Hello World! Welcome Friends! Do you want to sell your leftover meal? Or are you interested in buying a kidney stone? Oh, I know, perhaps what you are interested in is having someone’s else’s life! Luckily for you, all of these are absolutely possible to obtain, and as a matter of fact, such cravings and demands have been met in the past two decades, and all for good money too.
How?
eBay!
Justin Timberlake’s half-eaten French toast was sold on eBay for $1,025 in 2000 and William Shatner’s kidney stone was sold for $25,000 in 2006!
You see? With eBay, whatever you want, you get! Your limitation is your imagination!
The items listed on eBay are so diverse that you can furnish and decorate your entire house from there, buy a car, interesting reads and awesome music, just to name a few of the more “standard” things there.
What’s eBay worth?
eBay is a multinational eCommerce giant established in 1995 and headquartered in San Jose, California with a net worth of $36.6 billion and almost 13,000 employees. eBay’s annual net revenue in 2017 was a staggering $9.6 billion. eBay also consistently ranks as one of the biggest U.S. online companies based on market cap.
Buyers and Sellers on eBay
With over 1 billion items for sale, there are over 25 million sellers on eBay scattered across different countries making sales of up to $9 billion. Active buyers on eBay are as many as 168 million making daily transactions to the tune of $2 billion. Products include new items (81%), available for now items (88%) and ship free items (69%). On a daily basis, 432,000 collectible items are sold on eBay.
The bestselling categories of items on eBay are home and garden, clothing, phones, auto parts and jewelry. Seeing that home and garden tops the list is not much of a surprise as the category entails tons of useful – and sometimes quirky – stuff that can improve the buyer’s life immediately. Planning to buy something from eBay today? Use this eBay coupon to get a discount!
However, the competition in the top category is tight so new sellers need to do their research well and provide real value to attract potential buyers. Handmade home decoration items and insightful bundles of gardening tools have a lot of potential, as they indicate the seller is an expert in the field.
Interesting Facts
eBay was Originally Called AuctionWeb
The first item listed on eBay was a broken laser pointer, bought by Mark Fraser, a Canadian, for $14.83
32% of the average users on eBay is aged 35-49, while only 7% of the average users are over 65 years old
The male-female ratio of eBay employees worldwide is 57% to 43%
eBay Foundation has given over $30 million to non-profit organizations worldwide
eBay was honored as one of the world’s most ethical companies in 2012
The most expensive item sold on eBay is a Gigayacht which went for $168 million to the Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner, Roman Abramovich
The highest bid wins on eBay, not the last one.
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