List of acquisitions by eBay

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eBay is a global e-commerce website launched on September 3, 1995. [1] Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between eBay and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in United States dollars because eBay is headquartered in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.

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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. Most of the acquired companies are related to online auctions.

Acquisitions

DateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (USD)References
July 16, 1998 Up4Sale.com Online auction Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [3]
April 27, 1999 Butterfield & Butterfield Auction house Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $260,000,000 [4]
May 18, 1999 Billpoint E-commerce payment systems Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [5]
May 18, 1999 Kruse International Car auctionsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [5]
June 22, 1999 Alando Auction house Flag of Germany.svg  Germany $43,000,000 [6]
October 1999BlackthorneListing toolFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [7]
June 13, 2000 Half.com Online marketplace Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $318,000,000 [8]
December 12, 2000 Precision Buying Service [note 1] E-commerce payment systems Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [9]
January 8, 2001 Internet Auction Co. Online auction Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea $120,000,000 [10]
March 5, 2001 iBazar Online auction Flag of France.svg  France $93,000,000 [11]
July 8, 2002 PayPal E-commerce payment systems Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $1.5×10^9 [12]
January 31, 2003 CARad.com Online auction Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [13]
July 11, 2003 EachNet Electronic commerce Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China $150,000,000 [14]
January 24, 2004 mobile.de Vehicles classifiedsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany $152,000,000 [15]
June 22, 2004 Baazee.com Online auction Flag of India.svg  India $50,000,000 [16]
August 14, 2004 Craigslist [note 2] Classified advertising Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $13,500,000 [17]
November 10, 2004 Marktplaats.nl Classified advertising Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands $290,000,000 [18]
December 16, 2004 Rent.com Classified advertising Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $415,000,000 [19]
May 18, 2005Loquo Classified advertising Flag of Spain.svg  Spain — [20]
May 19, 2005 Gumtree Classified advertising Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom — [21]
June 2, 2005 Shopping.com Price comparison service Flag of Israel.svg  Israel $620,000,000 [22]
June 30, 2005OpusForum.org Classified advertising Flag of Germany.svg  Germany — [23]
September 13, 2005 Skype Limited [note 3] Software for voice & video callsFlag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg $4.1×10^9 [25]
April 24, 2006 Tradera Online auction Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden $48,000,000 [26]
May 30, 2007 StumbleUpon [note 4] Browser plugin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada $75,000,000 [28]
January 10, 2007 StubHub Electronic commerce Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $310,000,000 [29]
May 3, 2007 GittiGidiyor Electronic commerce Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey $217,500,000 [30] [31]
March 9, 2006 Meetup.com [note 5] Social network service Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $10,000,000 [32]
January 29, 2008 Fraud Sciences Online risk management Flag of Israel.svg  Israel $169,000,000 [33]
October 6, 2008 Bill Me Later Electronic commerce Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $1.2×10^9 [34]
October 6, 2008dba.dk & bilbasen.dk Classified advertising Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark $390,000,000 [35]
January 8, 2009Positronic Inc. Machine learning Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [36]
April 15, 2009 G-Market Electronic commerce Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea $1.2×10^9 [37]
March 15, 2010 Magento Electronic commerce Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $225,000,000 [38] [39]
June 23, 2010RedLaser Mobile applications Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States $10,000,000 [40]
December 2, 2010Milo.comShopping engineFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $75,000,000 [41] [42]
December 20, 2010brands4friends Electronic commerce Flag of Germany.svg  Germany $200,000,000 [43]
March 28, 2011 GSI Commerce Marketing/fulfillmentFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $2.4×10^9 [44]
March 28, 2011 Where, Inc. Local search and recommendationFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $135,000,000 [45]
May 2, 2011 MissionFish Nonprofit fundraisingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [46]
June 23, 2011 alaMaula Online classifiedsFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina - [47]
July 7, 2011ZongPayments through mobile carrier billingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $240,000,000 [48]
September 8, 2011The Gifts ProjectGroup purchasing of giftsFlag of Israel.svg  Israel $50,000,000 [49]
December 11, 2011ZventsLocal event listingsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [50]
December 22, 2011BillSAFEBilling technologyFlag of Germany.svg  Germany — [51]
September 6, 2012SvpplySocial shoppingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [52]
July 4, 20132dehands.be and 2ememain.beClassified advertisingFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium — [53]
September 6, 2013Decide.comPrice forecastingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States — [54]
September 26, 2013 Braintree PaymentsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $800,000,000 [55]
September 27, 2013Bureau of TradeContent / commerceFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [56]
October 22, 2013 Shutl Rapid fulfillment serviceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom - [57]
February 19, 2014PhiSix Fashion LabsVirtual clothingFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [58]
January 28, 2015 Vivanuncios Online classifiedsFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico - [59]
July 20, 2015 Twice Secondhand clothing retailerFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [60]
March 29, 2016CargigiInventory managementFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [61]
May 5, 2016ExpertMaker Machine learning Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden - [62]
May 23, 2016 Ticketbis Online ticket marketplaceFlag of Spain.svg  Spain - [63]
July 12, 2016SalesPredictOnline commerceFlag of Israel.svg  Israel - [64]
October 30, 2016 Corrigon Image recognition Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [65]
August 1, 2017 Flipkart Online commerceFlag of India.svg  India - [66]
December 13, 2017TerapeakData toolsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [67]
October 19, 2018Motors.co.ukOnline commerceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom - [68]
May 31, 2020CarsGuide, AutoscoutOnline commerceFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia - [69]
November 29, 2021Sneaker ConSneaker authentication serviceFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States - [70]
June 21, 2022KnownOrigin NFT marketplaceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom - [71]
August 22, 2022 TCGPlayer Online commerceFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $295,000,000 [72] [73]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Purchased from Deja News
  2. ↑ 25% of the company was purchased.
  3. ↑ In April 2009, eBay announced plans to spin off Skype in a 2010 IPO, citing a "poor fit" for the company. [24] The business has since been sold to Microsoft who operates it as part of the Microsoft Skype Division.
  4. ↑ eBay sold StumbleUpon in April 2010 to a group of private investors consisting of cofounders Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith, along with private equity firms Sherpalo Ventures, Accel Partners, and August Capital. [27]
  5. ↑ 10% of the company was purchased.

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