M&A Deal Summary

eBay Acquires alando.de AG

On June 22, 1999, eBay acquired internet software and services company alando.de AG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is eBay’s 5th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is eBay’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1999-06-22
Target alando.de AG
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) eBay
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

alando.de AG

Kleinmachnow, Germany
alando.de AG is a online trading company.

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Buyer

eBay

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees11,500
Revenue 10.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to eBay's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Entrance to eBay's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

eBay is an online retailer and provider of auction tools and services. eBay enables global commerce and payments on behalf of users, merchants, retailers and brands of all sizes. The technologies and services eBay provides are designed to enable users and merchants worldwide to organize and offer their inventory for sale and buyers to find, buy and pay for it virtually anytime and anywhere. eBay was founded in 1995 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 70
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 5 of 49
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 60
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 6
Year: 1999 M&A 4 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-05-18 Billpoint

Redwood City, California, United States

Billpoint Inc., whose system allows person-to-person credit card payments over the Internet.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-07-11 Half.com

San Jose, California, United States

Half.com, a company that has an Oregon town named after it. Half.com traders that want to buy or sell books, video games, movies, music, or other media products .

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