Categories: uncategorized
Date: 15 October 2004 19:46:34
Ebay
Everyone in the Entire Known Universe knows about Ebay, right?
If not, the short history looks like this:
"eBay is another inspirational apartment story and got underway without infringing on founder Pierre Omidyar's day job. eBay's origins were the chance result of a conversation between Omidyar and his girlfriend, a collector of Pez dispensers, who asked him one evening at dinner if there was a way he could set up a website for collectors like her. eBay soon developed into a full-fledged eBusiness that went public with a market value of $1.88 billion, and unlike most dotcoms, has been profitable from the very start"
Ebay is the world's largest personal online trading community. eBay created a new market: efficient one-to-one trading in an auction format on the Web.
The amount of things you can do on Ebay is fairly astonishing- ranging from the simple idea of having a place to sell your bike/old shoes/used tissues to promotion for stallholders who do tradeshows and fairs to an Ebay Universitywhich "offers classes across the country or in the comfort of your own home. Whether in person, or over the Internet, take a class from the eBay experts and you'll be buying and selling like a pro in no time at all."
Thus far I've sent my beautiful Vespa to a fantastic new home and bought a pair of Adidas shell toe trainers through my Ebay account.
Cheap shopping! Window shopping in Windows! It's not just a Webhead's dream. It's Bona Fide Genius.