Hi everyone...this is Bill Cobb, President of eBay North America. I'm here to invite you to our next Town Hall event on Friday, September 29, 2006 from 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET.

The busy holiday shopping season is just around the corner, and I know our sellers want to know what we're doing to drive buyers to the eBay marketplace. I've invited Gary Briggs, eBay's Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, to join me for this next Town Hall. Gary recently shared some of his marketing activities on our announcement board. He'll be talking in more detail about these initiatives, as well as other marketing plans for driving buyers to our marketplace.

As always, we'll take your questions about this topic, along with other general topics about eBay. To send us your questions in advance, visit our Town Hall page at www.ebay.com/townhall. We'll also take questions submitted to us by listeners live during the event.

You can listen to the audio of this Town Hall through Windows Media Player or through Real Player. Details on how to download and install the latest versions of both of these are available on our Town Hall page.

I'm really excited for this holiday season and hope you'll join us on Friday, September 29th.

Sincerely,

Bill Cobb
President, eBay North America