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Introduction

2005 Hamilton Ave., Suite 204
San Jose, California 95125
U.S.A.
Telephone: (408) 558-7400
Fax: (408) 558-7401
Web site: http://www.ebay.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1996
Employees: 6,200
Sales: $2.17 billion (2003)

Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: EBAY
NAIC: 453998 Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers

Millions of buyers and sellers have made eBay Inc. the world's largest and most popular Internet site for individuals and businesses to exchange goods. By 1999 eBay had 5.6 million registered users and listed over 3.1 million items for sale; by 2004 there were an estimated 65 million registered users from 150 countries, 971 million items for sale, and gross merchandise sales hit $15 billion. eBay owns local sites in 19 countries, has stakes in another eight foreign nations, and provides users with its own online pay service, PayPal Inc. As eBay's revenues continue to grow, the sky seems the limit despite competition from Yahoo!, Amazon.com, and an ever increasing number of imitators.

1. Introduction
2. Looking for Pez Dispensers: 1995–96
3. The Concept
4. Fighting Fraud: 1997
5. Major Growth and Change: 1998
6. Ups and Downs: 1999
7. A New Century, a New Frontier: 2000–01
8. Staving Off Competition: 2002 and Beyond
9. Principal Subsidiaries
10. Principal Competitors
11. Further Reading
12. Copyright Page
13. About Page