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StrikeIron and DataUnison Partner To Deliver eBay Market Research Data; Users Can Import eBay Market Research Data Directly into Excel Workbooks

Posted on: Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 09:00 CDT

StrikeIron Inc., provider of the Web Services Marketplace, today announced that they have partnered with DataUnison to bring eBay Market research data to the desktop, within applications, mobile devices, or anywhere else a Web service can be consumed by adding it to the Web Services Marketplace. The DataUnison eBay Research Web Service returns both aggregated and detailed analysis on items being sold on eBay for the last 90 days of sales. Users can evaluate the historical pricing and performance of any item on eBay as well as look at Seller-specific competitive research. It gives eBay sellers the ability to filter results by their own, and other eBay seller IDs to gain understanding into the competitive landscape of the market. As part of StrikeIron's Marketplace, the service is priced on a pay-as-you go model and allows subscribers to take advantage of all of the services and tools in the Marketplace.

"eBay has over 190 million registered users and has billions of dollars of transactions each year," said David Frey, Marketing and Business Development at DataUnison. "With 6 million new items added daily, the research provided in the DataUnison eBay Research Web Service provides the online marketing data sellers are looking for and gives them a competitive advantage. This amazingly flexible technology allows you to quickly and easily integrate buying and selling trends into any Web or desktop application."

The DataUnison Research Web Service is a simple way to integrate eBay Research into any application. Users can view and analyze top products, average start prices, average sold prices and much more. The Web Service allows you to access eBay's 33 main categories of listings as well as all of their sub-categories. In addition, StrikeIron has created a series of Workbook templates freely available that can be invoked inside of Excel using the StrikeIron OnDemand for Excel add-in and can be the starting point for sophisticated seller analysis. The workbook templates allow users to build rich-client spreadsheets that incorporate data feeds from DataUnison and other live data sources with no programming required, enabling composite applications to be built within Excel in minutes.

"Web services are continuing to pave the software landscape for users to gain access to any kind of data," said Bob Brauer, President and CEO of StrikeIron. "Solutions like DataUnison's eBay Research Web Service are an ideal way for power sellers to cost-effectively leverage the vast amount of data from eBay and improve their selling process. This is a key offering for sellers to gather critical intelligence on buying and selling trends in the eBay marketplace."

About DataUnison

Since 2005, DataUnison has provided eBay developers, power sellers, and multiple Fortune 500 companies with raw data licenses and value add services such as value guides, brand reports, product reports, keyword affiliate reports, and trade-in programs. DataUnison is proud to launch its new API based on historical eBay market data. For more information, visit www.dataunison.com.

About StrikeIron

StrikeIron is a leader in the commercialization of Web Services, providing the world's largest library of externally available plug-and-play Web services. Built on top of a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use Web Services Commerce Platform, the Marketplace serves as a place for providers and consumers of XML-based Web services to publish, subscribe to, and build applications and Web sites using a diverse set of Web services.

Enabling a business model for the Programmable Web, the core technology provides self-service publishing and consumption of Web services, micro-transactions and usage-based billing, software infrastructure, multiple productivity tools, seamless integration for both individual customers and software technology partners, and a consistency of usage from multiple Web services across multiple vendors. The Aurora Funds, Inc. and NC IDEA provided funding for StrikeIron after recognizing the significant opportunity to invest in a technology firm leading innovation of the Programmable Web and Web 2.0. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.

Source: Business Wire

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