C h a p t e r   6:
Web Auctions, Virtual Communities, and Web Portals

Chapter Case

• eBay

Auction Basics

Origins of Auctions

• Sotheby's
• Christie's

Sealed Bid Auctions

• 1996 Nobel Prize in Economics

Double Auctions

• New York Stock Exchange
• Chicago Board of Trade

Web Auction Strategies

General Consumer Auctions

• eBay
• TRUSTe
• Amazon (Auctions)
• Yahoo! (Auctions)
• Excite (Outlet Center Auctions)
• Klik-Klok Dutch Auction

Specialty Consumer Auctions

• Haggle Online
• CNET Auctions
• ZDNet Auctions
• uBid
• PotteryAuction.com
• JustBeads.com
• eHammer
• Golf Club Exchange
• Winebid
• Cigarbid.com
• CDenergy
• CityAuction

Business-to-Business Web Auctions

• CompUSA
• Dovebid
• Website Recycling Company
• RetailExchange.com
• SmartBargains.com
• CheMatch
• ChemConnect
• Band-X
• FastParts
• International Securities Exchange
• FreeMarkets

Auction-Related Services

• Auctionguide.com
• Tradenable
• SafeBuyer.com
• AuctionWatch Universal Search
• BidXS
• AuctionHawk
• AuctionBeagle
• PriceWatch
• PriceSCAN
• Andale
• Cricket Sniping Software

Seller-Bid (Reverse) Auctions and Group Purchasing Sites

• LetsBuyIt.com
• Respond.com
• Priceline.com

Virtual Community and Portal Strategies

• AvantGo
• MIT Media Lab Software Agents Group
• Best Book Buys
• BotSpot

Virtual Communities

• Milpro

Early Web Communities

• The WELL
• Salon
• Lycos
• TheGlobe.com
• Nielsen//NetRatings

Exercises

Exercise 1

• MIT Media Lab Software Agents Group

Exercise 2

• mySimon
• Best Web Buys

Exercise 3

• YachtWorld.com
• Yacht Sales International
• Carver Yachts

Additional Resources

• Agorics Auction Information Page
• Auctions on the Net
• Yahoo! Directory of Online Auctions
• U.S. Federal Communications Commission Electromagnetic Spectrum Auctions
• CompUSA Auctions
• QXL.com Europe's Online Marketplace