eBay
eBay is a website. It is a place for online auctions. Anybody can sell almost anything they want there. People can buy many things there as well.
 Logo since 2012 | |
 Headquarters in the Willow Glen district of San Jose, California, in 2021. | |
Formerly | AuctionWeb (1995–1997) |
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| Industry | E-commerce |
| Founded | September 3, 1995 |
| Founder | Pierre Omidyar |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
| Services | Online shopping |
| Revenue |  US$9.79 billion (2022) |
| US$2.35 billion (2022) | |
| US$-1.27 billion (2022) | |
| Total assets | US$20.85 billion (2022) |
| Total equity | US$5.15 billion (2022) |
Number of employees | c. 11,600 (December 2022) |
| Subsidiaries | Auction Co., iBazar, GittiGidiyor, G-Market, Half.com, Qoo10.jp |
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People have to send what they sell themselves, usually using mail. Some items may be collected by the buyer such as items to large or heavy to post. Buyers can transfer the money in any way they want as long as the sellers accept payments made that way. A lot of people use PayPal to transfer the money. PayPal was owned by the same people as eBay until 2015. Margaret Whitman was the CEO of eBay from 1995 to 2008.
History
eBay was started in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar. It was first called Auctionweb. The name 'eBay' came later when he tried to register a domain name for his planned name EchoBay. It was already taken so he shortened the name to 'eBay'.
Statistics
Millions of items are bought on eBay every day. It is often very cheap to list an item on eBay. Total costs are usually below ordinary auction house costs. Many people look at others' items because they are interested in them.
EBay Media
Pierre Omidyar, founder and chairman of eBay
eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal)
eBay Express logo
eBay Office in Toronto, Canada
eBay's logo since October 2012.
References
- ↑ "eBay, Inc. 2022 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 23 February 2023. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
