Characteristics of Selected Features of Auction Portals – an Attempt to Aggregate Goods Cover Image

Charakterystyka wybranych cech portali aukcyjnych – próba agregacji dóbr
Characteristics of Selected Features of Auction Portals – an Attempt to Aggregate Goods

Author(s): Łukasz Zakonnik, Marian Niedźwiedziński, Piotr Czerwonka, Radosław Zajdel
Subject(s): National Economy, Social Informatics, Economic development, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Społeczna Akademia Nauk
Keywords: internet auctions; aggregation of goods; sales models;

Summary/Abstract: Due to its importance, the allegro.pl auction platform seems to be one of the key sites of the Polish Internet. On this platform, many important mechanisms of functioning of e-commerce can be observed. However, the specificity of the auction portal poses serious difficulties. The problem is the heterogeneity of the offered goods. If the data could be properly aggregated, many analyzes would become feasible. The purpose of this article is to try to properly aggregate the category of goods sold on the auction portal. The article points to one “super category” and 2 specific categories that cannot be aggregated.

  • Issue Year: 19/2018
  • Issue No: 5.1
  • Page Range: 117-134
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish