baby for 10.000 euro.
• Someone sold "„a Flugticket with a UFO "“into another galaxy. The article was sold for 18 "€.
• Someone already offered a brick as Universaltempomat for the car.
• 2004, after in New York and environment the large power failure was, sold someone a guidance for its own power failure.
• A student from England wanted its virginity auction, in order to be able to pay their study fees, the action of eBay was broken off.
• In December 2005 "„an individual line left "“for a euro.
• "„A Asterix charm drink "“found for 33,83 euro a prospective customer.
• In September 2005 "„the Federal Republic of Germany was offered "“for the auction. Whether and for like much money of the articles it left or whether Ebay stopped the auction before, is not well-known unfortunately.
• Also an aircraft carrier with a starting price was offered of 6 million to US Dollar. The last requirement amounted to over 100 million US Dollar, when eBay the auction stopped. The auction side was visited nearly 400,000 times and over 170 user offered also.
• Likewise one G-point was auctioneered. It concerned a white paper with label G. the auction of eBay broke itself off.

Media

• Walter felt: Wars and credit - eBay - or: Does the exchange of goods become how Production: WDR/NDR/SWR 2004. (Feature)
• EBay audio: Podcast eBay internationally of the AG with current messages, Tipps and Portraits approximately around the eBay platform (production: audio floor)

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