June 14th, 2006: eBay India, the pulse of stylish net-savvy Indian consumers, announced the launch of its maiden fashion & lifestyle contest 'eBay India STYLE DIVA 2006', today. The contest will see three leading Diva's of Bollywood - the glamorous Kareena Kapoor, the sensuous Bipasha Basu and magnificent Priyanka Chopra compete for the coveted title of 'eBay India STYLE DIVA' to be decided by eBay India's growing online community through an online poll.
eBay India, which is fast emerging as the most popular online destination for fashion and lifestyle products, is also running a promotion giving five lucky winners a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the diva of their dreams at the award function finale to be hosted in August in Mumbai.
To participate, all one needs to do is to log onto www.eBay.in <http://www.eBay.in> and shop or sell any product from the various lifestyle categories using PaisaPay. After casting your vote for your favourite Diva, five lucky winners stand a chance to meet the eBay India Style Diva in person!
Adding another dimension to this sizzling line-up of Bollywood beauties, eBay India buyers will also win special merchandise of the eBay India STYLE DIVA contest for each and every purchase made during the promotion.
eBay reveals an increasing demand for lifestyle products bought online, as it currently averages the sale of a piece of jewellery every 6 minutes, a mobile handset every 7 minutes, a piece of fashion apparel every 13 minutes and a MP3 player every 17 minutes! If that's not all eBay India, India's largest online marketplace offers a wide range of products listed on its site spread across 2500 categories including, Apparel, Jewellery, fashion accessories, Health & Beauty, sunglasses, Bollywood, Books, & Magazines, Cars & Bikes, Computers, Electronics, Cameras & Optics, Art & Antiques Movies, Music, , Gifts, Home, Mobile Phones, Real Estate, Toys & Baby Products, Travel etc. On any given day, there are over 100,000 live listings on the site with over 3000 new listings being added daily.
About eBay India
eBay India (www.eBay.in), India's leading online marketplace, is India's biggest online trading community where anyone can sell or buy almost anything. eBay India is a trading platform offering auctions, fixed price and classifieds modes of person-to-person trading. There are a wide range of products listed on eBay India in an array of categories including Apparels & Accessories, Beauty & Health, Bollywood Memorabilia, Books & Magazines, Cameras & Optics, Cars & Bikes, Coins & Stamps, Computers & Peripherals, Consumer Electronics, Fitness & Sports, Home, Tools & Appliances, Jewellery & Watches, Mobiles & Accessories, Movies & Videos, Music & Instruments, Services & Real Estate, Toy, Games & Baby, Travel, Tickets & Vouchers, Video Games & Everything Else. eBay India is a 100% subsidiary of eBay Inc., The World's Online Marketplace®.
About eBay.com
Founded in September 1995, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is The World's Online Marketplace® for the sale of goods and services by a diverse community of individuals and small businesses. Today, the eBay community includes more than a hundred million registered members from around the world. People spend more time on eBay than any other online site, making it the most popular shopping destination on the Internet.
People from all over the world buy and sell on eBay. Currently, eBay has local sites that serve Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand Poland, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition, eBay has a presence in Latin America through its investment MercadoLibre.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Deepa Thomas/Sneha Deshpande
Gaurav Bhaskar /Mythili Rao
eBay India
Vaishnavi Corporate Communication
91-22-6669000
91-22-5658787
dthomas@ebay.com/sndeshpande@ebay.com
gbhaskar@vccpl.com/mrao@vccpl.com
www.ebay.in/mediacentre
