M&A Deal Summary

eBay Acquires Half.com

On July 11, 2000, eBay acquired internet software and services company Half.com

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is eBay’s 6th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is eBay’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is eBay’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2000-07-11
Target Half.com
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) eBay
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

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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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 6 of 70
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 6 of 49
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 60
State: California M&A 3 of 21
Country: United States M&A 5 of 38
Year: 2000 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-06-22 alando.de AG

Kleinmachnow, Germany

alando.de AG is a online trading company.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-03-12 EachNet.com

200001, China

EachNet.com Corp. is an online trading community in china, allowing its community of users to transcend the geographic and structural limitations of traditional commerce in China. EachNet’s 3.5 million registered individuals and businesses buy and sell a wide range of items across China, in both auction and fixed price formats.

Buy $30M