EBay continues to stand out as one of the few clear-cut successes in the online world. Experts said several factors have put the company on top of the dot-com heap. For one thing, EBay is less capital-intensive than other e-commerce businesses like Amazon. According to Gartner analyst Walter Janowski, EBay also has an edge over other auction sites because it worked hard to build a community. "The more people use EBay's system, the stronger it becomes," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times.