No big surprise:
Firms jump on the eBay wagon
USATODAY.com
"EBay has become an immovable e-force in world business and culture. The value of items sold on eBay grew 60% last year and hit $24 billion - making it larger than the gross domestic products of Bulgaria or Jamaica. With that kind of commerce, it's no surprise that eBay is spawning schools of new companies that want to plug into it."

and I think I mentioned this at the start of this blog:

"Data miners.
Perhaps more than any company, eBay knows what stuff is worth. It has data on what G.I. Joe action figures were going for in 1998 and what they were going for an hour ago.
Now, other enterprising companies are realizing just how valuable that information is and are figuring out how to profit from it."

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