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EBay Bans Auctions Of Digital Goods (techdirt.com)
12 points by parker on April 3, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments



Great! It's never been a better time to start an eBay killer.


Dude, I assure you, no one will ever beat eBay at being eBay ... their network effects are in a different stratosphere.

But that doesn't mean it's not a good time to start a sweet company that could someday eat eBay's lunch from a different angle ;)


Exchanges are much more primitive than search before Google. I'll hold you to that assertion... :)


I 100% agree with you. But Google approached search in a different way than the rest, that turned out to be more effective. Likewise, I think there's got to be a different way to think about selling that can really undermine the traditional model... go forth, conquer!


digital goods = "huge, untapped" market


Software had to be on disc and I specifically remember that they banned digital goods up until about 2005.


Next time, submit the original article please.


Where am I going to sell my startup now?!


Craigslist! ;-D




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