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Property, Equipment and Software, Net (Notes) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Equipment and Software, Net [Abstract] |
Property, Equipment and Software Disclosure [Text Block] | PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE, NET The following summarizes the Company's property, equipment and software, net (in thousands):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
Warehouse equipment |  | $ | 4,859 |  |  | $ | 3,997 |
Furniture and fixtures |  | 18,610 |  |  | 13,526 |
Leasehold improvements |  | 39,900 |  |  | 35,830 |
Office and telephone equipment |  | 4,448 |  |  | 5,062 |
Purchased software |  | 40,448 |  |  | 22,499 |
Computer hardware(1) |  | 135,731 |  |  | 84,673 |
Internally-developed software |  | 133,598 |  |  | 79,113 |
Total property, equipment and software, gross |  | 377,594 |  |  | 244,700 |
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization |  | (195,119 | ) |  | (110,277 | )
Property, equipment and software, net |  | $ | 182,475 |  |  | $ | 134,423 |
(1) | Includes computer hardware acquired under capital leases of $48.0 million and $11.8 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Property, equipment and software are stated at cost and assets under capital leases are stated at the present value of minimum lease payments. Depreciation expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets (generally three years for computer hardware, purchased software and office and telephone equipment, five to ten years for furniture and fixtures and warehouse equipment, and the shorter of the term of the lease or the asset's useful life for leasehold improvements) and is primarily classified within "Selling, general and administrative" on the consolidated statements of operations. Depreciation and amortization expense on property, equipment and software, including internally-developed software, was $97.8 million, $67.8 million and $35.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These amounts include amortization expense of $7.2 million and $2.1 million on assets under capital leases for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Amortization expense recognized for assets under capital leases was not material for the year ended December 31, 2012. See Note 8, "Commitments and Contingencies" for further detail regarding capital leases. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the carrying amount of internally-developed software, net of accumulated amortization, was $61.8 million and $47.9 million, respectively. Amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software was $42.1 million, $25.2 million and $3.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, $11.7 million and $30.4 million of amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software is included within "Cost of revenue" and "Selling, general and administrative," respectively, on the consolidated statements of operations. For the year ended December 31, 2013, $7.9 million and $17.3 million of amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software is included within "Cost of revenue" and "Selling, general and administrative," respectively, on the consolidated statements of operations. For the year ended December 31, 2012, amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software is primarily included within "Selling, general and administrative."

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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