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Best example to me was eBay going from people selling used things to being almost entirely made up of storefronts. In Australia, Gumtree became popular as people actually selling used things, and then eBay bought them (I think they've sold it since).

Another example is Facebook. All about people and communities, and now a huge portion of it is business page management and advertising.




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