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    EBay

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    | company_slogan What ever it is, you can get it on eBay.&Shop victoriously!&From collectibles to cars, buy and sell all kinds of items on eBay&Buy it, sell it, love it
    | foundation September 3, 1995
    | location_city founder [[Pierre Omidyar
    | location_country key_people [[Pierre Omidyar, Chairman John Donahoe, CEO Lorrie Norrington, market cap [[United States dollar|$ 25 billion (2008)zenobank/>
    | industry revenue [[United States dollar|$ 8.541 billion (2008)
    | assets - equity - [[United States dollar|$ 11.083 billion (2008)
    | operating_income net_income [[United States dollar|$ 1.779 billion (2008)zenobank>
    | products Online auction hosting, Electronic commerce, Shopping mallPayPal, Skype, Gumtree, url [[#International|List of domain names
    | screenshot
    | caption The eBay homepage.
    | website_type language [[#International|Multilingual
    | registration Required to buy and sell
    | launch_date
    | alexa
    }}

    eBay Inc. is an American Internet company 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.

    The majority of the sales take place through a set-time auction format, but subsequent methods include a substantial segment of listings in the "Buy It Now" category.

    In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in thirty other countries. eBay Inc. also owns PayPal, StubHub, Kijiji, and other businesses.

    Origins and history

    The online auction website was founded as AuctionWeb in San Jose, California, on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyars own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus."cohen"> In 1997, the company received approximately $5 million in funding from the venture capital firm Benchmark C read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay

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