He said they're moving toward fixed-price contracts. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Price Of Buying Influence] Reference
Currently, most auctions are of the "buy now," fixed-price variety. From Wordnik.com. [Commerce Drives Virtual World] Reference
Wigix targets shoppers who like fixed-price transactions, not auction-style trading. From Wordnik.com. [Irked by eBay,] Reference
The company is trying to renegotiate some fixed-price contracts with private customers. From Wordnik.com. [Bernanke Foresees More Pain] Reference
And country inns here will include a copa of pacharán in the fixed-price menu del dia. From Wordnik.com. [Spain's Ancient Spirit:] Reference
The company is playing catch-up to other Web sites that have focused on fixed-price sales. From Wordnik.com. [EBay Reduces Fee for Fixed-Price Listings] Reference
With fixed-price jobs, the business pays the workers directly at the end of the assignment. From Wordnik.com. [Help Wanted -- and Found] Reference
In the government-owned shops, lines of hungry people wait for scant supplies of fixed-price food. From Wordnik.com. [Masterpiece Man] Reference
One large auction-based seller, B&H Factory Outlet Inc., is now experimenting with fixed-price sales. From Wordnik.com. [A Not-So-Jolly Season for eBay] Reference
And they are insisting on a fixed-price contract in the development phase, which could rein in expenses. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Allen Smith: Cannibal Conservatism: Author Makes Up Charges Against Secretary Gates] Reference
Bangalore-based Wipro is offering more fixed-price contracts now as clients are looking for cutting costs. From Wordnik.com. [Wipro: Witnessing Improvement in Business Climate] Reference
To that end, Mr. Donahoe is shifting the site's emphasis away from auctions and toward fixed-price listings. From Wordnik.com. [Auctions Fade in eBay's Bid for Growth] Reference
In September, eBay rolled out new search algorithms that mingle auction-search results with fixed-price results. From Wordnik.com. [A Not-So-Jolly Season for eBay] Reference
The longer the time period involved in construction, the bigger the risks inherent in any fixed-price contracts. From Wordnik.com. [Costs to Build Power Plants Pressure Rates] Reference
These included emphasizing fixed-price sales and giving preference to merchants who get positive customer ratings. From Wordnik.com. [EBay Retreats in Web Retailing] Reference
The addition of many more fixed-price listings and the new way searches work diluted his presence on the eBay site. From Wordnik.com. [Auctions Fade in eBay's Bid for Growth] Reference
Meantime, the franchisee hopes to get more business by offering fixed-price holiday-party packages for the first time. From Wordnik.com. [Restaurant Chains Look for Creative Ways to Cut Costs] Reference
EBay recently announced auction-fee changes that were expected to accelerate the shift toward its fixed-price business. From Wordnik.com. [EBay Plans Classifieds Buyouts] Reference
The situation has since improved and BAE has benefited from refusing to take on more risky fixed-price defense contracts. From Wordnik.com. [BAE's Turner] Reference
For the past year, Mr. Donahoe has pushed for eBay to sell more fixed-price goods and changed the company's fee structure. From Wordnik.com. [EBay's Growth Stalls as Shoppers Pull Back] Reference
"A lot of people locked into fixed-price plans last winter, but then prices dropped, so they're not signing up," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Winter-Heating Crisis Looms] Reference
The chain hasn't lifted prices since then, partially because 94% of its coffee supplies come through fixed-price contracts. From Wordnik.com. [Speculators Put Jolt] Reference
Mr. Park: Our business is simply a constant cycle of risk, since we primarily do lump-sum turnkey or fixed-price contracts. From Wordnik.com. [Samsung Engineering Aims to Stand Out] Reference
He wanted to emphasize fixed-price items, not just auctions, which he believed had become too cumbersome for some shoppers. From Wordnik.com. [Auctions Fade in eBay's Bid for Growth] Reference
His eBay sales, which used to come almost entirely from auction-style listings, now come about 50% from fixed-price listings. From Wordnik.com. [Auctions Fade in eBay's Bid for Growth] Reference
EBay says it is overhauling its marketplace to improve customer service and make it more attractive for fixed-price sales of items. From Wordnik.com. [Amazon's Sales Surge, Bucking Retail Slump] Reference
EBay, too, began shifting its focus to fixed-price sales but wasn't able to keep up with the competition on mainstream retail items. From Wordnik.com. [EBay Retreats in Web Retailing] Reference
The company said it is hedging some ingredients, locking in fixed-price contracts and working with suppliers to keep a lid on costs. From Wordnik.com. [McDonald's Could Order] Reference
The marketplace business includes eBay's auction and fixed-price listings, as well as a classifieds site and the StubHub ticket exchange. From Wordnik.com. [EBay's Marketplace Chief Leaves in Midst of Revamp] Reference
EADS is negotiating a complete revamp of terms and conditions of its fixed-price A400M contract with the seven European customer governments. From Wordnik.com. [EADS Chief for Airlifters Is Replaced] Reference
To cope with the trend, the firm is looking to increase the volume of fixed-price, outcome-based contracts and move work to offshore locations. From Wordnik.com. [Wipro Sees Cuts in Size of Contracts] Reference
Last year, when everything was spiking, he looked at different options -- including negotiating a fixed-price contract for energy with a supplier. From Wordnik.com. [Electricity Prices Plummet] Reference
But eBay, the largest online retailer by volume, also appeared to lose some ground to fixed-price sites such as Amazon. com Inc., some analysts said. From Wordnik.com. [EBay's Growth Stalls as Shoppers Pull Back] Reference
High inflation in Qatar and unfavorable weather conditions that delayed construction have caused costs to run up and have compressed margins for this fixed-price contract. From Wordnik.com. [An Energy Play With a Safety Net] Reference
EBay's fixed-price business includes items that shoppers can buy immediately before the close of an auction or that they can buy from various "stores" hosted on eBay's site. From Wordnik.com. [EBay Is Ordered] Reference
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