Who are we?
Monday, November 12th, 2007We started this Ergohuman blog as a means to spread our knowledge about, what we believe to be the next long lasting ergonomic mesh chair in the office furniture market. Before we share our story, we ask that you introduce yourself and take a moment to share a little bit about you.
My name is Ryan and our company was started by my business partner, Greg and I while we were attending school together. Greg’s family has been in the office furniture business for more than 20 years and he took that experience and knowledge to create his own internet furniture company. A business connection was soon born between us. Sitting in my 1920s style, five bedroom college rental house, I realized how much stuff I had that I never used. I decided that I could kill two birds with one stone by learning how to sell things on eBay. I could start to get rid of all the stuff I never used and make money at the same time. Instead of simply throwing the stuff away, I began researching the inner workings of eBay - what was being sold (everything!), how much it was sold for, how many people were selling it and so on. It was pretty obvious you could sell anything you wanted as there was a market for everything. I told Greg about the quick cash I was making by selling these random items and he quickly recognized the opportunity. Shortly after, he asked me if I’d be interested in selling his office furniture products on eBay. We then created an eBay store. We started to list the most popular products and the Ergohuman chair sales exploded! In the shortest possible time (three months), we were an eBay Powerseller selling multiple Ergohuman chairs everyday. We were shocked by the instant sales volume and quickly saw the long-term potential of a business like this. Greg asked me if I’d like to become a partner and, of course, I accepted. We formed Beyond Auctions, LLC and we began to expand. We now operate our very successful eBay store, an Ergohuman information site at www.beyondauctions.com and our office furniture websites www.1officefurnituremall.com & www.beyondtheofficedoor.com from our office building in Wisconsin. We look forward to moving into a new building in the fall of 2008 and anticipate our growth will continue.
We are an authorized dealer for Eurotech Seating and we have developed a fantastic relationship with them. We are very knowledgeable about the Ergohuman and Eurotech as a company. We have used and are still using all of the Ergohuman models, which makes us a great first hand source for how the Ergohuman performs.