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October 04, 2007
eBay Acquires Germany's Afterbuy
eBay announced today that it acquired Via-Online GmbH, the company behind Afterbuy.com, which enable professional trading on eBay.de and other online marketplaces. No disclosure on the size of the deal.
The startup was founded by Alfons Denzler and Markus Walber who launched Afterbuy in 2002. According to one of its press clippings they grew the business without outside investors. By this summer, up to €4M worth of goods a day were being sold by 39,000 people using its applications with eBay, according to its press pages.
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