eBay has a new sister site up targeting Czech Republic people with a half-translated website launched on 23rd February, 2010 and is expected to be fully in the local language, and offering PayPal in Czech language by the end of March.
At the rate that eBay expanded over the past ten years, I am surprised that it is not already all over the world. Anyway, it looks like there are still many uncharted territories as eBay has expressed its intention to launch similar foreign language websites for Russia, Greece, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Whether eBay will be successful in challenging a homegrown auction marketplace remains to be seen but at least, it has created extra jobs and by bringing eBay to a country, it has brought along a multitude of products to the locals and at prices that may not be possible to obtain locally.
I remember how exciting it was for us when eBay came to Malaysia a few years ago. I bet that people in these countries are just as excited too!
At the rate that eBay expanded over the past ten years, I am surprised that it is not already all over the world. Anyway, it looks like there are still many uncharted territories as eBay has expressed its intention to launch similar foreign language websites for Russia, Greece, Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Whether eBay will be successful in challenging a homegrown auction marketplace remains to be seen but at least, it has created extra jobs and by bringing eBay to a country, it has brought along a multitude of products to the locals and at prices that may not be possible to obtain locally.
I remember how exciting it was for us when eBay came to Malaysia a few years ago. I bet that people in these countries are just as excited too!
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