Archive for August 14th, 2007

Think hard before betting on eBay (EBAY)

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Q: When was the last time eBay or a comparable auction site was featured as “the rage” on the cover, the way, for example, the iPod has been? Also, can you think of 2 or 3 industry sources who make reference to “the burgeoning …

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Mercadolibre’s IPO, eBay, Argentina and the Internet Auction Market

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

QXL Ricardo is the leading auction site in Poland and Switzerland. eBay could have bought it for less than $200 million a few years ago but is now worth over $1 billion. It’s also worth nothing that QXL bought Aucland and the entire QXL …

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A Wikipedia eBay auction

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Before this link goes away, I want to show you something that’s been recently discovered: An eBay auction advertising 12 permanent text links on the Wikipedia homepage. Of course, I shouldn’t need to tell you that this is completely …

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