AuctionWeb
AuctionWeb was an online auction platform launched in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar in the San Francisco Bay Area. It operated as a peer-to-peer marketplace that allowed individuals to list items for sale and buyers to bid in open auctions. Listings spanned a wide range of goods, including collectibles, electronics, and vintage items, with a simple, user-driven interface designed to facilitate direct transactions between buyers and sellers.
In 1997 the site was renamed eBay as the platform expanded beyond a hobby project into a
AuctionWeb is widely regarded as a precursor to modern consumer-to-consumer e-commerce. It demonstrated that individuals could