Online Auction Sales Analysis is a regular feature that takes an in-depth look at product sales on online auction Sites. Today's Sales Analysis revisits Intel-Pentium IV Desktop PCs and compares them with our results on April 16 and May 21, 2002. The information was obtained by scanning all of the auctions in the "'Intel-Pentium IV" category on eBay, the largest consumer auction site, going back 15 days.

Statistics include the total number of auctions in the category, total sell-through rate and average selling price. Analysis was conducted on August 22, 2002, using HammerTap's DeepAnalysis software program.

Intel-Pentium IV Desktop PC # 14294

Number of auction listings:

• April 16, 2002: 7,122
• May 21, 2002: 7,065
• August 22, 2002: 9737

Sell-Through Rate:

• April 16, 2002: 57%
• May 21, 2002: 53%
• August 22, 2002: 50%

Average selling price:

• April 16, 2002: $637.10
• May 21, 2002: $634.83
• August 22, 2002: $567.11

Today's AuctionBytes "Auction Sales Analysis" feature is sponsored by HammerTap. http://www.hammertap.com/deepanalysis/?ab822