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  Ebay is founded in San Diego by Pierre Omidyar
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  Ebay's service is to give everybody in the world access to a marketplace where things can be auctioned.
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  Ebay's founder is Pierre Omidyar, and its co-founder is Jeff Skolls. It was founded so people could buy goods and services.
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  Chris Agarpao is hired to help coordinate Ebay
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  Ebay has sold over 7.2 millions dollars worth of goods on Ebay
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  More than 500 million dollars worth of Beanie Babies are sold on Ebay
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  Ebay sells its one millionth item, a big bird jack-in-a-box from PBS' Sesame Street
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  Ebay launches sites in Germany, the U.K. and Australia. As of today, Ebay is available in 180 different countries
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  A personalized homepage is launched
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  Ebay guarantees delivery in 3 days or less on 20 million items.