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eBay Announces Online Directory of Software and Services to Support Trading on the World's Online Marketplace

New Solutions Directory Gives eBay Developers Online Destination to Promote Software and Services That Make It Easier to Buy and Sell on eBay

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2004--

At the eBay Developers Conference in New Orleans, eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) today announced the eBay Solutions Directory, a new online directory of software and services that supports trading activity on the World's Online Marketplace.
Available today at http://solutions.ebay.com, the Solutions Directory and its features are the result of extensive feedback from the eBay community of users and third-party developers. The directory provides a reliable, one-stop showcase for the wide range of software and services provided by third-party members of the eBay Developers Program.

"Our goal is to increase the awareness of the many innovative third-party solutions among the entire eBay community," explained Randy Ching, vice president, eBay Platform Solutions. "The eBay Solutions Directory helps buyers and sellers find software and solution providers that can improve their productivity and make their experience more enjoyable and effective on eBay."

There are currently hundreds of third-party software solutions offered by members of the eBay Developers Program, many of which are expected to be listed in the directory. The directory categorizes solutions by feature and includes search, browse and sort capabilities making it easy for eBay users to comparison-shop among solutions and services.

Seller solutions include the following categories: Complete Selling Solutions, Listing Management, Inventory Management, Sourcing, and Photo Hosting and Management. Buyer solutions include such categories as Search, Auction Monitoring and Payment. Other solutions include Data Analysis, Marketplace Research, Wireless and Custom Software Development Services.

All members of the eBay Developers Program with commercial application programming interface (API) licenses are eligible to list their solutions in the directory, which provides an effective way to reach the eBay Community, and will help generate awareness and revenue for their solutions.

About the eBay Developers Program

The eBay Developers Program enables third-party developers to create innovative solutions that tap into the power of eBay, The World's Online Marketplace(R). Members of the program gain access to eBay's platform and technical resources to create a wide variety of solutions to meet the diverse needs of the nearly 105 million buyers and sellers on eBay. To become a member of eBay's rapidly growing developer community, please visit http://developer.ebay.com.

About eBay

eBay is The World's Online Marketplace(R). Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful platform for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. On any given day, there are millions of items across thousands of categories for sale on eBay. eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis with customized sites in markets around the world. Through an array of services, such as its payment solution provider PayPal, eBay is enabling global e-commerce for an ever-growing online community.

Contacts


eBay Inc.
Jennifer Caukin, 408-376-7432
jcaukin@ebay.com
or
Breakaway Communications (for eBay)
Elizabeth Crosta, 415-596-9585
ecrosta@breakawaycom.com

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