Yintoni eBay?

I-eBay yenza i-intanethi ukuyothenga lula kwaye imnandi. Getty Imagees

I-eBay igama lendlu. Mhlawumbi uvile okanye ubonwe okukhankanywe kwimiboniso yeTV, kwiibhayisikobho okanye kwiindaba zelizwe. Unokuva ngathi unobumnyama malunga nendawo enkulu yemakethi ekhoyo njengenxalenye yenkcubeko yehlabathi. Ngoko, yiyiphi iBay?

Indawo yokuthenga nokuthengisa malunga nantoni na

I-eBay iyimarike apho izigidi zabantu zihweba yonke imihla. Abanye ba bathengi, abanye bathengisa, abanye bobabini. Ubuhle be-eBay bukho emandleni emakethe-into efanelekileyo kuphela ukuba umntu uza kuhlawula ntoni.

Oku kunokuthetha amaxabiso aphezulu kakhulu ngokufuna izinto ezinjengezinto zokuqokelela, izinto ezishiyekileyo, izinto zokuvuna, izinto ezingavamile, okanye nayiphi na into engekho nto.

Uyakhumbula xa ii-Factory ezifake i-hostess zivaliwe kwaye i-Twinkies ikhetyiswe okwesikhashana? Abathengi be-eBay Savay bathenga nabo baza bathengisa eBay nge-premium. Okanye mhlawumbi ukhumbule xa umdlalo wePee Face uthengisa ixesha elilodwa leKrisimesi malunga ne-$ 100 kwi-eBay? Konke malunga nokubonelelwa kunye neemfuno.

Ezinye izinto ezithandekayo ezithengiswa nge-premium kwi-eBay kule minyaka ziquka:

Unokufumana malunga nantoni na into ecinga ngayo kwi-eBay nangona loo nto ayifumaneki ngokulula kwizitena kwisitoreji sempahla kwindawo.

Indawo yokuqokelela abaRhwebo

I-eBay empeleni yaqala njengendawo yabaqokeleli ukudibana ngokuthe ngqo kunye nokuthengiswa kwempahla.

Emuva ngoSeptemba ka-1995, uPierre Omidyar waqalisa indawo ethi Web Auction Web, eya kuba yi-eBay esiyazi namhlanje. Wayengazi ukuba ingcamango yakhe yangaphambili yayiza kuqhuma ibe yinto ekhoyo njengamagama asekhaya. Funda kabanzi malunga nokuqala okuthobekileyo kwe-eBay apha.

Namhlanje, i-eBay yindawo yokuya kubaqokeleli.

Kukho izigidi zezinto ezikhoyo ukuthengwa imihla ngemihla yazo zonke iintlobo zokuqokelela kumazwe angaphezu kwe-190 kwihlabathi jikelele. Kwaye asikho nje ukuthetha ngamakhadi e-baseball, iimali zemali kunye nezitampu. Ezinye izinto abaqokeleli abathanda ukuzithenga kwi-eBay ziquka:

Abaqokeleli bathanda i-eBay ngenxa yokufumaneka kwezinto, uphando oluphambili kunye neenkqubo zesaziso, iindidi zezinto, ukuthengwa kwempahla, ukuthenga nge-eBay kunye ne-Paypal ukuba ukuthengiselana akulungile, kwaye ubuhlobo bomsebenzisi besayithi. Umqokeleli angasebenzisa iiyure kwizinto ze-eBay zokuphequlula, enezela kwiluhlu lwakhe lokubukela, ukuthenga ibhidi, ukwenza izipesheli, okanye ukuqwalasela okokuthenga ngokuzayo.

I-Conformity Friendly Concept

I-eBay ibonakaliswe ukuba yintetho kwimeko. Izigidi zeetoni zeempahla eza kungena kwiifom zokuthengisa okanye ezinye iinkqubo zokuphinda zivuselele izixhobo kunokufumana amaziko amasha minyaka yonke ngenxa yeBay. Ezinye zeempahla zibandakanya izinto ze-electronics izinto ezifana nezixhobo zekhomputha kunye nomnxeba okhuphayo okhupha izinto ezinobuthi xa zilahliwe kwaye zibonakaliswe kwimeko.

Ezinye izinto ezifana nezambatho, amathoyizi, iimpahla zeofisi, ukuhlobisa ikhaya, kunye nezambatho zifumana amakhaya amatsha kwaye zigcinwa ngokusabalalisa kunokuba zilahlwe kwinqwelo. Abathengisi bavame ukuvakalelwa ukubiza "ukubuyela ekhaya" izinto ezingafunekiyo kunye nokulahlwa njengendlela yokunciphisa inani lezinto eziya kwiifowuni zethu.

Uluntu oluxanduva

Ngenxa yokuba i-eBay iphelisa abantu kunye nokunciphisa izithintelo zokuthenga nokuthengisa, abemi beendawo zasemaphandleni aseMexico kunye nabacebi be-bead e-Asia ephakathi bangathengisa iimpahla ezenziwe ngezandla ngokuthe ngqo kwaye bengenangqiqo kubaphulaphuli behlabathi jikelele. Oku kuzisa amathuba amatsha oqoqosho ekuphuhliseni indawo kunye nokwandisa ukuqonda kweenkcubeko phakathi kwabantu. I-eBay ibe yinto yezona zizwe ezithandekayo kunye nezolonwabo kwilizwe.

Ngokutsho kwe-mission ye-eBay, "Injongo ye-eBay kukubonelela ngeyona ndawo yoshishino lokuthengisa apho kukho nantoni na umntu onokuyithengisa nantoni na."

Phantse naluphi na umlinganiselo, i-eBay iphumelele kwimpumelelo yayo ngaphaya kwamaphupha ayo amakhulu, kwaye yenzele phantse ngokupheleleyo kwi-intanethi. Kodwa musa ukuthatha igama lam. Ukutyelela eBay kwaye uhlolisise enye yeendaba eziphambili zeNtanethi. Bese ujoyine eBay ukuqala ukuthenga izinto eziphambili kwizinto ozifunayo okanye ukuqala ukuguqula i-junk yakho endala ibe yimali emitsha.

Ukuhlaziywa nguSuzanne A. Wells ngo-Agasti 6, 2017