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eBay Inc.
Logo since 2012
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Headquarters in the
Willow Glen
district
of San Jose, California, in 2021.
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Formerly
| AuctionWeb (1995?1997)
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Company type
| Public
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Industry
| E-commerce
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Founded
| September 3, 1995
; 28 years ago
(
1995-09-03
)
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Founder
| Pierre Omidyar
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Headquarters
| San Jose, California
, U.S.
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Area served
| Worldwide
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Key people
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Services
| Online shopping
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Revenue
| US$
9.79 billion
(2022)
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| US$2.35 billion
(2022)
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| US$?1.27 billion
(2022)
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Total assets
| US$20.85 billion
(2022)
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Total equity
| US$5.15 billion
(2022)
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Number of employees
| c.
11,600
(December 2022)
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Subsidiaries
| Auction Co.
,
iBazar
,
GittiGidiyor
,
G-Market
,
Half.com
, Qoo10.jp
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Website
| www
.ebay
.com
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Footnotes / references
[1]
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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.
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.
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'.
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, 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
.
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