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For Immediate Release
6 January 2003
EXTRASTOCK JOINS EBAY'S "PREFERRED SERVICE PROVIDER PROGRAM"
Extrastock Teams with eBay.com.au to Offer Merchants the Best Solution and Service in Australia
Sydney, NSW, Australia and San Jose, CA - 6 January 2003 - Extrastock
Pty Ltd, the leading Australian provider of enterprise marketplace
management solutions, and eBay.com.au, The World's Online Marketplace™,
today announced a new strategic alliance in which Extrastock is
among the first to be an eBay Preferred Service Provider in Australia.
The companies will expand efforts to bring brand-name retailers,
distributors and manufacturers to the eBay marketplace.
"Extrastock has a strong understanding of eBay's unique business model and is able to help sellers capitalise on this powerful, complementary channel," said Simon Smith, Managing Director, eBay Australia. "eBay's preferred service providers enable large volume sellers to easily take advantage of eBay's 1.3 million visitors* and extensive buyer base."
eBay's Preferred Service Program recognises a select list of qualified vendors that provide products and services to retailers, distributors, manufacturers and other merchants to assist them in selling brand-name merchandise on the eBay marketplace in both fixed-price or auction format. Extrastock has qualified and is a charter member of this program.
"We are very proud that eBay.com.au recognises that we are a leading provider of enterprise solutions focusing on large corporations and happy to become an eBay Preferred Service Provider," says Simon Arnold, Director of Operations Extrastock Pty Ltd. "Extrastock's auction management technology and services offer leading manufacturers, distributors and retailers with the most successful way to automate selling on eBay in a broad range of categories."
About Extrastock Pty Ltd
Extrastock Pty Ltd provides strategic, full-service marketplace management for retailers, distributors and manufacturers. Extrastock's enterprise-level solution enables merchants to create a brand presence on eBay - then use it to increase sales, acquire new customers and accelerate inventory sales. Extrastock's powerful technology provides a seamless solution that integrates with businesses' existing technology infrastructures, including inventory databases, payment and fulfillment systems, to reduce time to market and maximise profits for online channel sales.
Extrastock's clients include Pepper Tree Wines, an award-winning Australian wine label, Scala Leathergoods, a manufacturer of premium leather products and Image Dept, one of the US's largest distributors of quality photographic supplies and accessories. For more information visit http://www.extrastock.com.au
ABOUT EBAY
eBay is the world's online marketplaceTM. Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful marketplace for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. Today, eBay has more than 54.9 million registered users listing millions of items across thousands of categories. As the place to buy and sell practically anything, eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis with items ranging from handbags to home décor, PC's to pottery, cars to cosmetics, baby clothes to books, and much more.
* AC Nielsen NetRatings October 2003
ENDS
Media Contacts:
Simon Arnold
Extrastock Pty Ltd
Ph: +(61) 02 9899.9679
sarnold@extrastock.com.au
Siobhan Mitchell
eBay
Ph: +(61) 02 8280 6413
siobhan.mitchell@ebay.com
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