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Alibaba.com Strengthens Position as Go-To Supply Source for U.S. E-commerce Entrepreneurs with Acquisition of Auctiva

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alibaba.com (HKSE: 1688.HK) (HK.1688), the world’s leading e-commerce company for small business, has entered into an agreement to acquire Auctiva, the leading third-party developer of tools for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) sellers. With more than 170,000 active users, Auctiva provides a variety of listing, marketing and management tools as well as image hosting and online ...

EPIS Merchant Profile: BooksMN.com

Christine Olson began selling online in 1998 and created a successful business selling remainders and overstock books and DVDs at BooksMN.com . She now faces competition from her suppliers as they go online to sell directly to consumers, and as ebook readers and services like Netflix began to have an impact on her business.