EBay Market Research Company Terapeak Officially Launches Seller Research

Business Wire, June 2, 2006

VICTORIA, British Columbia -- EBay market research company Terapeak is officially announcing the launch of seller specific research within their online research tool. This announcement is very significant given the implications of this type of research. Using Terapeak's research website, users are now able to gain detailed reports on any seller on eBay.

Terapeak becomes the first certified solutions provider to offer seller research. Since its inception Terapeak has been an industry leader, constantly trying to improve the type of research available to the eBay community. Co-Founder and CTO Andrew Sukow explains, "We are very excited about being able to provide seller specific research. Over the past two years Terapeak has exhibited a dedication to innovation. We are always listening to our customers and the market and are dedicated to providing the type of innovative research that the market demands."

Seller specific research provides various statistics on specific sellers, including;

--Total sales, total listings, total bids and sell-through rate

--Average sold price, average start price, start price range and most frequent start price

--Listing promotions success rate, listing duration used, and listing type

--Day of the week analysis

--Hour of the day analysis

--Category distribution

--Trending for total sales, sell-through rate, number of bids, etc.

Terapeak's new functionality will allow sellers to have reports on their competitors emailed to them on a weekly basis. This enables sellers to keep track of the competition over time. Sellers will also be able to track their own sales with great detail and real time accuracy and compare these results versus their closest competitors.

Terapeak is offering a free two week trial to anyone who wants to try the new seller research functionality. Simply visit www.terapeak.com/signup/freetrial.> Terapeak Marketplace Research has developed the most advanced research tool for analyzing eBay consumer transaction data. With over 1.4 Billion transactions in 2005, eBay is the most reliable consumer activity index in the world. For more information contact support@terapeak.com.