Private company
Rakuten.com
Logo: Kashiwa Satō, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
E-commerce website
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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1997Founded1
- Industryretail1
- HeadquartersAliso Viejo1
- Websiterakuten.com
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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.2
Products and brands
- retail
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1997Founded Founded1
Links
- Websiterakuten.com1
- WikipediaRakuten.com
- WikidataQ7286825
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataRakuten.com on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaRakuten.com on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsRakuten.com logo by Kashiwa Satō, Public domain