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Shop today, and your gifts are guaranteed to ship for FREE — and arrive by Christmas Eve! Today is Free Shipping Day — also known as every procrastinator's dream come true Skip to main content
Free Shipping Day was featured on NBC's Today show, Fox Business, CNN and CBS's Early Show, as well as in The New York Times, Real Simple, Better Homes and Gardens, O, The Oprah Magazine and more than 70 other media outlets. In 2010, the third Free Shipping Day began at 12 a.m. EST on Friday, December 17, and ended at 12 a.m. EST, December 18.
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.
In November 2017, a 1996 Honda Accord with 141,095 miles was listed on eBay for US$499 by producer Max Lanman on behalf of his girlfriend. Lanman made a video [18] to help sell the car, which went viral, helping the bids rise up to $150,000 before eBay accidentally removed the listing. [19] It was once again relisted and removed by accident.
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Today, ShopBack averages an order every 2 seconds, with an annualised sales figure of over US$500 million and 5 million users in early 2018. [ 16 ] In April 2019, ShopBack announced that it has closed a US$45 million round led by new investors Rakuten Capital and EV Growth, bringing their total funding to US$85 million.
The company sold $125 million worth of goods and services in 1998, its first full year, beating Compaq's 1984 record for most first-year sales. [ 6 ] After raising $120 million from Japanese tech company SoftBank in 1998 and 1999, [ 6 ] founder Scott Blum sold a portion of his stake to SoftBank in 1999 shortly before Buy.com's $195 million ...
In 2003, eBay acquired Eachnet, China's online auction leader at the time, [7]: 51 for US$180 million. It became a major contender in the Chinese consumer e-commerce market. [8] Responding to eBay's moves Alibaba launched Taobao as a rival consumer-to-consumer platform. [7]: 51 To counter eBay's expansion, Taobao offered free listings to sellers.