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eBay Welcomes PayPal

4th October, 2002 Sydney - I am very happy to announce that eBay's acquisition of PayPal is complete. We are now working together with a common goal: to help buyers and sellers trade online.

A great many eBay buyers and sellers use PayPal to complete their transactions, and have told us that they would like to have PayPal integrated into the eBay site. Within the next few weeks, that will begin to happen on the U.S. eBay site.

In the first phase of integration you will see PayPal featured on the Sell Your Item and View Item pages on the U.S. site. Further integration will happen over the coming months. eBay Payments by Billpoint will be available in the first few months of 2003. At that time we will work closely with Billpoint users to ensure a smooth transition during the phase-out process.

It is too early to say when Paypal will be integrated changes may take place on eBay Australia. We will provide more detailed information about our plans in the months ahead, and will announce any changes on the Announcement Board. Our goal is to make trading on eBay faster, safer and more convenient for buyers and sellers alike.

Stay tuned for more details about these changes over the next few weeks.

We are pleased to be able to make PayPal simpler to use on eBay as so many of you have requested. We hope these changes will help you become even more successful in the future.

Regards,
Meg

Meg Whitman
CEO