ChannelAdvisor will hold its third annual ChannelAdvisor Marathon Conference on May 3-4, 2006, in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The invitation-only event is designed for eBay powersellers and small businesses and will cover multi-channel selling. Topics include listing with Google and eBay, financing and legal strategies and creative marketing.

Representatives from Google, eBay, Overstock.com, PayPal, FedEx and Shopping.com will discuss best practices during two days educational sessions and case-study presentations. Featured speakers include Michael Adelberg, Strategic Partner Development Manager, Local Search of Google; Trent Scoffield, Director of U.S. Sales & Client Services of Shopping.com; Todd Lutwak, Senior Director Seller Development of eBay; Dan Madden, Senior Manager of PayPal Seller Development; Michael Miller, Senior Manager of Sales and Business Development of ProStores; Mark Fitzgerald, Managing Partner of Grapevinehill, Inc.; Jason Caplain, General Partner of Southern Capitol Ventures; and Stephen Liberto, Vice President of International Planning, Engineering and GTS at FedEx.

In addition to the conference presentations there will roundtables on such topics as international selling; comparison shopping engines; search; shipping and fulfillment; inventory management; payments and online fraud; and business analytics.

Sponsors include FedEx, Overstock.com Auctions, eBay, PayPal, BuySafe, CyberSource, Pronto, Maupin Taylor, Hosted Solutions and Stone Edge Technologies. The two-day conference will be held at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center located in Research Triangle Park, NC.

http://www.channeladvisor.com/marathon