Up4Sale
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Online auction |
| Founded | United States |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Parent | eBay |
Up4Sale.com was an online auction company created in 1994 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It was the only pre-IPO acquisition by eBay on July 16, 1998, and subsequently integrated into the company.[1][2]The company was developed by Rob Ratterman, Chris Downie, Wally Carroll, and Tom Duvall and eventually sold to eBay. One of the founders, Chris Downie, is now a Motivation Expert and founder of the organization SparkPeople. Another founder, Rob Ratterman, joined with Eric Stein to form CanDo.com in 2001, a technology-based business focusing on driving a client's Internet presence to produce greater profits and interaction with the client itself. CanDo still exists in 2016 with 14 employees/contractors, with eBay as one of its clients. CanDo's subsidiary CanDoPolitics.com was the online donations' manager and APP provider for the Rand Paul 2016 presidential campaign.
References
- ^ "eBay Announces Acquisition of Jump Inc. and Its Person-to-Person Online Trading Site Up4sale | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ "Community: About eBay: Releases: 9807". Pages.ebay.com. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
Further reading
- "Local team makes millions with Web site". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- "Online auction bought by eBay is going local". The Cincinnati Post. March 23, 1999.
- "four rode 'net to riches". The Cincinnati Post. March 18, 1999.
- "Top toys auctioned on Internet". The Cincinnati Post. December 13, 1997.
- Cohen, Adam (2003). The Perfect Store: Inside EBay. Back Bay. p. 135.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Joyner, Amy (2005). The eBay millionaire. John Wiley and Sons. p. 108.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Rule, Colin (2002). Online dispute resolution for business. John Wiley and Sons. p. 102.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Hix, Nancy L. (2000). Collector's Guide to Online Auctions. Collector Books. p. 120.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Downie, Chris (2009). The Spark. Hay House, Inc,. p. 7.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - "SparkPeople" "Founded by Chris Downie."
- "Chris Downie" Freebase
- "CanDo" website
- "CanDoPolitics" website
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