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Earnings Administrator |
posted 10-26-2000 07:20 PM
 
Company Name (Ticker): reported, expected, same q last year Autobytel.com (ABTL): -$0.28, -$0.29, -$0.32 |
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Earnings Administrator |
posted 07-27-2000 06:42 PM
Company Name (Ticker): reported, expected, same q last year Autobytel.com (ABTL): -$0.48, -$0.49, -$0.33 |
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Earnings Administrator |
posted 01-27-2000 07:15 PM
Autobytel.com (ABTL): -$0.27 reported, -$0.33 expected, -$0.46 same q last year. |
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newsman |
posted 12-02-1999 05:18 PM
Just found this floating in the ether: 12/2/99: Autobytel.com announced today a new online store to sell auto parts and accessories as it broadens its business in response to added competition. Autobytel.com said it formed partnerships to offer the merchandise with other e-commerce sites, including Amazon.com and closely held Carparts.com. Autobytel.com, based in Irvine, Calif., announced plans in October to add an online auction service. It's also testing direct online sales. |
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InvestorGuide Weekly Administrator |
posted 11-15-1999 01:09 PM
Upside takes a detailed look at the online car selling market: how's the business model, who are the players, and are any of them worth investing in? http://www.upside.com/texis/mvm/opinion/story?id=3821fe330 |
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netinvestor |
posted 11-01-1999 04:08 PM
autobytel purchased CarSmart for $3 million in cash and 28.8 million in stock. CarSmart had been a competitor of autobytel and is had been making about one fourth as many referrals per month (43,000 compared to 170,000) Autobytel will continue to run both sites but consolidate the organizations. It will take advantage of CarSmart's marketing agreements with seven of the top 20 portals, including AOL, the Go Network and AltaVista. This is will consolidate autobytel as tops in the industry. |
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fanatic |
posted 10-11-1999 12:49 PM
You make a good point. Unfortunately I don't have the source for that stat anymore. I was assuming that the definition was standard across the industry, but if it's not, then the numbers aren't terribly useful. |
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infooverload |
posted 10-07-1999 12:10 PM
Is it possible to clarify a little more? The term 'purchase request' - does that mean someone requested to actually buy a car, or just requested pricing information? If it's the former, than those numbers are horrible...meaning these companies could only close 12-28% of deals that were requested! |
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fanatic |
posted 10-07-1999 10:28 AM
I thought this statistic was interesting: Closing ratios (cars sold divided by purchase requests): |
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Scott McCormick |
posted 10-06-1999 04:45 PM
I think they're doing this to stay ahead of intensifying competition. CarsDirect is probably going to be big, and now that eBay is pushing into car auctions, they probably feel threatened. And Autoweb also just announced plans for an auction service. Autobytel and Autoweb are running neck and neck right now. It will be interesting to see if this lets one of them pull ahead (and whether they can stay ahead of the competition). |
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netinvestor |
posted 10-06-1999 11:26 AM
I'm assuming that this is in regular auction format (not reverse auctions) and that there will be some kind of minimum price set. The thing about cars is that people often want to drive them before making a purchase. I think that if the auctions are effective at all they may eat away a bit at their current business, but I really don't think it'll be that effective. Their model is working now, and they should continue to allow it to do so. |
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newsman |
posted 10-06-1999 09:22 AM
ABTL just announced that they'll soon offer car auctions from their site. Any opinions on whether this is a smart move? |
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netinvestor |
posted 09-08-1999 11:29 AM
In my search for a new car I actually tried Autobytel.com. I also tried carpoint but was not too satisfied with them. Autobytel was easy to use and had a large selection. I found a car that I liked, a '98 corolla and put in my request mid sunday afternoon. I got a call back from the dealer by dinner time. I went in to check out the car and loved it. I was able to close the deal without even bothering to haggle about the price. The sticker price was $15,000 and I ended up paying the $11,809 that was the offering price on the Autobytel listing. Granted I probably could have knocked the dealer down to $13,000 pretty easily but getting the other thousand plus off the price would have been hard if not impossible, and certainly time consuming. Especially since i'm one of those who HATES to haggle I was glad to get a really good deal without having to do it. I guess what i'm trying to say is that this seems like a really good company. Its been dropping for a few months, and maybe its time to buy now. Getting back to the point I made before, I think their multiple revenue streams will be key in that if one begins to fail they can concentrate on the other one. Has anyone had a bad experience with them? |
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netinvestor |
posted 08-17-1999 01:37 PM
Maybe I read the same article. It also mentioned the fact that autobytel is able to charge the dealers a yearly fee (just over $1000 up from about $900 the year before) per dealer and they could probably charge more since they are offering them so much business. They also have the revenue stream that they can get from advertising. In the internet world where we don't know when or where revenue streams will dry up it can be very important to have a versatile model. Do they get any type of comission on each sale they refer? That'd be yet another revenue stream they could gain from. Maybe this stock is a buy... But i also recently read that the lockout period has just ended. So far no insiders have sold and so the price hasn't dropped, but it may be a reason to be a bit wary for a few weeks. |
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infooverload |
posted 08-17-1999 10:19 AM
Found this somewhere: According to a May study conducted by Opinion Research Corporation International, autobytel is the sixth most recognized e-commerce brand by consumers, in a list that includes e-commerce powerhouse brands like Amazon, Priceline.com, E*Trade and eBay. It's interesting that one of the Web's top brands is worth only $255 million when all of the other e-commerce brands just ahead of autobytel have market caps of at least $1 billion? |
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