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eBay Announces Corporate Sponsorships of eBay Live! Community Conference

Thousands Expected to Attend eBay Live!

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2004--eBay Live!, the annual gathering of eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) users, employees, special exhibitors and guest speakers, takes place next week on June 23-26 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. The event is expected to bring together ten thousand members of the eBay community from around the world. Through classes, workshops and other activities, attendees will share their experiences using the site, learn ways to buy and sell on eBay more effectively, and connect with other members of the eBay community
Monster.com, the leading global online careers site, will serve as title sponsor of eBay Live! Premier sponsors include Hewlett-Packard Company, Fidelity and the U.S. Postal Service. Member sponsors include Earthlink, Kellogg's and UPS.

"eBay is built upon the success of our community of buyers and sellers, and eBay Live! offers our sponsors the chance to connect with these dedicated eBay members," said Jeff Jordan, senior vice president of eBay North America. "Thanks to the support of our sponsors, the participation of our special guests, and of course the thousands of eBay members who plan attend."

eBay Live! will host more than 100 exhibitors and 165 classes, panels, and forums that will provide expert strategies and advice on using eBay. eBay Live! classes are geared towards the full range of experience levels -- from those who have never bought or sold on the site to people who run full-time businesses there.

"We're thrilled to support an event that celebrates the excitement, community involvement and entrepreneurial spirit that eBay users consistently demonstrate," said Steve Pogorzelski, president Monster NA. "Monster shares eBay's commitment to providing the tools and resources entrepreneurs need to see their dreams come true."

Just prior to eBay Live!, the eBay Developers Conference will be held June 23-24 in New Orleans. The conference brings together eBay and PayPal developers and other third-parties that are building third-party solutions that tap into the power of the eBay and PayPal platforms. Highlights include keynotes by Internet Pioneer and publisher Tim O'Reilly, eBay Founder Pierre Omidyar and eBay COO Maynard Webb, plus panel discussions, technical and business sessions, social events and hands-on labs. The event sponsors are IBM, Sun, Microsoft, BEA, Borland and Hewlett-Packard and O'Reilly Media Inc.

eBay Live! registration is open to anyone 18 years of age and over. For more information, visit www.ebay.com/ebaylive.

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.

Contacts


Kaplow Communications (for eBay)
Caroline Gould, 212-221-1713
carolineg@kaplowpr.com

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