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2. Online auction - Wikipedia

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   The first online auction site was Onsale.com, founded by Jerry Kaplan in May 1995. [10] Onsale's business model had the company act as the seller. [9] In September 1995, eBay was founded by French-Iranian computer scientist Pierre Omidyar using a different approach to online auctions by facilitating person-to-person transactions. This was a ...

3. Virginity auction - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A virginity auction is an auction, often publicized online, where a person seeks to sell their virginity. The winning bidder will win the right to be the first to have intercourse with the person. Often the authenticity of such auctions is subject to question, and it is not later verified whether the auction was successfully completed.

4. Auction sniping - Wikipedia

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   However, online auction sites, unlike live auctions, usually have an automatic bidding system which allows a bidder to enter their maximum acceptable bid. This is a hidden or proxy bid, known to the system, but not any other bidders; during the auction the actual bid is incremented only enough to beat the existing highest bid. For example, if ...

5. List of acquisitions by eBay - Wikipedia

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   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. [ 2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.

6. Category : Online auction websites of the United States

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   EBay‎ (7 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Online auction websites of the United States" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.

7. Auction - Wikipedia

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   An American auctioneer using auction chant at a livestock auction, November 2010. An auction is usually a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bids, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder or buying the item from the lowest bidder. Some exceptions to this definition exist and are described ...