eBay could not launch services pre-smartphone due to connectivity limits
Jeff Jordan · Marketplaces · Jul 15, 2017 · at 18:22
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Jeff Jordan, former eBay executive and Andreessen Horowitz General Partner, reflects on why eBay failed to launch a services marketplace prior to widespread smartphone adoption.
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“And when I was at eBay, I, since eBay, I used to think one of my biggest failings there was I didn't build a services business. It seemed incredibly obvious to me that eBay with the community and PayPal with the payments should support a services business. I now think I actually, the market wasn't ready because the smartphone didn't exist and the provider side wasn't continually online.”
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