I-eBay yaqala ngo-1995 njengengcamango yabaqokeleli ukuthenga nokuthengisa abathengisi bePez. Umsunguli uPeter Omidyar waqala eBay njengentanda yakhe intombi.
Webhutyana
NgoSeptemba ka-1995 u-Pierre Omidyar waqalisa indawo ethi Web Auction Web, eya kuba yi-eBay esiyazi namhlanje. Wayengenakucinga ukuba ingcamango yakhe iya kuqhuma ibe yinto ekhoyo njengamagama asekhaya. Nantsi ibali lokubuyela emuva kwi-Omidyar kunye nohambo lwakhe lokuqala eBay.
Wazalelwa eParis ngo-1967, u-Omidyar wabuyela eBaltimore, eMaryland, njengoko uyise ogqirha wamkela uhlala kwizonyango kwi-Johns Hopkins University Medical Centre. Wayenomdla kwiikhompyutheni njengomntwana osemtsha, ekhetha ukudlala kwiikhomputha zesikolo esiphakamileyo ukuya kwiqela le-PE. Inqununu yesikolo yabona amandla okwenziwa ngu-Omidyar kwaye, kunokuba amjezise ngenxa yokungena kwi-gym, wayiqeshisa ukuba asebenze amakhadi ekhathaloji yamathala eencwadi kunye ne-6 kwiyure.
U-Omidyar waqhubeka endleleni eya kwiYunivesithi yaseTufts kwaye aqhube i-degree of bachelor degree.
Ngoxa wayefunda apho, waqalisa inkqubo ye-Apple Macintosh yokulawula imemori. Ngo-1991, u-Omidyar nabanye abafundi abathathu badala inkampani ukuphuhlisa iinkqubo ze-pen-computing. Wayezilumko ngokwaneleyo ukwenza i-platform ye-e-commerce yesikhombiso ebizwa ngeShop. I-pen-computing ayifuni, kodwa ingcamango ye-e-yorhwebo yabamba ingqalelo yeMicrosoft kwaye yathenga inkampani evela kwi-Omidyar.
U-Omidyar uqhubele phambili ekuqulunqeni amaphepha ewebhu. Intombi yakhe, eyayiba ngumfazi wayo, yayinguPez distenser enthusiast kunye nomqokeleli. Wayekhungathekile nge-intanethi kunye nokukhangela kwakhe ukufumana abanye abaqokeleli bePez. Ngomzamo wokunceda intombi yakhe, u-Omidyar wadala indawo kwiwebhusayithi yakhe ukuba afikelele kwabanye abaqokeleli bePez kunye nentsebenziswano nabanye abantu abafana nomntu oqokelelwa kuyo.
Ukuqala eBay
eBay, okanye njengoko kwaziwa okokuqala, i-Electronic Bay, yaqala ngomhla wezeMisebenzi ka-1995. Kwakunzima kakhulu kumgangatho wanamhlanje-kungekho ziqinisekiso, akukho mrhumo, akukho ntsebenziswano yesithathu ukuya kwiingxabano ezimodareyitha, kwaye akukho ntlawulo yesikhokhelo. U-Omidyar kunye nentombi yakhe bathuka xa bebona ukuba izinto ezahlukeneyo, izinto ezisetyenzisiweyo kunye nezinto ezikhethiweyo zaqala ukuvela kwisiza. Kwiinyanga ezintlanu, i-eBay yabuya i-akhawunti yomntu kaMicidy kwaye yafuneka iqhutywe kwi-platform yoshishino. Amalungu ahlawuliswe umrhumo omncinci ukuluhlu kwisiza. I-eBay yaqhubeka ikhula ngokunyuka kunye nemida kwaye u-Omidyar wabuya watshela i- New York Times ngendlebe nodliwano-ndlebe ukuba "ukuhlola okuninzi kwaye kwandile emnyango wam ukuba ndifune ukufumana uncedo ukuyivula yonke into." Ngoku ufanele u-$ 8 billion.
Ukususela ekuqaleni kwayo ngo-1995 i-eBay ibone ukukhula okuqhumayo kwaye yenye yeenkampani eziye zaziwa kwiimbali.
Amanani ambalwa ukusuka ngo-2016:
- 162 yezigidi zabasebenzisi
- Abayizigidi ezingama-25
- Izigidi ezili-800 izinto ezidweliswe
- 279 izigidi zokulandwa kwe-eBay
- 11,600 abasebenzi
Nangona i-eBay iqalile njengemarike yabaqokeleli, nantoni na into ingaba kwaye idayiswe kwisayithi, kubandakanywa:
- Impahla, izicathulo kunye nezixhobo
- Iimoto, izikebhe, iiRV kunye nezithuthuthu
- IWindows
- Iikhomputha kunye nezixhobo
- Iifowuni kunye nezixhobo
- Amathoyizi, imidlalo kunye neepuzzle
- IMfazwe Yehlabathi 2 imemorabilia
- Ukutya, i-candy kunye nokusela
- Izinto zokuvuna
- Izinto zemidlalo
- Izinto ezenziwe ngabantu
- Umculo, izixhobo zomculo, kunye nejelo
- Impahla yomtshato
- Izindlu ezithengiswayo
- Izibonelelo zezilwanyana
- Iikiti kunye namava
Jut malunga nantoni na iyakuthengiswa kwi-eBay, kwaye nabani na abaneekhomputer, ukufikelela kwi-intanethi kunye nezinto zokuthengisa zingenza imali ithengise eBay. Ukuba ungumtsha kwi-eBay, khangela ezi zi- 10 Iingcebiso ezibalulekileyo ze-eBay Sellers ezintsha.
Ukuhlaziywa ngo-Oktobha 6, 2017, nguSuzanne A. Wells.