- eBay was launched on September 4, 1995.
- The online auction website was founded by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar.
- eBay is now a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over 30 countries.
- The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer.
- eBay went public in 1998.
- Meg Whitman was hired as eBay President and CEO in March 1998.
- eBay averages more than 1 billion page views per day.
- eBay engineers have to add about ten terabytes of new storage every seven days to cover new transactions.
- Forty-one percent of eBay’s users apparently quit in 2006.
- eBay has a global presence in thirty-three markets.
- A compact disc sells every 11 seconds on eBay.
- Water that was said to have been left in a cup Elvis Presley once drank from was sold for $455.
- Disney sold a retired Monorail Red (Mark IV Monorail) for $20,000
- In late November 2005, the original Hollywood Sign was sold on eBay for $450,400
- In 2004, a partially eaten, 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary sold on eBay for $28,000.
- Prohibited or restricted items in eBay: alcohol, tobacco, drugs, nazi paraphernalia, firearms and ammunition, human parts and remains, lottery tickets, sweepstakes tickets, or any other gambling items, military hardware, and ivory products.
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