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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

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Pierre Omidyar founded AuctionWeb in September of 1995, and its rise to fame is legendary. In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. Exchange of Goods Marketplaces. As you can see, that can be a big mistake. based teachers.