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If you broke eBay's record...

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TechBoyJK

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I'm stemming this from the other eBay thread that poppped up.

If you setup a website hosting system that could take on eBay's mass, had a company built up around it that could manage the growth, had a site built that people generally liked better than eBay and thought was a little easier to use, and then you went and broke the record on eBay for the largest auction they ever had, would that be enough to potentially be bought out?

Basically, get eBay to think, "Well, they broke our record for the largest auction we ever had, so they have the potential to bring themselves the business. And they have the platform that can sustain the business, as well as the expertise to see it through. They could be a threat given proper funding.."
 
Depends on the underlying technology and how it compliments their business...

If it's something new and innovative and what you described above yes.
 
thats my thinking. I mean, they have like a $60billion market share. If another company came along that potential, and that potential was as clear as breaking the target company's record for largest chunk of single commerce, then they said they were going to do their own thing, it would seem logical to buy them out before they even started. If you don't it may cost more to get whatever market share back that they take.

I mean, they buy companies for $100's of millions. $50 million just to shut down something so "in their face" would seem like a good deal for them wouldnt it?
 
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
thats my thinking. I mean, they have like a $60billion market share. If another company came along that potential, and that potential was as clear as breaking the target company's record for largest chunk of single commerce, then they said they were going to do their own thing, it would seem logical to buy them out before they even started. If you don't it may cost more to get whatever market share back that they take.

I mean, they buy companies for $100's of millions. $50 million just to shut down something so "in their face" would seem like a good deal for them wouldnt it?
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Don't confuse market capitalization and market share...
 
Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
thats my thinking. I mean, they have like a $60billion market share. If another company came along that potential, and that potential was as clear as breaking the target company's record for largest chunk of single commerce, then they said they were going to do their own thing, it would seem logical to buy them out before they even started. If you don't it may cost more to get whatever market share back that they take.

I mean, they buy companies for $100's of millions. $50 million just to shut down something so "in their face" would seem like a good deal for them wouldnt it?
Click to expand...

Don't confuse market capitalization and market share...
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yes yes, late night slip up
 
any system could work that way. it doesn't have to be ebay. if google's search algorithm was improved and a new algorithm adopted by some new dotcom, it's possible that that could potentially become a threat to google, even though it may not be widely used (at first).
 
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