AuctionDrop Celebrates One-year Anniversary.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN CARLOS San Carlos (săn kär`lōs), residential city (1990 pop. 26,167), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1925. The chief manufactures are plastic products, hardware, and machine parts. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004 AuctionDrop, the original eBay drop-off store, marks its one-year anniversary this month. Since March of last year, AuctionDrop has expanded to five San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay stores. In one year, AuctionDrop sold over 18,000 unique items on eBay and gave more than $1.3 million to its customers, firmly establishing itself as the top-performing eBay drop-off service. "This has been an incredibly successful first year for us," said Randy Adams, chief executive officer of AuctionDrop. "As we've grown, we've made adjustments where necessary to improve our business for our customers. Now that we've developed the solid foundations of a strong hub-and-spoke business model, we're ready to build on it by expanding nationally." In honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. of its anniversary, the company launched its new web site, showcasing some of AuctionDrop's top selling items alongside feedback received from actual buyers and sellers. The new web site features bright, colorful graphics, improved navigation, and information about stores, fundraising
AuctionDrop is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday thru Saturday and Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , 10 a.m.-5 p.m. About AuctionDrop AuctionDrop is the first retail company dedicated to providing a simple, fast and convenient way for consumers to sell goods on eBay. Founded in 2002 by Randy Adams, Bill Rollinson and Andy Jeffrey, AuctionDrop is a privately owned company. Rollinson and Adams also founded the first online retailer on the web, the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Shopping Network in 1994. AuctionDrop receives funding from leading Silicon Valley venture firms Draper drap·er n. Chiefly British A dealer in cloth or clothing and dry goods. [Middle English, weaver or seller of cloth, from Old French drapier, from drap, cloth; see Associates and Mobius Venture Capital. For more information go to www.auctiondrop.com or call toll free 1-866-DROP-IT-OFF (1-866-376-7486). AuctionDrop is a trademark of AuctionDrop, Inc. All other product and company names may be trademarks of their respective companies. |
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