The first auctions on the eBay marketplace (or AuctionWeb as it was known at the time) charged no fees to either sellers or buyers. However, by February 1996, the traffic to the website had grown so much that Pierre Omidyar’s internet service provider informed him that he would have to upgrade his service in order to cater for the increasing traffic.
Jeffrey Skoll sumali Pierre Omidyar sa pagpapatakbo ng negosyo sa unang bahagi ng 1996 sa kahilingan ng Omidyar upang dalhin ang background negosyo na kung saan Omidyar lacked.