eBay - Fast Facts

eBay Global

• Founded in September of 1995 , eBay.com is a global online marketplace where practically anyone can trade practically anything.
• eBay Inc. has a global presence in 39 markets, including the U.S.
• Marketplaces has approximately 85.7 million active users worldwide.
• Marketplaces net revenues totaled a record $1.38 billion in Q3-08, representing a year-over-year growth rate of 4 percent. With 47 percent from US operations and 53 percent from our International business.
• In Q3-08, gross merchandise volume (GMV), the total value of all successfully closed items on eBay Inc.'s trading platforms, was $14.3 billion . (Total GMV for the full year 2007 was more than $59 billion .)
• eBay.com users worldwide trade $1,839 worth of goods on the site every second.
• There were 700 million new listings added to eBay.com worldwide in Q3-08. At any given time, there are approximately 112.3 million listings worldwide, and approximately 7.1 million listings are added per day. eBay users trade in more than 50,000 categories.
• Based o n Q3-08 GMV, the following eBay.com categories delivered $1 billion or more in worldwide annualized GMV: eBay Motors at $16.3 billion; Consumer Electronics at $5.0 billion; Clothing & Accessories at $4.6 billion; Home & Garden at $3.8 billion; Computers at $3.5 billion; Sports at $3.0 billion; Books/Music/Movies at $2.9 billion; Everything Else at $2.9 billion; Tickets & Travel at $2.3 billion; Collectibles at $2.2 billion; Business & Industrial at $2.2 billion: Jewelry & Gemstones at $1.9 billion; Toys at $1.9 billion; Photo & Electronics at $1.5 billion and Antiques & Art at $1.1 billion
• While eBay.com is well-known for its auction format, users can also buy and sell in fixed-price formats, which accounted for 48 percent of total GMV during Q2-08.
• The most expensive item sold on eBay to date is a private business jet for $4.9 million .

eBay India

• eBay India (formerly Baazee.com), India 's leading online marketplace, is a 100% subsidiary of eBay Inc.
• eBay India has over 2 million registered users. These users come from over 670 cities in India.
• eBay India offers three formats to sell your product or service- auction, fixed-price and classifieds (for commercial vehicles, cars & bikes and services & real estate categories).
• All listings on eBay India offer Paisa Pay - a secure online payment gateway enabling credit card and online bank transfers.
• Thousands of sellers sell on eBay India daily across 2,000 categories of products.
• Approximately 12,800 sellers use eBay India as a primary or secondary source of income. (Source: ACNielsen International Research, June 2006)

On an average day on eBay India:

• A piece of jewellery sells every 6 minutes
• A piece of apparel sells every 11 minutes
• A coin or note sells every 12 minutes
• A stamp sells every 14 minutes
• A storage device or drive sells every 14 minutes
• A mobile handset sells every 16 minutes
• A book sells every 26 minutes
• A watch sells every 32 minutes
• A health or beauty product sells every 34 minutes
• A MP3 player sells every 38 minutes
• A piece of home décor sells every 44 minutes
• A movie sells every 44 minutes
• A digital camera sells every 46 minute