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eBay Inc.

Consumer Discretionary

eBay Inc. is an American e-commerce company headquartered in San Jose, California, founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as an online auction website. It operates online marketplaces in markets worldwide, connecting individual and business sellers with buyers and earning revenue mainly through commissions charged on completed sales.

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Company Type
E-commerce company 1
Founded Year
1995 1
Headquarters
San Jose, California, U.S. 1
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Associated With

eBay, connecting individual buyers directly with individual sellers, is the most commonly cited real-world example of a customer-to-customer trading platform.

Recommerce, Business Models

eBay, built around individuals reselling used and secondhand goods to other buyers, is widely credited as recommerce pioneering online platform.

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1. Wikipedia, eBay
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    eBay Inc. (EE-bay, styled as ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide.
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    eBay Inc. (EE-bay, styled as ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide.
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