EBay Plans Storefronts To Challenge Amazon.com, Yahoo!
"For eBay, auctions are just the beginning. The company will soon move on a new leg of its strategy to become the Internet’s dominant commerce company with eBay Storefronts – an e-commerce hosting service for businesses that want to set up standard online stores to sell products with fixed prices in addition to auction-based listings.
An executive with knowledge of eBay’s plans said the launch of eBay Storefronts is about two or three months away. Meg Whitman, eBay’s president and CEO, has made the storefront project a "top priority" for the company, according to the source."
06/12/01 update: eBay launches storefront service.
