Conference call tomorrow (Tues) - CyberMonday Review with Bear Stearns...
Bob Peck is hosting a conference call tomorrow at 1pm ET and I was invited to be a guest. Bob was also kind enough to allow me to invite blog readers that are interested. Here are the details (note: if you can't make the call there's a replay available). I hope you are able to make it.
Dial In 800-683-1535 (domestic); 973-633-6740 (int'l); Passcode# 8155568
Replay: 1-877-519-4471 (domestic); 973-341-3080 (int'l); pin#: 8155568
Topics to be Addressed:
The Impact of Cyber Monday on eCommerce
Who Were The Prime Beneficiaries of Cyber Monday
Current Trends on the eBay Platform
The Direction of Conversion Rates and ASPs on eBay
The Role of The Pure Search Engines in eCommerce
How are the Shopping Search Engines Helping Drive Growth
Amazon Webstores
Adoption of Google Checkout
Current Views on PayPal
Google Checkout is tearing into Paypal!! It could not happen to a "nicer" company!
WebPro News is running an article that contains this:
Hitwise's LeeAnn Prescott reports that the market share of visits to Checkout was up 158% in the days after Thanksgiving. But more impressive, PayPal suddenly isn't so far ahead.
Writes Prescott:
"While it still has a long way to go to catch Paypal in terms of visits, Paypal's lead was cut in half in just one week: last week I reported that Paypal's market share was 96X Google Checkout for the week ending 11/18/06 - this week Paypal was 38X Google Checkout in terms of market share."
The bulk of those visits came from ToysRus, offering $10 off $30 purchases if customers used Checkout. Google has similar arrangements with Linens-N-Things, Buy.com, Petco, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Ace Hardware.
If you checkout www.spoofee.com you can see some of the amazing deals made possible by Buy.com and the Google checkout promotion. Paypal your toast!
Posted by: gamegiants | November 28, 2006 at 03:31 PM
Scott, what do you think about Google Checkout on EBAY? I don't think EBAY would be interested in introducing GOOGLE CHECKOUT along with it's PAYPAL baby. It would definetely affect its current loyal customer base who are obesessed with Paypal. It would be interesting to see how they start this strategic relation?
Posted by: Sushant Ajmani | November 28, 2006 at 01:23 PM