Tradex Technologies
| Industry | B2B e-commerce |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Daniel Aegerter |
| Defunct | March 8, 2000 |
| Fate | Acquired by SAP Ariba |
| Headquarters | Tampa |
Tradex Technologies Inc. was a developer of Java-based B2B e-commerce software. It primarily operated in the industries of financial services, telecommunications, plastics, and foodservice. It offered a platform for vertical trading hubs, another for large enterprises, and a third for the distributor channel segment. The software used JavaBeans technology.
At the peak of the dot-com bubble in March 2000, SAP Ariba acquired Tradex for 19 million shares of Ariba stock, then worth $5.6 billion.
The company received 60% of revenue from licensing its software, 30% from support services, and 10% from transaction fees. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone was the largest customer of the company and VerticalNet was also a customer.