SAN JOSE, Calif. -- November 9, 2004 -- "eBay Pulse" Offers Daily Barometer of Site's Most-Searched and Most-Watched Items Along with Other Popular Buying Trends.
From clothes to cars and toys to tickets, eBay has always been a window into what's hot in popular culture. To help buyers and sellers more easily track this ever-changing marketplace, eBay today rolled out "eBay Pulse" (http://www.ebay.com/pulse), an unprecedented, daily barometer that gives consumers insight into buying and selling trends at any given time from among millions of item listings on eBay.
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, eBay Pulse marks the first time eBay has aggregated data into one central destination for buyers and sellers. Updated daily, eBay Pulse features most popular searches, stores and products, as well as highest priced items and most watched items across the eBay marketplace and within hundreds of item categories.
"For the first time, eBay Pulse allows people to get their arms around practically everything that's happening on eBay," said Jim Griffith, eBay's online shopping expert and dean of eBay Education. "Every day millions of buyers and sellers come together on eBay and define what's truly hot. eBay Pulse is real-world information that's updated daily, so it's incredibly useful for someone looking for both buyers and sellers."
With an easy dropdown menu, eBay Pulse allows buyers and sellers to find out what's hot, new and interesting on eBay throughout categories such as toys & hobbies, collectibles, DVDs & Movies, sporting goods, eBay Motors and hundreds more.
For example, on Nov. 8, popular searches (based on the number of searches) across all categories on eBay were:
1. CDs
2. silver
3. DVDs
4. gold
5. Christmas
6. leather
7. games
8. shoes
9. jeans
10. girls
In addition to its top lists and other item listing details, eBay Pulse offers pop culture information, overall buying trends, fun facts about eBay, and other eBay-related news.
"With online commerce so prevalent during the holidays, eBay Pulse can give our members a quick and easy way to see pricing trends, what's hot and popular gift suggestions," said Griffith. "It also gives sellers an accurate, dynamic reflection of what's in demand on any given day, which over time can help with inventory decisions."
About eBay
eBay is The World's Online Marketplace(R). Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful platform for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. On any given day, there are millions of items across thousands of categories for sale on eBay. eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis with customized sites in markets around the world. Through an array of services, such as its payment solution provider PayPal, eBay is enabling global e-commerce for an ever-growing online community.
