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Revision as of 17:20, 18 December 2011
eBay is an online auction and shopping environment in which people buy and sell a variety of items worldwide. Both new and used items are available for purchase through auction or more directly with the "buy it now" feature. A wide variety of items are available in many different categories, such as fashion, motors, and electronics. Users can buy and sell anything from rubber bands to new and used cars. As the Christmas 2011 eBay commercials suggests "when it's on your mind, it's on eBay."
History
eBay was founded in Pierre Omidyar's San Jose living room back in September 1995. It was from the start meant to be a marketplace for the sale of goods and services for individuals. In 1998, Pierre and his cofounder Jeff Skoll brought in Meg Whitman to sustain the success. Meg had studied at the Harvard Business School and had learned the importance of branding at companies such as Hasbro. Meg culled her senior staff from companies such as Pepsico and Disney, created an experienced management team with an average of 20 years of business experience and built a strong vision for the company -- that eBay is a company that's in the business of connecting people, not selling them things. They quickly shed the image of only auctioning collectibles and moved into an array of upscale markets. By forging partnerships with namebrands such as GM, Disney and Sun, eBay has managed to continue growing and being successful. [1]
Ethical Implications
Some of the ethical issues on eBay include the buying and selling of counterfeit and pirated items, online identity theft, buyers not paying for items that they win in auction or sellers not sending items that a buyer has paid for. In recent years, eBay has implemented rules and a solution system to solve many of these problems but it is still difficult to control everything. Some Internet users do not feel comfortable buying or selling things on eBay because of these reasons.
