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Vator Box - Wigix - reviewed by Erik Stuart of eBay

Is this eBay alternative something that's caught the eye of eBay's director of strategy? How do you get into the door at eBay? One way to do so is through Erik Stuart, director of corporate strategy at eBay, whose job is to vet startups and propose which ones should be ideal candidates for mergers and acquisitions or business development deals. He initiated and championed eBay's acquisition of StumbleUpon. Who better then to be our guest evaluating Wigix, a startup trying to advance the marketplace model by applying a stock-market approach to transactions. Wigix was considered a top eBay alternative by Internet.com. Essentially, Wigix allows people to put up bids and asks, just like investors do for stocks. Instead of an auction-style model, like eBay's, Wigix's model is a price-matching one. CEO and co-founder James ... [ Read more ]

Vator TV | January 12, 2009Watch more videos from Vator TV

Tags:. .stumbleupon. .vator. .transactions. .stockmarket. .cofounder











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