After you receive this Alert, I am going to buy 100 shares of eBay (EBAY:Nasdaq) at around $23.20. The stock is down today slightly and I'll take advantage to add to this high- quality turnaround story.
Last week the company announced it was opening its platform called PayPal X to third-party developers. This allows third-party software developers to embed PayPal payment options into their own Web sites, mobile applications and software. There is no financial impact near term, but it confirms eBay's vision to take PayPal beyond its own payment site and expand it into many adjacent markets -- thereby increasing its growth rate overall to 30%-35% over the next few years. In fact, eBay said at its analyst day in March that it wanted to grow PayPal to $100 billion in total payment volume by 2011, up from $60 billion last year; this announcement is the first indication it means business. PayPal applications could be used for rent payments, online gaming purchases, a la carte newspaper article purchases, mobile shopping or mobile takeout food.
The stock is down today because of Google's (GOOG:Nasdaq) $30 million purchase of Gizmo5, which will compete with eBay's Skype division. Skype has a huge lead on its competition, and I don't think Gizmo5 will be a material player for a while.
I'll take advantage of the weakness to buy. After my trade, I'll own 3,600 shares of EBAY, or 2.76% of the portfolio.
Regards,
Jim Cramer
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DISCLOSURE: At the time of publication, Cramer was long EBAY.
This global shipper has numerous drivers for long-term growth.
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