1. GulfE...because Ebay just sucks sometimes Devon Kim

2. What's wrong with Ebay? ● Artificially inflates prices for a lot of things – Collectible items, even retail stuff (bid wars) ● A whole bunch of useless products to search through ● You have to search for what you want ● “Grocery store syndrome” - impulse buys

3. Example of Ebay Suckage Why do these CDs cost $100+ when I could have gotten them from a local dealer for $10? Nobody I know pays that much for a dumb CD! People who pay $500+ for CDs = ripped off

4. What is Gulfe? ● A bad parody of Ebay's name (laugh – haha) ● A system that forces sellers to respond to buyers' demand ● A system that allows sellers to directly contact buyers that already have interest in your product ● Another social networking site?!?!

5. What is Gulfe NOT? ● MySimon, Dealtime, etc. ● Those “professional services” sites where a project goes to the lowest bidder – Gulfe is for general goods and services, not JUST one kind of thing ● Another social networking site (I hope) ● Ebay... of course

6. High-level Software Architecture GulfE server Desktop / laptop client Mobile client WAP-oriented content Desktop-oriented content Pretty simple really! * *

7. Example Use #1 ● Clint is looking for an extremely rare (50 copies) out of print demo tape by his favorite band. ● Hits Ebay and sees it going for $200. ● He heads to Gulfe.com, posts his trade list publicly, and puts the demo tape as a high priority. ● He's contacted by Bobby, who has the tape and is willing to part with it in exchange for $30 and several CDs from Clint's trade list. ● Clint receives the demo tape and Bobby gets some cash and a lot of CDs he always wanted.

8. Example Use #2 ● Tara is shopping at a thrift store and finds a shirt that Sheree was looking for. ● She whips out her camera phone, takes a couple pictures, and posts it onto Sheree's want list via Gulfe.com's mobile-users' service. In the process, Tara let Sheree know where the store is via GPS. ● Later, Sheree logs onto Gulfe.com and finds that Tara found the shirt she was looking for, which was coincidentally at a location not too far from her apartment. ● Sheree quickly runs to the store and grabs her prized shirt before a homeless man reeking of alcohol and urine is about to lay his hands on it.

9. Feasible? ● Probably not as big as Ebay, ever ● Suited best for trusted communities – but that limits the power of other buyers! ● Sometimes it's just faster to write to a newsgroup or post it on a message board ● Perhaps not enough incentive for people to sell stuff ●...but it seems pretty easy to develop!