Posts Tagged ‘acquisition’
eBay Inc. adds Bill Me Later to Portfolio
Monday, October 6th, 2008
In a move that helps extend eBay Inc.’s leadership in online payments, the company announced that it will acquire Bill Me Later, a leading provider in the industry, for approximately $820 million in cash and $125 million in outstanding options. Subject to various closing conditions, the deal is expected to be completed by the end [...]
eBay Acquires Leading Classifieds Companies in Denmark
Monday, October 6th, 2008
eBay Inc. has acquired Den Bla Avis and Bilbasen, two leading online classifieds sites in Denmark, for approximately $390 million USD. The acquisition marks eBay’s entry into the Danish e-commerce market, provides an opportunity to create a national classifieds business there, and further strengthens eBay’s world-leading portfolio of online classifieds sites.
Founded as printed classified [...]
VUVOX on eBay
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
eBay has acquired VUVOX (pronounced “view-vox”) to help further develop rich media capabilities in the eBay marketplace. At first glance, the integration of VUVOX into eBay is aimed at creating an enhanced customer experience using the personal media tools and applying them to listings and pages on ebay.com.
From the VUVOX website:
VUVOX is an easy to [...]
