eBay
Marketplace where gummy bags were sold for roughly twice the price due to demand.
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning eBay
If you sell something .. please lean into social media marketing
GaryVee
Marketplace where gummy bags were sold for roughly twice the price due to demand.
Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Insights from Jeff Bezos, Must-Read Books, & More
Tim Ferriss
A major success for Benchmark, which emerged from Bruce Dunleavy's networking.
The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit
Y Combinator
An early internet company located in California, part of the first generation of IPO companies by the time Buchheit graduated college.
Porn Addiction, The Corrosiveness of Secrets, and Books to Change Your Life | Jason Portnoy
Tim Ferriss
The company that acquired PayPal after it went public.
Brett Johnson: US Most Wanted Cybercriminal | Lex Fridman Podcast #272
Lex Fridman
An online auction and shopping website that Brett Johnson initially used for low-level frauds involving bad checks and later developed schemes around.
Relentless Focus, Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and More
Tim Ferriss
Online auction and shopping website, used as an analogy for a potential 'eBay for crypto' for decentralized jobs and marketplaces.
Investing with the Best, Founder-Problem Fit, Pre-Mortems and Pre-Parades, and More — Roelof Botha
Tim Ferriss
An online auction and shopping website that attempted to acquire PayPal in 2001, but the PayPal team's resilience led to a better outcome later.
NotOnTheHighStreet.com Founder: Rapid Success Lead To My Darkest Days - Holly Tucker | E92
The Diary Of A CEO
Mentioned as a benchmark for marketplace technology when Not on the High Street was being built, and later in relation to developing a multi-partner checkout system.
Ryan Petersen on Building Flexport, a Modern Freight Forwarder
Y Combinator
An early e-commerce platform where Ryan Petersen began selling products, including electric scooters.
E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
All-In Podcast
E-commerce platform, on which PayPal was heavily dependent in its early days, illustrating platform risk.
Scaling Product | Fireside with Joe Gebbia and Reid Hoffman
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a comparison for Airbnb's marketplace model, suggesting keeping it open and wide enough for various listings.
Bo Shao — His Path from Food Rations to Managing Billions | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
An online auction business model that inspired Bo Shao to start Eachnet, and later acquired Eachnet in 2003, though it struggled to perform well in the Chinese market.
How to Operate with Keith Rabois (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 14)
Y Combinator
Its integration with PayPal, driven by identifying anomalous user behavior (power sellers writing 'Pay with PayPal'), is used as an example of finding market opportunities.
E81: All-In Summit: Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner on markets, downturns & investment cycles
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a legendary investment by Benchmark, characterized by a 'winner take all' dynamic.
Esther Perel — Tactics for Relationships in Quarantine | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
An e-commerce platform where online sellers can sell products through ShipStation.
Leah Culver of Breaker and Tom Sparks of YC Answer Your Questions About Security and Podcasting
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a victim of one of the first major DDoS attacks experienced around 1997.
Growth with Alex Schultz (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 6)
Y Combinator
A platform where the speaker initially used Google AdWords clicks for a 20% profit margin via their affiliate program and later worked at.
Michael Malice: Freedom, Hope, and Happiness Amidst Chaos | Lex Fridman Podcast #150
Lex Fridman
Used as an example of anarchism in practice, functioning as an arbiter for transactions between unknown parties across different countries.
Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3 And Much More | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
An e-commerce company that acquired Chris Dixon's recommendation technology company, Hunch, in 2011.
Markets turn Trump, Long rates spike, Election home stretch, Influencer mania, Saving Starbucks
All-In Podcast
An online marketplace praised for using a subtle approach to interface changes, unlike Apple's Photos app which changed drastically and negatively.
E99: Cheating scandals, Twitter updates, rapid AI advancements, Biden's pardon, Section 230 & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned in the context of scalability issues experienced by PayPal.
Communicate with Users, Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt
Y Combinator
Platform where Ryan Hoover sold items as a kid to make money.
Bryan Johnson: Kernel Brain-Computer Interfaces | Lex Fridman Podcast #186
Lex Fridman
An e-commerce company that owned PayPal and later acquired Venmo through Braintree.
Spotting Ecommerce Trends in Shipping Data - Laura Behrens Wu
Y Combinator
A marketplace that Shippo serves as a customer, but also noted for its potential to cannibalize direct sales and brand experience.