Company:Up4Sale
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| Type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online auction |
| Founded | United States |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Parent | eBay |
Up4Sale.com was an online auction website, which launched on July 1, 1997 and was based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States . Its co-founders included Rob Ratterman, Chris Downie, Tom Duvall, and Wally Carroll.[citation needed] It was the only pre-IPO acquisition made by eBay on July 16, 1998, and subsequently integrated into the company.[1][2][3][4] Up4Sale.com shut down in 2000.[3]
References
- ↑ "eBay Announces Acquisition of Jump Inc. and Its Person-to-Person Online Trading Site Up4sale | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET". 2009-09-08. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_July_16/ai_50174650.
- ↑ "Community: About eBay: Releases: 9807". 2003-08-24. http://pages.ebay.com/aboutebay98/releases/9807.html.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Welcome to Up4Sale!". 2000-12-05. http://www.up4sale.com:80/.
- ↑ "About Up4Sale". 1998-12-05. http://www.up4sale.com:80/about1.htm.
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. https://archive.org/details/ebaymillionairet00joyn.
- 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. https://archive.org/details/spark28daybreakt0000down.
- "SparkPeople" "Founded by Chris Downie."
- "Chris Downie"[|permanent dead link|dead link}}] Freebase
- "CanDo" website
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