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eBay, the world's largest online (and off-line for that matter) auction site offers businesses an ideal opportunity to get involved in national and global trade. Founded in September of 1995, eBay is a global online marketplace where practically anyone can trade practically anything.

• eBay has a global presence in 38 markets, including the U.S.A., the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand.
• eBay has approximately 248 million registered users worldwide.
• Marketplaces net revenues totaled a record $1.32 billion in the third quarter of 2007, representing a year-over-year growth rate of 26 percent. Of this 49 percent is from the USA and 51 percent from the other markets.
• During the third quarter of 2007 the total value of all successfully closed items on eBay was $14.4 billion. (Total value for 2006 was more than $52 billion.)
• There were 556 million new listings added to eBay worldwide during the third quarter of 2007. At any given time, there are approximately 102 million listings worldwide, and approximately 6 million listings are added per day. eBay users trade in more than 50,000 categories.
• The most successful sectors on eBay during the third quarter of 2007 were:
  • eBay Motors at $17.9 billion;
  • Consumer Electronics at $4.6 billion;
  • Clothing & Accessories at $4.3 billion;
  • Computers at $3.7 billion;
  • Home & Garden at $3.7 billion;
  • Books/Music/Movies at $3 billion;
  • Sports at $2.8 billion;
  • Collectibles at $2.4 billion;
  • Business & Industrial at $2.1 billion:
  • Toys at $1.9 billion;
  • Jewelry & Watches at $1.9 billion;
  • Cameras & Photo at $1.5 billion;
  • Tickets & Travel at $1.2 billion:
  • Antiques & Art at $1.2 billion and
  • Coins & Stamps at 1 billion.
• At the end of September 2007, eBay hosted approximately 520,000 stores worldwide, with approximately 46 percent of stores hosted on eBay's international sites.

Taking these facts into account, can you afford to ignore such a dominant marketplace?

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