eBay is the single most visited commercial site on the internet—and one of the most successful. Perfect Store tells the story of eBay's humb...
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Jun 02, 2009
Richard
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I became an active eBay.com user in mid-1998, about three years after Pierre Omidyar launched it. This book was certainly interesting to me in filling in what I missed and also jogging my memory on quite a few incidents I witnessed as a user.
This biography of a business attempts to tell the history of the first seven years of eBay.com. Of course tracking a business that grows from seven to over 15,000 employees in a few short years is a massive undertaking. Author Adam Cohen does More...
This biography of a business attempts to tell the history of the first seven years of eBay.com. Of course tracking a business that grows from seven to over 15,000 employees in a few short years is a massive undertaking. Author Adam Cohen does More...
Jan 24, 2010
Mia
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Really interesting. I don't know anything about the history of the internet, and my only experience with eBay is as a buyer, but Cohen's fast-paced, timeline approach to the company's growth and development makes the story a veritable page-turner. The only problem is that it ends several years ago, and I'd like to hear his take on the dead zone that eBay is these days, at least for folks like me, shopping for vintage fish tank decor!
Mar 03, 2009
Rishi
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Great account of the history and people behind eBay, how it started, growing pains etc. It combines the usual stories with some rare insights and inside stories about the rapid growth of the company
Jan 24, 2010
Phil
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Great account of the rise of the Internet garage sale. Also, this is no puff piece. Good overall reporting.
Apr 25, 2011
Lara
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Interesting history of how ebay got its start and revolutionized ecommerce.
Aug 04, 2011
Sassy ~ Amy
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This book is really for people who wanted to have 100's of items in their store at once. Today it is no longer.... ebay has phased out the stores. It's a good book for hints to get your own creativity running, but... thats it.
Feb 05, 2008
Kulveer
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If you're interested in EBay, you should read this. It has an interesting history as a company, and explains why the operate the way they do.
Apr 15, 2011
hexaspir
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Whatever you think of today's EBAY, this story of how it all started is worth reading.
Jan 29, 2009
Bill
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A bit out-dated now. And not terribly insightful. But a decent compendium of tidbits.
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