Up4Sale

Up4Sale
Subsidiary
Industry Online auction
Founded United States
Headquarters United States
Parent eBay

Up4Sale.com was an online auction company created in 1996 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was the only pre-IPO acquisition by eBay on July 16, 1998, and subsequently integrated into the company.[1][2]The company was developed by Rob Ratterman, Chris Downie, Wally Carroll, and Tom Duvall and, after growing to be the second-largest person-to-person auction site, was acquired by eBay in July 1998, becoming eBay's first acquisition and its only acquisition prior to its 1998 IPO. Co-founder Chris Downie is now a motivation expert and founder of the heath and fitness site, SparkPeople.com. Co-founder, Rob Ratterman joined with Eric Stein to form CanDo.com in 2001.

References

  1. ↑ "eBay Announces Acquisition of Jump Inc. and Its Person-to-Person Online Trading Site Up4sale | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  2. ↑ "Community: About eBay: Releases: 9807". Pages.ebay.com. Retrieved 2008-09-19.

Further reading

  • "Local team makes millions with Web site". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
  • "Online auction bought by eBay is going local". The Cincinnati Post. March 23, 1999.
  • "four rode 'net to riches". The Cincinnati Post. March 18, 1999.
  • "Top toys auctioned on Internet". The Cincinnati Post. December 13, 1997.
  • Cohen, Adam (2003). The Perfect Store: Inside EBay. Back Bay. p. 135.
  • Joyner, Amy (2005). The eBay millionaire. John Wiley and Sons. p. 108.
  • Rule, Colin (2002). Online dispute resolution for business. John Wiley and Sons. p. 102.
  • Hix, Nancy L. (2000). Collector's Guide to Online Auctions. Collector Books. p. 120.
  • Downie, Chris (2009). The Spark. Hay House, Inc,. p. 7.
  • "SparkPeople" "Founded by Chris Downie."
  • "Chris Downie" Freebase
  • "CanDo" website


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