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EcommerceBytes-NewsFlash, Number 1280 - May 16, 2006 - ISSN 1539-5065     Previous |
Auction Site uBid Announces First Quarter Results
By Ina Steiner
EcommerceBytes.com
May 16, 2006




uBid.com Holdings Inc. announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006 on Monday. First quarter gross profit totaled $2.9 million, an increase of 9.6% from the first quarter of fiscal 2005, and customer orders increased 26.8% to 123,000 from 97,000 in the first quarter of last year.

uBid.com Certified Merchant Program (UCM) grew participating merchants by more than 460% to 949 and 51.1% sequential growth from the 630 merchants reported at the end of Q4 2005.

Active Auction Participants totaled 324,000, while the number of Auction Events increased 11% to 311,000.

Customer Registrations totaled approximately 43,000 in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 10% over the same period in 2005.

Robert H. Tomlinson Jr., CEO of uBid.com Holdings, Inc. stated, "By focusing on trust, security, and in-house customer support, we're clearly differentiated in our space and have seen tangible strategic results from that advantage."

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