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| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Auctions |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Key people | 'Andy Higgins' |
| Products | Online auction hosting |
| Parent | 'bidorbuy.com Inc' |
| Website | www.bidorbuy.co.za |
Bidorbuy is South Africa's largest [1] internet auction website, run by bidorbuy (Pty) Ltd. Andy Higgins founded the site in August 1999 when the South African site was first launched. During this period the company also launched or was in the process of launching a number of other internet auction websites around the world including India, Australia, Israel, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Italy and Spain. Following the Dot-com bubble of 2000 the company consolidated its operations retaining only the South African, Indian and Australian websites. The Australian website closed in 2001 and the Indian website was acquired by Baazee.com (subsequently purchased by EBay in 2004 to become eBay India) now leaving the South African site as the only independent site operated by the company.
In January 2007 the company announced it had bought a 22% stake in the South African online Price_comparison_service website, Jump Shopping. [2]