Though most people may already know about Ebay I feel that it is important to provide a little background information on one of the internet's most productive businesses. Ebay is quick to point out its succes on the main page of their website:
"With more than 88 million active users globally, eBay is the world's largest online marketplace, where practically anyone can buy and sell practically anything. Founded in 1995, eBay connects a diverse and passionate community of individual buyers and sellers, as well as small businesses. Their collective impact on e-commerce is staggering: In 2008, the total worth of goods sold on eBay was $60 billion -- $2,000 every second."(http://www.ebayinc.com/who)
Though this self-promotion may seem boastful, it is very difficult to argue with the facts!
Ebay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995. Omidyar, a San Diego native, orginially planned on creating a marketplace for individuals in which they could buy/sell goods and services amongst eachother. The company really took off when it formed partnerships with big named companies such as GM & Disney and the value of the products being sold increased dramatically.
In upcoming blogs I will discuss the auctioning process as well as some of the positives and negatives associated with this online marketplace.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Webconferencing Continued
The football season is coming to an end so I was finally able to steal some time to get back to my blog on Web-Conferencing as well as begin a new one on Ebay.
Web-Conferencing is beginning to grow on me as I see the cost of travel continually increasing. From an economic standpoint it becomes quite obvious how much money this technology can save. Rather than having multiple branches of the same company travel long distances to meet, those branches can now do the same thing by simply logging onto a web-site. The same presentations that would have been made in person can now be made through the various forms of media supported by these Web-Conferencing sites. In this blog I have included an advertisement for WebConference.com, one of the top Web-Conferece providers. In this video they provide an overview of web-conferencing and how it can be tailored to each individual's or business' needs.
Web-Conferencing is beginning to grow on me as I see the cost of travel continually increasing. From an economic standpoint it becomes quite obvious how much money this technology can save. Rather than having multiple branches of the same company travel long distances to meet, those branches can now do the same thing by simply logging onto a web-site. The same presentations that would have been made in person can now be made through the various forms of media supported by these Web-Conferencing sites. In this blog I have included an advertisement for WebConference.com, one of the top Web-Conferece providers. In this video they provide an overview of web-conferencing and how it can be tailored to each individual's or business' needs.
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