Great things and events can start from the smallest and inconsequential of things. This is what usually happens and has also become something of the norm for a lot of things. Although many has led to notable successes that merit attention and consideration, but there are also plenty that even go unnoticed by the public. However, it cannot be denied that it is quite fascinating to people, and that they would continually like to learn about such stories of success from scratch. It provides both inspiration and a source of wonder and even joy to those who hear about it. The knowledge of such stories, some of which seems unlikely, certainly heartens those who might also have designs of succeeding in the same manner.
In today’s world, there is probably no sector or industry that influences society more than that of technology, particularly the Internet. If we are going to talk about success stories over the Internet, there is no doubt that we are talking about a pretty long list, so we need to make a choice of what would be the best, or at least one of the best, example. That would be eBay, since online shopping has gotten to be pretty big and more and more people are getting into it. As such, eBay and similar websites are becoming even more prominent than before. And it is definitely interesting to note how it all began, and what was the first item sold on eBay.
Beginnings of eBay
Just like any other company that eventually found its way to success, eBay has its own beginnings. It was actually founded on September 5, 1995, by Pierre Omidyar, a French born computer programmer of American-Iranian descent. It was initially called AuctionWeb and it was simply a part of a much larger personal site that Omidyar started. Since it is one of the pre-eminent online shopping and auction website on the internet, there is a very high interest on what was the first item sold on eBay ever. It is on record that the very first item that was sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer that was sold for $14.83. Omidyar was actually taken aback that a buyer really did purchase the broken laser pointer, to the extent that he even contacted the buyer just to be sure that the buyer was aware that it was actually broken. And to that the buyer was said to have replied that he was a collector of broken laser pointers. So thus began eBay’s growth into the huge company that it is today.