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For years, the history of eBay was depicted as the saga of a Pez collector who wanted to found a new place where Pez collectors could get together and trade their dispensers. That revisionist history was created by a PR team who instructed eBay founder Pierre Omidyar to recount this history for its romantic PR value. The first item ever sold on eBay, the story went, was a Pez dispenser. Not so, as eBay founder Omidyar admitted years later. The first item ever sold on the online auction giant was a broken laser pointer in 1995. At that time, eBay was a domain name for Omidyar's website that was named after his consulting company, Echo Bay. The site was not, however, primarily an auction site. The auction portion was an afterthought and was named AuctionWeb. eBay Inc. is Born ...

The Internet is full of information and opportunities. A new business owner who has just started maybe overwhelmed with numerous things all at once that he may end up spending more monies unnecessarily. Some of them have already identified their business offerings and model/s to use, however, there are other lucrative Internet business ideas that can be considered. Here are some of those business ideas to help you when you are thinking of doing something new and something own in your life with the help of internet: Internet Business Idea - Affiliate Marketing This works by promoting other products and services on the website. They provide a commission once a sale is made. Aside from knowing the basics of Internet marketing, the most important skills in affiliate marketing are sal...

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