eBay is a tough nut to crack, but if you’ve got a good system in place, then making money on eBay will become very simple to you. The system consists of finding a good supply of in-demand products (whether it be your basement, other sellers on eBay, or a wholesale company), being able to create an excellent listing, and being able to handle the fulfillment and customer service. Once you’ve got that down... 

eBay has finally found a way to hang up on Skype. The e-commerce giant plans to sell its Internet telephone service unit to an investor group that includes Netscape founder Marc Andreessen’s new venture. Under the deal, eBay will receive approximately $1.9 billion in cash and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million, for a total of $2.025 billion. The participants expect the deal to close... 

A brief history of eBay To look at eBay today you’d never guess that it sprang from a modest, even comical beginning. Lacking is the glamour of the hotshot enterpreneurial firm and high-voltage venture capital so commonly seen in other companies that are babies of the dot-com bubble. Instead, eBay can be traced back to a home page and a broken laser pointer. Sometime before September, 1995, 28-year-old software...