Top 15 E-Commerce Sites
  Week Ending 7/16/05
Rank Name Domain Market Share
1 eBay* www.ebay.com 30.67%
2 Amazon.com www.amazon.com 2.86%
3 Dell USA www.dell.com 1.34%
4 Walmart.com www.walmart.com 1.25%
5 Craig's List www.craigslist.org 1.22%
6 Target www.target.com 1.03%
7 BestBuy.com www.bestbuy.com 0.74%
8 NetFlix.com www.netflix.com 0.69%
9 Ticketmaster www.ticketmaster.com 0.63%
10 BizRate.com** www.bizrate.com 0.61%
11 JC Penney www.jcpenney.com 0.56%
12 Shopping.com*** www.shopping.com 0.53%
13 Sears.com www.sears.com 0.49%
14 QVC.com www.qvc.com 0.49%
15 The Home Depot www.blockbuster.com 0.47%


* Excludes eBay Motors (www.ebaymotors.com) and eBay Stores (www.ebaystores.com) from the rankings

** Only includes visits to the stand-alone site www.bizrate.com and not other Bizrate owned properties

*** Only includes visits to the stand-alone site www.shopping.com and not other Shopping.com owned properties

Source: Hitwise, as of July 18, 2005

Craigslist's Dizzying Climb


Who would have thought that classifieds could be so popular? And yet, traffic to Craigslist.com, community site where people can find dates, as well as sell that old rug, is surging. In the week of July 9, Craigslist.com only trailed, in traffic, established Internet giants eBay, Amazon.com, Dell and Wallmart.com. Not bad for an upstart.

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Posted: 7/22/05