eBay is a global e-commerce website launched on September 3, 1995. Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between eBay and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in United States dollars because eBay is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States. Most of the acquired companies are related to online auctions.
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Acquisitions
Date Company Business Country Value (USD) Adjusted (USD)References Up4Sale.com Online auction —— Butterfield & Butterfield Auction house$$ Billpoint E-commerce payment systems—— Kruse International Car auctions—— Alando Auction house $$ Blackthorne Listing tool —— Half.com Online marketplace$$ Precision Buying ServicePurchased from Deja News E-commerce payment systems—— Internet Auction Co. Online auction $$ iBazar $$ PayPal E-commerce payment systems $$ CARad.com Online auction—— EachNet Electronic commerce $$ mobile.de Vehicles classifieds $$ Baazee.com Online auction $$ Craigslist25% of the company was purchased. Classified advertising $$ Marktplaats.nl $$ Rent.com $$ Loquo —— Gumtree —— Shopping.com Price comparison service $$ OpusForum.org Classified advertising —— Skype Limited Software for voice & video calls $$ Tradera Online auction $$ StumbleUpon Browser plugin $$ StubHub Electronic commerce $$ GittiGidiyor $$ Meetup.com10% of the company was purchased. Social network service $$ Fraud Sciences Online risk management $$ Bill Me Later Electronic commerce $$ dba.dk & bilbasen.dk Classified advertising $$ Positronic Inc. Machine learning -- G-Market Electronic commerce $$ Magento $$ RedLaser Mobile applications$$ Milo.com Shopping engine$75,000,000$ brands4friends Electronic commerce $200,000,000$ GSI Commerce Marketing/fulfillment$$ Where, Inc. Local search and recommendation$$ MissionFish Nonprofit fundraising-- alaMaula Online classifieds-- Zong Payments through mobile carrier billing$$ The Gifts Project Group purchasing of gifts $$ Zvents Local event listings —— BillSAFE Billing technology —— Svpply Social shopping —— 2dehands.be and 2ememain.be Classified advertising —— Decide.com Price forecasting—— Braintree Payments$$ Bureau of Trade Content / commerce-- Shutl Rapid fulfillment service -- PhiSix Fashion Labs Virtual clothing -- Vivanuncios Online classifieds -- Twice Secondhand clothing retailer-- Cargigi Inventory management-- ExpertMaker Machine learning -- Ticketbis Online ticket marketplace -- SalesPredict Online commerce -- Corrigon Image recognition -- Flipkart Online commerce -- Terapeak Data tools -- Motors.co.uk Online commerce -- CarsGuide, Autoscout -- Sneaker Con Sneaker authentication service -- KnownOrigin NFT marketplace -- TCGPlayer Online commerce $295,000,000$ Depop Online commerce $1,200,000,000$
See also
List of largest mergers and acquisitions Lists of corporate acquisitions and mergers
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