If you had the foresight and invested in 1000 shares of eBay back in 1999, today you would be sitting on a cool million. They say hindsight is 20/20, but opportunities do come around and you have to trust your intuition. Ebay has become the defacto online auction site; the thousand pound gorilla that crushes any other competition. If you read between the lines, this 53 Billion dollar company does have its weaknesses and a large base of unsatisfied customers. The number one complaint are the fees – too many and ever increasing fees.

This is where new comer Dubli.com has a shot at taking a market share. They have the technology and strong financial backing. If Dubai in Dub-li doesn’t make you wonder who may be involved, then you will have to take a closer look. The first thing you should do is visit their trade portal and see what they have to offer and how they may be better than eBay.

The portal has launched a little more than a year ago and has been gathering steam. The MLM model that they chose allows associates to earn recurring commissions on referrals, something that users of eBay do not have. While we do not like MLM or network marketing when it comes to investments, this is one of those rare exceptions. Dubli.com has announced its intention of going public some time in 2008 on the London Stock Exchange. This is what we at OWI are all about, the investment opportunities.

As of October 1, 2007, there are 1,000,000 units available until all sold at a price of 1.30 Euro per unit. The minimum purchase is 1,000 units. To find out more details of this offering, please visit www.dubli-invest.com. You should be aware of the required 3 year holding period on these stocks before you can sell. A long term investor should not have a problem with this, considering it took eBay 9 years to get to where they are today.

Before you get too excited about this opportunity to become a pre-IPO shareholder, there is one catch. To be able to purchase units in Dubli.com, you will have to become a Business Associate which costs about 500 Euros. This seems to be smart on the company’s part because it rewards the people who are helping grow it’s business, plus business associates who owns stocks in the company has a vested interest in seeing the company succeed.

As an investor, you will have to weigh the risks and rewards. There is no stated requirement that you will have to recruit or sign up new Dubli members once you sign up as a business associate. It will cost you a total of 1800 Euros to obtain 1000 units, so effectively the price per unit will be 1.80 Eur. The company is offering an extra 5% incentives for investments of 1000-3999 Eur and 10% for 4000 Eur and above. So if you buy 1000 units, you will get an extra 50 units.

No one can predict the future or stock market for that matter. Only you can review the information that is given and make your best judgment. If Dubli can keep to its business plan, grows in the next 3-5 years and captures just 5% of eBay’s market share, which would be $2.65 Billion at current market cap. Translated, a huge ROI on your investment.