eBay It is an online auction and shopping website that allows global people to buy and sell goods online. Formerly founded by Pierre Omidyar on September 4, 1995 Auction Web site, headquartered in San Jose, California, USA.
Development status
EBay has 37 independent sites and portals in the world, and its main sales sites in the world are the United States, Britain, Australia, Germany, France and China. It covers more than 190 countries and regions, nearly 300 million users, and supports 23 languages around the world.
Websites: Argentina, Denmark, Ireland, Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, Finland, Italy, Poland, Thailand, Austria, France, South Korea, Portugal, Turkey, Belgium, Germany, Malaysia, Russia, Britain, Brazil, Greece, Mexico, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Spain, China Hungary, New Zealand, Sweden, Czech Republic, India, Norway, Switzerland.
At present, there are more than 160 million shoppers and more than 1 billion products on eBay.
How to register an eBay personal seller account
The first step is to log in to eBay Hong Kong (China) website: www.ebay.com.hk Click the registration on the page.
The second step is to jump to the registration information - personal account. After filling in, click [Register as a member] to register successfully. Click Continue to enter the phone confirmation step.
Step 3: After the registration information is completed, enter the [PIN] code sent to the mobile phone and click [Continue], the registration is successful, and the system will automatically jump to the home page.
Tips:
You can select the type of registered account. If you want to register a company account, please click Open Business Account at the bottom left
Please refer to the article "Enterprise ID Registration" for the registration of the seller's account to open a business account
Step 4: Modify and improve account information
1. If you want to set personal account data, click [Account] - [Personal Account Data] to modify it
2. If you want to modify the main contact address, you can also modify it through [Account] - [Address Data].
3. If you want to change your personal contact information, you can also modify it accordingly
4. If you need to change your account, you need to go to the following path: ebay.com – [Account] - [Address] - [Registration address, email and phone number】， Click Change
You can jump to the modification page and click [Change your member account] to modify the account.
cost
Collect publishing fees from each auction (fees range from 0.25 to 800 dollars);
A further payment fee (ranging from 7% to 13% of the transaction price) will be charged for each completed auction.
8 most expensive products sold on eBay
1. Gigayacht, a super yacht, costs 168 million dollars.
2. Gulfstream II aircraft, with a price of 4.9 million dollars.
3. Dinner with Warren Buffett, the god of stocks, costs 2.6 million dollars.
4. Albert, Texas, $2.5 million.
5. A house with a war bunker costs $2.1 million.
6. Bridgeville, California, $1.77 million.
7. Ferrari Enzo supercar, priced at $1 million.
8. Shoeless Joe Jackson baseball bat, $57761.
Merger and acquisition events
-In May 1999, eBay merged online payment service companies BIL lpoint。 The company acquired on eBay PayPal And then close the business.
-In June 2002, eBay merged PayPal with shares worth 1.5 billion yuan.
-On July 11, 2003, eBay merged China's largest Electronic Commerce EachNet and launched the joint auction website "eBay".
-On June 22, 2004, eBay bought and merged the Indian auction website Baazee with 50 million yuan and additional cash.
-In October 2005, eBay acquired Skype technology.
-In December 2006, eBay and TOM Online established a joint venture, TOM eBay, with 49% and 51% shares respectively.
-In April 2012, eBay was no longer eBay's relevant website in China. eBay is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tom Group, and all services provided by eBay's website will not be affected.
-On November 12, 2012, eBay's choice and local Fashion+ E-commerce show network cooperation, launching online shopping channel "eBay Style Show"
-In February 2014, eBay, an international e-commerce company, announced the acquisition of PhiSix, a computer imaging company. PhiSix can create 3D models based on photos, graphic files and other sources, and simulate the fitting effect behind the clothing.
-On September 30, 2014, eBay announced to spin off PayPal as an independent company, which was completed on July 20, 2015. According to the agreement, eBay cannot launch within 5 years payment While PayPal cannot develop its own online trading platform for physical products.
-On May 6, 2016, eBay announced the acquisition of Expertmaker, a Swedish enterprise that uses machine learning for big data analysis.
-On January 31, 2018, eBay announced that it planned to stop using PayPal as its back-end payment service provider.
