Making a bid for auction mania
Sites everywhere are trying to emulate eBay's success with auctions. But issues such as competition and legal disputes present formidable challenges.
Sites everywhere are trying to emulate eBay's success with auctions. But issues such as legal disputes and brick-and-mortar competition present formidable challenges.
@Home makes auction deals The broadband Net-access company signs on Egghead.com and First Auction as anchor tenants of its shopping channel. "eBay effect" spurs auction sites higher news analysis Call it the eBay effect: An Internet retailer shows interest in an online auction, and Wall Street promptly bids its stock price up 20 percent. But how many others can make this formula work?
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