Up4Sale

Up4Sale.com was an online auction website, which launched on July 1, 1997 and was based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Its co-founders included Rob Ratterman, Chris Downie, Tom Duvall, and Wally Carroll.^{[citation needed]} It was the only pre-IPO acquisition made by eBay on July 16, 1998, and subsequently integrated into the company.^[1][2][3][4] Up4Sale.com shut down in 2000.^[3]

Up4Sale

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Online auction
Founded	United States
Headquarters	United States
Parent	eBay

References

1. "eBay Announces Acquisition of Jump Inc. and Its Person-to-Person Online Trading Site Up4sale | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET". 2009-09-08. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
2. "Community: About eBay: Releases: 9807". 2003-08-24. Archived from the original on 2003-08-24. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
3. "Welcome to Up4Sale!". 2000-12-05. Archived from the original on 2000-12-05. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
4. "About Up4Sale". 1998-12-05. Archived from the original on 1998-12-05. Retrieved 2018-10-31.

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.
• Joyner, Amy (2005). The eBay millionaire. John Wiley and Sons. p. 108.
• Rule, Colin (2002). Online dispute resolution for business. John Wiley and Sons. p. 102.
• Hix, Nancy L. (2000). Collector's Guide to Online Auctions. Collector Books. p. 120.
• Downie, Chris (2009). The Spark. Hay House, Inc. p. 7.
• "SparkPeople" "Founded by Chris Downie."
• "Chris Downie"^{[dead link]} Freebase
• "CanDo" website