History Bill Rosinger became sole proprietor of a new and used camera retail business that he would name Cameta Camera, founded in 1983, residing in Amityville, New York. Originally selling mostly used equipment, Bill Rosinger built up the business by adding new equipment, becoming a Nikon and Canon camera dealer and promoting the business through advertisement. Cameta Camera developed a presence on the Internet in the late 1990’s. Overview Cameta Camera owner Bill Rosinger Rosinger, ran the business for 20 years as an offline enterprise before finally trying eBay. During the process of filing an insurance claim for theft after discovering that one of his employees was stealing used merchandise from him and selling it on eBay, Rosinger had to delve deeply into eBay and become thoroughly familiar with their record-keeping procedures and general methods of operation. Today Cameta Camera is a Titanium PowerSeller (eBay User ID: cametaauctions) that may have thousands of listings open at a time. As a result of the success of selling on eBay Cameta’s staff grew from approximately 10 employees to 55 in just three to four years time. Also, doing business on eBay transformed Cameta into an Internet powerhouse as the largest dollar volume eBay seller of cameras and photo equipment.
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