9780316150484

The Perfect Store

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9780316150484

Hardcover|9780316150484


Overview

When Pierre Omidyar launched a clunky website from a spare bedroom over Labor Day weekend of 1995, he wanted to see if he could use the Internet to create a perfect market. He never guessed his old-computer-parts and Beanie Baby exchange would revolutionize the world of commerce. Now, Adam Cohen, the only journalist ever to get full access to the company, tells the remarkable story of eBay's rise. He describes how eBay built the most passionate community ever to form in cyberspace and forged a business that triumphed over larger, better-funded rivals. And he explores the ever-widening array of enlistees in the eBay revolution, from a stay-at-home mom who had to rent a warehouse for her thriving business selling bubble-wrap on eBay to the young MBA who started eBay Motors (which within months of its launch was on track to sell $1 billion in cars a year), to collectors nervously bidding thousands of dollars on antique clothing-irons.Adam Cohens fascinating look inside eBay is essential reading for anyone trying to figure out what's next. If you want to truly understand the Internet economy, THE PERFECT STORE is indispensable.

ISBN-13

9780316150484

ISBN-10

0316150487

Weight

1.25 Pounds

Dimensions

6.33 x 1.25 x 9.50 In

List Price

$25.95

Format

Hardcover

Pages

336 pages

Publisher

Little, Brown

Published On

2002-06-05



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