ClubCiti Announces Marketing Deal With eBay.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2000 ClubCiti, Inc. (www.clubciti.com), a leading Greater China one-to-one online auction community, today announced the launch of a co-operative marketing program with eBay, the world's leading person-to-person online trading community An online trading community exists to provide its members with a structured method for trading, bartering, or selling goods or services. These communities often have forums and chatrooms designed to facilitate communication between the members. . The two companies will start various collaborative marketing activities to promote eBay Chinatown (www.ebay.com/chinatown) in China, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Singapore and U.S. eBay Chinatown is a new area on eBay that celebrates Asian culture and provides a bustling marketplace for all sorts of merchandise, from jade jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. to rugs, art work and consumer electronics. &uot;Our association with eBay marks a significant milestone in ClubCiti's rapid development&uot; said Steven Xi, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of ClubCiti. &uot;By linking eBay's and ClubCiti's member communities, we can establish a cross border online auction trading community that will open up new opportunities for our members. &uot;For example, our Asian merchants and individual sellers will be able to sell directly to millions of U.S. customers, and eBay members in the U.S. will have a broader selection of Asian merchandise and perhaps find many things that are not available in the U.S.&uot; continued Xi. &uot;I believe that this arrangement will benefit both companies and their user communities and I look forward to a mutually beneficial Adj. 1. mutually beneficial - mutually dependent interdependent, mutualist dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" relationship.&uot; &uot;eBay Chinatown is our next step into the Asian marketplace and provides a one-stop-shopping opportunity for anyone interested in trading Asian merchandise,&uot; said Susanna Kass, COO, International Operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. at eBay. &uot;We hope that teaming up with ClubCiti will help us reach traders in Chinese communities across Asia, where we believe the online auction format has great potential.&uot; As a part of the program, ClubCiti offers new users who register with both ClubCiti and eBay's sites up to 500 reward points or various prizes. For details, please visit www.clubciti.com. About ClubCiti ClubCiti Inc. (www.clubciti.com) is a leading Pan-Asia online auction community with focus on the Greater China market and for global Chinese. Founded in February 1999, ClubCiti has market presence in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Currently, ClubCiti has more than 130,000 registered users and 80,000 total listings. ClubCiti differentiates itself from other online auction sites by: (a) being the first company to use both Chinese and English languages to serve the global Chinese community; and (b) pioneering a new business-to-consumer business model based on our Sealed Bid auction technology (U.S. patent pending). |
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