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Rakuten.com/shop was an e-commerce marketplace based in San Mateo, California. Previously known as Buy.com, it was founded in 1997 by Scott Blum. In 2010, it was purchased by Japanese company Rakuten, and rebranded as Rakuten.com. This business was shut down by Rakuten in 2020.
Jan 21, 2002 · Jan 21, 2002,12:00am EST. This article is more than 10 years old. Share to Facebook. Share to Twitter. Share to Linkedin. Despite the dot-com wreck, online retailing grosses $42 billion. Scott...
May 20, 2010 · Founder Scott Blum sold Buy.com to Softbank for $195 million. The company went public in 2000 and in 2001 Blum bought the company back and took it private for 17 cents a share. Blum's timely...
He then went on to support the launch of BuyNow a subsidiary of Buy.com with its founder, Scott Blum. Buy.com was later acquired by Rakuten for $250 million. After the acquisition, Derek was...
Feb 8, 2017 · Entrepreneur Scott Blum founded Buy.com in 1997. The e-commerce company eventually was sold to Rakuten in 2010 for $250 million. By Hannah Madans | hmadans@scng.com | Orange County Register
Apr 11, 2013 · The Japanese company Rakuten purchased Buy.com in 2010 and renamed the site Rakuten.com Shopping. Blum claimed in his 2003 federal action that he would have sold his shares of Buy.com for $500 million in 1999 if he hadn't relied on bad advice from Merrill Lynch and the others.
May 11, 2024 · Rakuten.com/shop was an e-commerce marketplace based in San Mateo, California. Previously known as Buy.com, it was founded in 1997 by Scott Blum. In 2010, it was purchased by Japanese company Rakuten, and rebranded as Rakuten.com. This business was shut down by Rakuten in 2020. History Buy.com (1997–2010)
