Amaya Toman Namuhla, i-eBay ingenye yezindali ezinkulu ze-inthanethi "zezimakethe" emhlabeni. Ukuqala kwale nkundla kuqale maphakathi nekhulunyaka elidlule, lapho u-Pierre Omidyar ethula isayithi elinegama elishoyo elithi Auction Web.
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UPierre Omidyar wazalwa ngo-1967 eParis, kodwa kamuva wathuthela nabazali bakhe eBaltimore, eMaryland. Ngisho esemncane wayethanda amakhompyutha nobuchwepheshe bamakhompyutha. Phakathi nezifundo zakhe eNyuvesi yaseTufts, wenza uhlelo lokulawula inkumbulo ku-Macintosh, kwathi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wangena emanzini e-e-commerce, lapho umqondo wakhe we-e-shop uze wadonsa ukunaka kochwepheshe kwaMicrosoft. Kodwa ekugcineni, u-Omidyar wazinza ekuklameni amawebhusayithi. Kunendaba exhumene nokuqala kweseva, ngokusho ukuthi intombi ka-Omidyar ngaleso sikhathi, eyayingumqoqi oshisekayo wamaswidi e-PEZ ashiwo ngenhla, yayikhathazwa ukuthi wayengakwazi ukuhlangana nabantu abanomkhuba ofanayo wokuzilibazisa. i-Internet. Ngokusho kwendaba, u-Omidyar wanquma ukumsiza kulokhu futhi wamenzela inethiwekhi kanye nabashisekeli abanomqondo ofanayo ukuze bahlangane. Indaba yagcina isungulwe, kodwa yaba nomthelela omkhulu ekuqwashiseni nge-eBay.
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Inethiwekhi yethulwa ngoSepthemba 1995 futhi yayiyinkundla yamahhala engenazo iziqinisekiso, izinkokhelo noma izinketho zokukhokha ezididiyelwe. Ngokusho kuka-Omidyar, washaqeka ngokujabulisayo ukuthi zingaki izinto eziqoqwe kunethiwekhi - phakathi kwezinto zokuqala endalini, isibonelo, i-laser pointer, intengo eyakhuphuka yaba ngaphansi kwama-dollar ayishumi nanhlanu endalini ebonakalayo. Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu nje, indawo yaba inkundla yokuhweba lapho amalungu kufanele akhokhe imali encane ukuze abeke izikhangiso. Kodwa ukukhula kwe-eBay akugcinanga lapho, futhi inkundla yathola isisebenzi sayo sokuqala, okwakunguChris Agarpao.
Ngo-1996, inkampani yaphetha isivumelwano sayo sokuqala nomuntu wesithathu, ngenxa yokuthi amathikithi neminye imikhiqizo ehlobene nezokuvakasha yaqala ukuthengiswa kuwebhusayithi. NgoJanuwari 1997, kwenziwa indali engu-200 kuseva. Ukuqamba kabusha okusemthethweni kusuka ku-Auction Web kuya ku-eBay kwenzeka ekuqaleni kuka-1997. Ngemva konyaka, abasebenzi abangamashumi amathathu sebevele basebenzela i-eBay, iseva ingaziqhenya ngabasebenzisi abayingxenye yesigidi kanye nemali engenayo ye-4,7 million dollar e-United States. I-eBay kancane kancane yathola izinkampani ezincane nezinkundla, noma izingxenye zazo. I-eBay njengamanje inabasebenzisi abayizigidi eziyi-182 emhlabeni jikelele. Ngekota yesine ka-2019, izimpahla ezibiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-22 zathengiswa lapha, u-71% wezimpahla ulethwa mahhala.
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Pavel Jelic 