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Ebay

eBay Inc.
EBay logo.svg
Type of business Public
Type of site
E-commerce, online auction hosting
Available in Multilingual
Traded as NASDAQEBAY
NASDAQ-100 Component
S&P 500 Component
Founded September 3, 1995; 21 years ago (1995-09-03) (as AuctionWeb)
Headquarters 2145 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
United States
Coordinates 37°17′44″N 121°55′39″W / 37.295448°N 121.927453°W / 37.295448; -121.927453Coordinates: 37°17′44″N 121°55′39″W / 37.295448°N 121.927453°W / 37.295448; -121.927453
Founder(s) Pierre Omidyar
Key people Thomas J. Tierney (Chairman)
Devin Wenig (CEO)
Industry Internet
Services Online shopping
Revenue Increase US$8.97 billion (2016)
Operating income Increase US$2.32 billion (2016)
Net income Increase US$7.26 billion (2016)
Total assets Increase US$23.84 billion (2016)
Total equity Decrease US$10.53 billion (2016)
Employees 12,600 (2016)
Subsidiaries eBayClassifieds, Kijiji, iBazar, GittiGidiyor, Gumtree, Stubhub, Half.com
Slogan(s) "World's Online Marketplace."
"Connecting buyers and sellers globally."
"Whatever it is, you can get it on eBay."
"Buy it, sell it, love it"
"Buy it New, Buy it Now"
"When it's on your mind, it's on eBay"
Website ebay.com
IPv6 support No
Alexa rank Decrease 32 (November 2016)
Registration Guest checkout available on site, registration required to sell
Native client(s) on iOS, watchOS, Android, Windows, Windows Phone
Written in Java

eBay Inc. (/ˈˌb/ ɪ-B-ay;) is a multinational e-commerce corporation, facilitating online consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble. Today it is a multibillion-dollar business with operations in about 30 countries.

The company 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. In addition to its auction-style sales, the website has since expanded to include "Buy It Now" shopping; shopping by UPC, ISBN, or other kind of number (via Half.com); online classified advertisements (via Kijiji or eBay Classifieds); online event ticket trading (via StubHub); and other services. It previously offered online money transfers (via PayPal), which was a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay from 2002 until 2015. The website is free to use for buyers, but sellers are charged fees for listing items and again when those items are sold.


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