This is what Ebay looked like in 1995 - GoFuckYourself.com

eddie-executive · 11-11-2004, 05:36 PM

Im bored messing around with Alexa.com's way back machine

ebay

nuts how it came from that to what it is now

Jace · 11-11-2004, 05:41 PM

even better

http://web.archive.org/web/199901170.../aw/index.html

mkx · 11-11-2004, 05:41 PM

Yah they were pretty big in 1995 as well. Does anyone know if they started off by letting sellers list for free? What were some of their first marketing practices that gave them such a lead

Marcus Aurelius · 11-11-2004, 05:46 PM

I think what gave them the lead is they took the ability to make money and profit from the internet and put it in the hands of even the smallest businessman with the most limited knowledge of the web.

Shooter · 11-11-2004, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by eddie-executive
Im bored messing around with Alexa.com's way back machine

ebay

nuts how it came from that to what it is now

Damn, pretty normal for the times though

Always nice to take a stroll down memory lane with the Wayback Machine

bluff · 11-11-2004, 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by raulph
Yah they were pretty big in 1995 as well. Does anyone know if they started off by letting sellers list for free? What were some of their first marketing practices that gave them such a lead

they have always asked a fee

bluff · 11-11-2004, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by raulph
Yah they were pretty big in 1995 as well. Does anyone know if they started off by letting sellers list for free? What were some of their first marketing practices that gave them such a lead

media attention and viral (word of mouth) marketing

iDiz · 11-11-2004, 05:54 PM

The time change . . .

pxxx · 11-11-2004, 06:02 PM

Its amazing how far they have come.

FuckFind · 11-11-2004, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bluff
media attention and viral (word of mouth) marketing

viral for sure...

been doing tons of research about methods/techniques/concepts to perfect this, it is very sweeeet but very difficult way to market an operation.... but of course, dirt ass cheap heh.

FF

mookienow · 11-11-2004, 06:27 PM

weird 95 was the last time I used ebay.

nmcog · 11-11-2004, 07:05 PM

http://web.archive.org/web/200202061...164/index.html

bestwaysex · 11-11-2004, 07:27 PM

eBay never thought they would get bigger than the bay area. The "e" in eBay stands for "East" which is the east side of the bay area.. where they started out.. but little did they know.. they were going to become a monster.

I believe the reason they achieved such a fast growth was due to the fact that people could actually make good money selling stuff on it instead of getting small amount of money for the stuff that they didn't want as on other auction sites.

This was a new concept and got a lot of attention. Due to the fact that so many people were starting to sell so much stuff for cheap, the word got around that they could buy stuff for much cheaper on ebay than from the store.. and it took off from there..

Another push came from PayPal, because it made it much.. MUCH easier for people to buy stuff from eBay

mkx · 11-11-2004, 10:39 PM

Was eBay started by a poor college student like a lot of other multi billion dollar internet companies these days?

Or was it started by an actual corporation with a good business plan?

If it was started by a college student, I am suprised that they made it through their begining stages without a large corporation stealing their idea and using their power and money for better marketing and attention.

I don't think eBay would have needed as much backend and programming as something like Yahoo or Google at that time

4Pics · 11-11-2004, 10:47 PM

pretty sure it was started by a guy for his gf.

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mkx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,001	Yah they were pretty big in 1995 as well. Does anyone know if they started off by letting sellers list for free? What were some of their first marketing practices that gave them such a lead

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Marcus Aurelius No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14,809	I think what gave them the lead is they took the ability to make money and profit from the internet and put it in the hands of even the smallest businessman with the most limited knowledge of the web.

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mkx Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 4,001	Was eBay started by a poor college student like a lot of other multi billion dollar internet companies these days? Or was it started by an actual corporation with a good business plan? If it was started by a college student, I am suprised that they made it through their begining stages without a large corporation stealing their idea and using their power and money for better marketing and attention. I don't think eBay would have needed as much backend and programming as something like Yahoo or Google at that time

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4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	pretty sure it was started by a guy for his gf.