Nearly 100 e-commerce sites including Microsoft and Lycos and have joined forces against online auction giant eBay.Beginning today, these firms will begin sharing their auction items, giving consumers a much larger database from which to choose, according to Lycos.The network, run by FairMarket Inc., Woburn, MA, will reportedly function like a virtual warehouse to which member sites will link their
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Nearly 100 e-commerce sites including Microsoft and Lycos and have joined forces against online auction giant eBay.
Beginning today, these firms will begin sharing their auction items, giving consumers a much larger database from which to choose, according to Lycos.
The network, run by FairMarket Inc., Woburn, MA, will reportedly function like a virtual warehouse to which member sites will link their own auctions, in contrast o eBay's single marketplace.
Companies joining this effort include Dell Computer Corp.,, Excite@Home and Ticketmaster-City Search.
