An Examination of The Carsales.com.au's Business Model and Its Sustainability

DOI

10.2991/itmr.2013.3.4.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Carsales.com.au, e-marketspaces, business models, revenue models, motor vehicle industry

Abstract

Business models have changed with the advent of the Internet and this has become more evident in retail business. Traditional way of sales have made way for new innovative business models involving online retail marketplace which has been coined e-marketspaces. Carsales.com.au had seen an opportunity to trade motor vehicles via an e-marketspace. The model was so successful that the company launched affiliated sites for trucks, caravans and bikes. This article outlines such models and compares with other familiar sites, and explores whether this model is sustainable.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - John B. Hammond
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013/12/01
TI  - An Examination of The Carsales.com.au's Business Model and Its Sustainability
JO  - The International Technology Management Review
SP  - 230
EP  - 236
VL  - 3
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SN  - 1835-5269
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DO  - 10.2991/itmr.2013.3.4.3
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