Throughout the tour, eBay Motors’ hauler will collect and transport eight bespoke vehicles that show what’s possible using parts and accessories from eBay Motors, and represent America’s diverse and remarkable auto cultures.
‘Parts of America’ celebrates the passion of these communities.” “Any serious gearhead can speak to the distinct regional differences of their hometown and debate why it belongs on the automotive map. After all, eBay started as a destination for buyers and sellers of random items, kind of like the nuts and bolts of an old car.“Just as every region of the country has its own iconic landmarks or local food with unique flavors, America’s car culture is just as diverse,” says Ron Jaiven, GM of Parts & Accessories, eBay Motors. EBay makes it relatively easy to find the right car part, Wingo said, because it lets users enter the precise make, model, year, trim, and engine-type information.Ī rejuvenation of eBay Motors driven by its parts business would be consistent with the larger company’s history. EBay’s parts business grew 17% year over year in the third quarter of 2015, and 16% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2015. Wingo agrees that the bright spot for eBay is its parts and accessories business. “We want to create an ecosystem where you can get anything you need for your car,” she said.
#Ebay motors install#
For example, if someone is looking for a particular part, he or she could also potentially contact a mechanic through eBay to help install it. She explained further that because of the strength of parts and accessories, the company is focused on adding more services to eBay Motors. “The strength of eBay Motors is that we have vehicles and parts and no one in the market has both. Parts and accessories is a particular focus for eBay, explained Menon. The old-line site works well for high end makes like Tesla and Porsche, but not mid-value cars, he said. But not all cars sell well on eBay, said Owen Savir, Beepi’s president. Rather than sell exclusively on their own platforms, these startups peddle cars on multiple online sites, including eBay and Craigslist. Many of this new crop of companies have attracted well-known public market investors, including Goldman Sachs (GS) and T. Instead of simply charging a fee to list a car online, these companies visit a seller’s home to inspect the car, set a price, and list it for them.
#Ebay motors software#
eBay stopped releasing eBay Motors sales volume in 2012, but Scot Wingo, president of e-commerce software company ChannelAdvisor, which helps companies sell on eBay, estimated that total automotive merchandise sold on eBay in 2015 was around $10 billion.Ĭontributing to the decline of eBay’s business, new car-sales startups, including Shift, Vroom, and Beepi, have sprung up. By 2009, total gross merchandise volume for eBay Motors had only risen slightly, to just over $14 billion. In 2005, eBay processed $13 billion worth of vehicle and parts sales. Unlike Craigslist, eBay charges a listing fee, which it only collects if a car sells, and is capped at $125. But sales started to stall as more competitors, such as local marketplace Craigslist and other sites like Carmax, expanded. The site was a central place for dealers or car owners to connect with buyers. EBay Motors (EBAY) launched in 2000 when the idea of buying a car via the web was foreign to most people.
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