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eCRATER is an online marketplace and an e-commerce website builder based in Irvine, California. It was launched in the early fall of 2004 by Dimitar Slavov. By October 2008, it reached 1,500,000 items for sale in the marketplace and, as of January 2009, eCRATER has 65,242 active stores, and 95,773 stores have been created since its launch.
eCRATER does not follow the online auction business model, it is more an online equivalent of a shopping mall. Its marketplace offers the products of all registered sellers in one place, while the web store builder allows sellers to have their own custom online store. All listings are "fixed price" and buyers can add products from several sellers into their shopping cart and buy them in one single order.
Creating stores and listing items for sale in eCRATER is free of charge; however, while "final value fees" were not previously applied to the merchants' sales, there are now fees of 2.9%. eCRATER does offer premium positions on its website for a fee, but this is completely optional for sellers.