• 1995 September 03

Company Description

eBay Inc. is an American multinational internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. Founded in 1995, eBay is one of the notable success stories of the dot-com bubble; it is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries.eBay expanded from its original "set-time" auction format to include "Buy It Now" standard shopping; shopping by UPC, ISBN, or other kind of SKU (via Half.com); online classified advertisements (via Kijiji or eBay Classifieds); online event ticket trading (via StubHub); online money transfers (via PayPal) and other services.

  • Manufacturer:

    Internet
  • Formed:

    September 3, 1995
  • Founders:

    Pierre Omidyar
  • Company Website:

  • Company Address:

    2065 Hamilton Ave
    San Jose, CA
    United States
  • CEO:

    • John Donahoe
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