mehmet ilhan
E-Commerce Entrepreneur
Founder, FleaBid (2024) | Founder, Nevraca (2019)
Welcome! I’m Mehmet.
I was born in Istanbul in 1979 and I currently live in California.
I’m an e-commerce entrepreneur primarily focused on second-hand products. My passion lies in creating projects that uncover the hidden value of unused items and promote their reuse.
To bring balance to my busy life, I enjoy playing golf and rowing as an amateur. Golf teaches me the value of individual responsibility, while rowing emphasizes the importance of teamwork and harmony / both of which shape my strategic perspective in business.
With years of experience on global platforms like Amazon, eBay, and Walmart, I founded Nevraca an e-commerce business dedicated to meeting customer needs and delivering excellence. During this journey, I realized I could go beyond buying and selling to make a meaningful contribution to a recycling-focused world. This vision led me to create FleaBid, an online auction platform that digitizes local market culture to encourage recycling and reuse of second-hand products.
Today, I continue to channel my expertise into new ventures and projects aimed at redefining the second-hand economy and fostering sustainability in everyday life.