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  Auction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Auction catalogs are frequently printed and distributed before auctions of rare and/or collectible items; these catalogs may be very elaborate works, with considerable details about the items being auctioned.
Auctioneers are usually trained in the legal and practical aspects of conducting auctions.
Auctioneers who have completed Auctioneer School commonly use the title Colonel and are given this honorary title because in the U.S. Civil War, Colonels of the armies were called upon to auction off the spoils of war.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auction   (1258 words)

  
 Online auction business model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The online auction business model is one in which participants bid for products and services over the internet.
In a Dutch auction, multiple identical items are offered in one auction, with all winning bidders paying the same price -- the highest price at which all items will be sold.
Auctions are a form of first degree price discrimination.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Online_auction_business_model   (530 words)

  
 Business Models on the Web | Professor Michael Rappa
The business model spells-out how a company makes money by specifying where it is positioned in the value chain.
Business models have taken on greater importance recently as a form of intellectual property that can be protected with a patent.
The Internet is inherently suited to community business models and today this is one of the more fertile areas of development, as seen in rise of social networking.
digitalenterprise.org /models/models.html   (2005 words)

  
 Reborn Model N finds life in biotech | CNET News.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
To avoid such a fate, Model N has zeroed in on the growing biotechnology market, which has proved to be one of the more resilient industries in an ailing economy.
Rinat, Model N's 45-year-old founder, said that a lack of coordination among those groups is the root of "revenue-leakage" problems and that companies collectively lose billions of dollars every year because of it.
Describing the Model N business as a marathon as opposed to the sprints of the past, Rinat said he wants to break from the past and create something lasting.
news.com.com /2100-1012_3-5156813.html   (1374 words)

  
 Online Computer Auctions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When you buy something from an auction company you are making out the check to the auctioneer, not the owner of the merchandise.
People who are in the business of selling things on ebay are using the "Online auction model" Triptych 06:44, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC) : A business model is the mechanism by which a business intends to generate revenue and profits.
The regular auction business model requires a similar colaberation, as do all the brokerage business models.
www.wwwtln.com /finance/138/online-computer-auctions.html   (713 words)

  
 4/20/99 BW Online--The Software War behind the Web Auction Boom
This time last year, online auctions were much like a precocious five-year-old: They had begun to beg for attention, but about all they got from either customers or investors was an occasional glance.
Lief estimates that by 2002 business auctions will handle $52.6 billion in transactions, while the total for consumer auctions is expected to reach only $12.3 billion by 2002, vs. about $1.4 billion presently.
For now, the main combatants are OpenSite, which has a wide lead in the consumer auction market, and Moai Technologies, which, with a handful of recent deals, has made itself the pretender to the throne in software for business-to-business auctions.
www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/apr1999/nf90420b.htm   (1502 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Online auction business model
Generally, the business models of service firms are more complex than those of manufacturers and resellers.
An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders An auction is the process of buying and selling things by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder.
Set out below is an annotated listing of corporate leaders, who are or have been the head of large or successful business enterprises, or who are otherwise well known for their commercial acumen, listed alphabetically by last name.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Online-auction-business-model   (1233 words)

  
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Ancient Romans auctioned goods in an atrium auctionarium, with trading executed by four functionaries: the dominus, on whose behalf the property was sold; the argentarius, who organized, regulated, and possibly financed the sale; the praeco, who advertised and promoted the auction as well as conducted the bidding; and the emptor, the highest bidder.
References to auctions first appear in England in the 1595 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, although little more was written until the latter 17th century.
The auction business model requires satisfying the needs of two demanding constituencies—buyers and sellers—and therefore requires forging alliances and relationships with both of these groups, ensuring that a critical mass of bidders and sellers funnel through the site.
www.american.edu /carmel/jo6544a/traditional.html   (2207 words)

  
 (washingtonpost.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Columbia-based Auction Safari is an eBay brokerage that is certified to recruit and support independent brokers such as Shiller and Seker who are trying to start their own e-commerce businesses.
Because it's so overwhelming to start a business -- online or otherwise -- the brokerage "opens the door for a lot of people who would not be able to start their own business because of the costs and maintenance associated with it," Jeff Shiller said.
Auction Safari's business model is set up to use networking among sellers and buyers to make the market bigger, Kannan said.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A35893-2005Jan25.html   (782 words)

  
 FairMarket Business Model Seen as Solid
The service allows online businesses to tap into the growing popularity of online auctions without having to master the technical complexities involved in their execution.
As an added bonus, FairMarket’s customers can link the content in their auctions to the content in all other auctions hosted by the firm, a feature that gives new customers instant access to considerably more eyeballs then they could hope to attract on their own.
Online auctions, and similar services that combine multiple sellers and buyers in a single electronic marketplace, are expected to become a dominant form of online commerce.
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 Online auction business model   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The online auction business model is one in which participants bidfor products and services over the internet.
The more the spiral operates, the larger the systembecomes, and the more valuable the business model becomes for all participants.
On-line auctions are efficient enough forms of price discriminationthat they are able to do this.
www.therfcc.org /online-auction-business-model-1149.html   (454 words)

  
 Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Business-to-consumer auctions are currently most common for computer hardware at sites like OnSale onsl (nasdaq: onsl), uBid ubid (nasdaq: ubid) and Cyberian Outpost cool (nasdaq: cool), which recently launched an auction area.
Auction Universe claims that a full 20% of its sellers are retailers rather than individuals.
Lands' End already had a sense that auctions would work since for two years it's been successfully moving its more mundane merchandise through what Frey calls a reverse auction, dubbed "On the Counter." Every weekend, 25 to 30 items go on the counter at a discount and are then marked down 25% each consecutive day.
www.forbes.com /1999/04/16/feat.html   (1282 words)

  
 CREATEAUCTION - BENEFITS
In the private auction, less items are featured to a targeted client base where a higher percentage of items sell, and sell for a premium.
We are concentrating our efforts on utilizing the excitement of the auction process to devise niche auctions that create, enhance and strengthen brands.
Our business model has been designed to be scalable to any size auction and for any industry.
www.createauction.com /benefits.html   (389 words)

  
 Real Live Audio Auctions & Auction Software   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is a regular format auction with pre-set increments where the highest bidder at the auction's end is the winner.
Auctions have been used as a means to determine fair market value and raise funds for more than 2,000 years.
Auctions are a breeding ground for excitement and overspending.
www.realliveauction.com /news.html   (3552 words)

  
 InfoSearch Media Reports Quarterly Results : SEO Book.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
InfoSearch recently introduced a content licensing model that allows its clients to license the content, generally for a one year period, with renewal rights at the conclusion of the license term.
After these new initiatives are integrated into the existing business model, the Company expects that they will provide continued revenue growth over the longer term.
It is interesting watching InfoSearch, because I think their business models & being a public company show the constricting forces placed on most all SEO business models.
www.seobook.com /archives/000860.shtml   (595 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / Technology / A new business model, driven by consumer needs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In its place, a new model of distributed capitalism will emerge to revitalize businesses and the economy in the 21st century, she believes.
And the new model will be driven largely by the changing needs of the consumer.
One model might be "support networks" of service providers geared to people interested in travel and leisure activities, for example, or to those for whom education and child care is a top priority.
www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2004/02/15/a_new_business_model_driven_by_consumer_needs   (761 words)

  
 Auction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Some jusisdictions require auctioneers to be licensed and bonded.
Sealed first-price auction: In this type of auction all bidders simultaneously submit bids in such a way that no bidder knows the bid of any other participant.
In theory, this is mathematically equivalent to the English auction, because in both the first-place bidder receives the item at a price equal to the second-place bidder's willingness to pay.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/A/Auction.htm   (1158 words)

  
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 Auction - Biocrawler definition:Auction - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The world's two largest auction houses are Christie's and Sotheby's.
Sealed second-price auction, also known as a Vickrey auction: This is identical to the sealed first-price auction, except the winning bidder pays the second highest bid rather than his own.
You can find it there under the keyword Auction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Auctionandaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Auction   (1176 words)

  
 An Obsessed Bride's eBay Adventure
The auction was ending at noon on Sunday.
And that's the genius of eBay's business model: It sucks you in and unleashes the competitive beast within.
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 Online Businesses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.
See business ethics or political economy for an overview.
There's No Business Like Show Business is a 20th Century Fox film that was released on December 16, 1954.
www.wwwtln.com /finance/138/online-businesses.html   (1241 words)

  
 Station Information - Online auction business model
In a Dutch auction the price starts high and is reduced until someone buys the item.
E-Bay, the dominant competitor in this business space, employs both types of auctions, in addition to straight e-tail selling.
This creates a highly loyal customer segment for e-Bay.
www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/o/on/online_auction_business_model.html   (419 words)

  
 EGO: EBAY AND THE FUTURE OF ONLINE AUCTIONS
I have placed an eTray auction box on my blog (see under the Support category) in order to get a feel for what's happening with online auction business model, and to give my readers another way of supporting my blogging by clicking on the displayed deals.
Economic theory behind auctions and exchanges is well established, but theory and experience behind e-procurement is still evolving.
The online auction case is a clear example that it always be room for new players entering the market.
egoist.blogspot.com /2005/06/ebay-and-future-of-online-auctions.html   (833 words)

  
 Business Model Examples: I-SoldIt.com and Auction Drop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Their customers are also their suppliers (i.e., consumers are on both sides of this business model as retail clients of eBay and suppliers of products to the i-SoldIt.com franchise stores).
These B. Models are also useful examples because they are multi faceted- customers are also suppliers/the question of who your real customer is turns out to be quite complex to determine...
Business Models are the engines of your businesses- they don't guarantee success but it is a useful part of the new entrepreneur's toolkit to make sure that the 'harder you work the more money you can make'.
www.dramatispersonae.org /BusinessModelExampleiSoldIt.htm   (463 words)

  
 online auction business model   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The online auction business model is one in which participants bid for products and services over the...
Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels since the spring of 2001.
LOS ANGELES - The 11th Focus On AIDS photo auction, held Friday night at the Director's Guild of America in Los Angeles, raised about 0,000 - coming in short of its goal of 0,000 but still making it the most successful auction in the event's history.
www.shoppingmallbiz.com /auction/online-auction-business-model   (411 words)

  
 Starting an Ebay Business — An Online Business Model that Works
If you are starting your own business, the hope is that you will be doing it for a very long time.
Beginning in 2002, even the self-employed small business owner with no employees could open his or her own 401(k), called a solo-owner 401(k), and borrow from it just as employees with big companies can.
It is wise to choose your new business venture based on a model that has proven itself over the long-term.
www.teleworker.org /work_from_home/ebay.html   (1001 words)

  
 Wired News: Either a Borrower or a Lender Be
Zopa, which counts Benchmark Capital, the same firm that funded eBay, among its backers, is taking a variant of the auction site's business model and applying it to put people who want to lend in touch with credit-worthy people who want to borrow.
Zopa's current business model is based on borrowers paying a 1 percent exchange fee to Zopa upfront.
Zopa, which launched just two weeks ago, was founded by Richard Duvall and Alexander, both of whom had worked together to launch in 1998 the internet bank Egg.
www.wired.com /news/business/0,1367,66965,00.html   (689 words)

  
 Auction business model online stuff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Louisiana evacuee creates 'service auction' community to help connect more than 350,000 jobless hurricane victims with the service needs of the public.
Bidding on multiple project-based service auctions or short-term work opportunities may be the only realistic work option for the many Gulf Coast exiles until significant rebuilding of local businesses has been achieved.
Once a member has an established account with the liquidation auction site you can bid or buy any product you desire and have fun saving money while you are at it.
www.online-auction-sites.co.uk /nashville-online-auction/auction-business-model-online.html   (547 words)

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