If you’ve never heard of Bradford based Trade2Trade Ltd it’s not surprising as it’s a site dedicated to the motor trade for buying and selling excess stock. Now however it appears to be owned by eBay.
Autowired reports eBay acquired the company as part of the Danish $390 million BilBasen/Den Bla Avis deal, as the company is part of the same group.
Managing Director of Trade2Trade, Claus Hovge Andersen, said of the takeover “eBay has been looking at our organisation, being particularly interested in our unique dealer management and sales tools”.
Whilst it appears eBay will look at the site as an investment rather than integrating it with eBay Motors there’s a new pool of experience that could be drawn on for eBay’s main motors business.
