-
Birth
Pierre Omidyar was born on June 21, 1967. He was born in Paris, France. He grew up in Washington D.C. though (Wikipedia). -
Ebay Starts
Ebay starts as a PEZ candy dispenser because Pierre's wife said how it would be a great idea if she could interact with people over the internet who like to collect PEZ dispensers. Pierre then thought up why not make it a bidding auction for more than just candy dispensers. It now soars with popularity for people to use the website (Online bidding Time). -
Website was under investigation
Ebay was under investigation for a seller fraud. They had several federal agencies in this investigation including the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were also involved.They were still starting out as a company and undergoing refinements to the ebay website. They have now fixed several frauds (Web auction site under investigation). -
Buy It Now
This option in Ebay allows for the product to go straight to the customer. This option opened several doors for people online. Now people were guaranteed a product instead of just gambling for it (eBay wants to be easier to use), -
Feedback system
Pierre created a feedback system in which he allowed people to write about their experience with this seller. The feedback system allowed for people to see the reviews that people have given to the person (eBay wants to be easier to use). -
Bid assistant
A program which has a person who lost a bid enrolled into another bid. This program runs so that right after you lose a bid it takes the money from that bid and has you put into a bid which you would be interested in based on your previous bids. This program doesn't make you feel like you have lost money instead you have a two for one deal (eBay wants to be easier to use)
