Bidding for business
13 September 2012
The success of eBay as an e-marketplace for consumers has been phenomenal. But will that translate to its new business-to-business site for companies, asks Robin Parker
Want to blow millions of dollars on an executive jet while haggling with strangers across the Atlantic for a gift for the kids – without leaving your desk? The Internet has promised many things but the addictive “anything goes” ethos of global flea market eBay is a true phenomenon.
Profitable from its creation in 1995 as a place to help hobbyists trade...