“World's Online Marketplace."

What is ebay?eBay Inc. is an American multinational internet

consumer to-consumer corporation.

Founded on : 3rd September 1995

Features : Online auction and shopping

Website : www.ebay.com

Founder : Pierre Omidyar

"Whatever it is, you can get it on eBay."

san jose,california

Headquarters: : :

CEO : :

John Donahoe

"Buy it New, Buy it Now"

History...> ebay started as a marketplace for the sale of goods and other individuals in the living room of Pierre Omidyar.

> Originally it was called “Auctionweb”.

> The site began with the listing of a single broken laser pointer that was sold through auction for $ 14.83 .

> ebay is the short form of echo bay.(It was the name of pierre’s consulting firm at that time)

LOGO

1995-2012

Present

"Buy it, sell it, love it"

Items

in this case we need to ask

“What is not sold or auctioned or bought over here???”

Let’s have a look here,

"When it's on your mind, it's on eBay"

Back end(server side): JAVAWEBSPHERESERVLETSHTML

Database : ORACLE DATABASE

Programming languages

Philanthropist EbayCharity auctions

> “Power lunch” with Warren Buffett raised $2.63 million.

> Celebrity signed beds raised $35,000.

> Auctions for the welfare of children and healthcare.

> The building on the company's North Campus in San Jose uses an array of 3,248 solar panels, spanning 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2), and providing 650 kilowatts of power to eBay's campus.

Environmental record

INTERESTING FACTS

Page viewers per day : 1 billion

Trading on the site every second: $1,700

Registered users : 204 million

Current listings : 600 million

> eBay engineers have to add about 10 terabytes of new storage every week to cover new transactions...!

WEIRDEST ITEMS SOLD ON EBAYA Man’s Whole Life£192,000

Captain Kirk’s Charitable Kidney Stone.(William shatner)$75,000

A Large (And Genuine) Piece Of The Planet Mars $450,000

Britney Spears’ Chewed Gum $263

Companies owned by eBay

"Connecting buyers and sellers globally.”

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebay (history, environmental record, philanthropist ebay)

http://www.theunusualfacts.com/2012/11/10-weirdest-ebay-items-ever-sold-or-on.html (weirdest items on ebay)

Thank you…