EBay Paints Itself as Colorful Contrast to Amazon
First Work From 72andSunny for the Marketplace
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EBay is going hard after Amazon by showing its true colors. The San Jose, Calif.-based retail marketplace aired a 60-second spot Sunday to begin a campaign themed "Fill Your Cart With Color," the first work from 72andSunny since eBay named the shop its global creative agency earlier this year. The stakes are high for the agency, which lost Target this year due to a perceived conflct with eBay.
The ad, which will air during the NBA Finals on ABC, pictures boring brown boxes rolling through an Amazon-esque shipping facility and accuses shopping of getting "beeeeeeeeeeeige." Then it pivots to a message of individuality, showing consumers opening up brown but colorfully taped eBay boxes filled with items they are passionate about, like fly fishing products, drones and leaf blowers. (Passion around leaf blowers is a stretch, but it works in the spot.)
The global campaign introduces eBay's new brand positioning as a more colorful competitor to Amazon. It also aims to shatter misperceptions like the belief that most eBay goods are used; 80% are new, according to the company.
The campaign "is focused on buyers celebrating that sense of self-expression, but it's because of our sellers that we can offer the best choice," said Karl Isaac, VP-global brand. "We're a colorful brand and we're going to intentionally lean into that."
That means colorful new packaging for sellers, along with a series of 60-and-30-second TV spots. The new marketing will also include outdoor ads, radio, digital and social . Along with 72andSunny, eBay works with Digitas, Edelman and Blue 449.
Read more about the campaign over at AdAge.com.
Credits
- Date
- Jun 02, 2017
- Brand :
- eBay
- Client :
- eBay
- Agency :
- 72andSunny
- Chief Executive Officer :
- Devin Wenig
- Chief Marketing Officer :
- Suzy Deering
- Chief Product Officer :
- RJ Pittman
- Senior Vice President :
- Hal Lawton
- Creative Lead :
- Renee Blake
- Global Brand Vice President :
- Karl Isaac
- Senior Director, Global Brand Creative :
- Marc Shillum
- Senior Marketing Manager :
- Cynthia Baker
- Senior Manager, Strategy, Planning and Operations :
- Tanya Bhasin
- Director, Global Brand Strategy :
- Nic Brandenberger
- Senior Brand Strategist of Global Brand :
- Hae-Seon Song
- Brand Producer, Global Brand :
- Jen Bernard
- Project Manager of Marketing Project Management Office :
- Jesse Beckom
- Senior Project Manager :
- Sarah van Goethem
- Senior Director, Consumer Communications :
- Karina Sokolovsky
- Lead Manager, Social and Digital :
- Julia Hui
- Senior Manager of Integrated Communications :
- Carey Malloy
- Senior Project Manager :
- Sarah van Goethem
- Senior Director, Consumer Communications :
- Karina Sokolovsky
- Lead Manager, Social and Digital :
- Julia Hui
- Senior Manager of Integrated Communications :
- Carey Malloy
- Founder, Creative Co-Chair :
- John Boiler
- Founder, Creative Co-Chair :
- Glenn Cole
- Executive Creative Director, Partner :
- Matt Murphy
- Director, Strategy :
- Bryan Smith
- Creative Director, Designer :
- Nuno Ferreira
- Creative Director, Writer :
- Adam Szajgin
- Design Director :
- Peter Reid
- Senior Designer :
- Mindy Benner
- Senior Designer :
- Lauren Perlow
- Senior Designer :
- Ben Chappell
- Senior Writer :
- Peter Albores
- Senior Writer :
- Matt Fee
- Writer :
- Natalie Warther
- Director, Strategy :
- Ginger Xiang
- Junior Strategist :
- Charles Jim-George
- Group Brand Director :
- Yen Lovgren-Ho
- Brand Director :
- Scott Vogelsong
- Senior Brand Manager :
- Sarah Donze
- Senior Brand Manager :
- Daryl Conui
- Brand Coordinator :
- Mariah Weisel
- Chief Production Officer :
- Tom Dunlap
- Senior Producer :
- Eric Rasco
- Film Producer :
- Helena Yueh
- Senior Producer :
- Elizabeth Corsini
- Senior Editor :
- Aaron Leichter
- Art Producer :
- Lisa Huber
- Partnerships and Legal Director :
- Michelle McKinney
- Partnerships and Developments Director :
- Rashi Talati
- Partnerships and Legal Manager :
- Kelly Ventrelli
- Partnerships and Legal Coordinator :
- Tempest Johnson
- Production :
- m ss ng p eces
- Director :
- Bridget Savage Cole
- Director :
- Director X
- Director :
- Josh Nussbaum
- Editorial :
- Work Editorial
- Editor :
- Adam Robinson
- Executive Producer :
- Marlo Baird
- Producer :
- Brian Scharwath
- Assistant Editor :
- Carmen Hu
- Post Production Color :
- Company3
- Colorist :
- Tom Poole
- Producer :
- Alex Lubrano
- Post Production Visual Effects :
- Method Studios LA
- Lead Flame Artist :
- Jason Frank
- Support Flame Artist :
- Claus Hansen
- Support Flame Artist :
- Noah Caddis
- Support Flame Artist :
- Aaron Neitz
- Support Flame Artist :
- Emily Irvine
- Support Flame Artist :
- Aidan Thomas
- Support Flame Artist :
- Kelly Bumbarger
- Support Flame Artist :
- Sean Wilson
- Support Flame Artist :
- Louis Schachte
- Support Flame Artist :
- Cecile Tecson
- Flame Assistant :
- Cody Edwardson
- Flame Assistant :
- Mikhail Chechelnitskiy
- Executive Producer :
- Robert Owens
- Producer :
- Julia Paskert
- Motion Graphics Effects :
- Elastic
- Art Director :
- Leanne Dare
- Designer :
- Pete Sickbert-Bennett
- Designer :
- Lynn Cho
- Animator :
- Peter Murphy
- Animator :
- Steven Do
- Animator :
- Dan Meehan
- Producer :
- Drew Rissman
- Audio Mixer :
- Jeff Fuller
- Junior Audio Mix :
- Jesse Herrera
- Audio Producer :
- Erin Reilly
- Audio Coordinator :
- Angela Scherrah
- Sound Design :
- Lime Studios
- Sound Director :
- Michael Anastasi
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