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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

eBay's most ambitious undertaking right now is its drive to go international. It's a big enough priority that Omidyar has returned to his native France to help oversee the effort. eBay has always had a small percentage of overseas users logging into its U.S. site, but now it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

It's not just a push for market share. Omidyar and his colleagues are still driven by the company's original goal of creating a global market where everyone competes on an equal footing. One pet project is an effort to bring a Guatemalan village into the global economy by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

The global online marketplace will be here before we know it, and eBay's refrain "eBay everywhere" seems destined to become a reality. It's something the National Flea Market Association members are starting to accept. Several members of the association have begun moving online, working to put together virtual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: The Attic of e | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

It was a scene from a bad spy novel. There I was leaning against a kiosk on the Champs Elysees, furtively looking at a small black-and-white photo and trying to spot the elusive Pierre, an Internet legend who tries to stay out of the spotlight. I surveyed the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside eBay.com: Coffee With Pierre Omidyar | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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