Fast facts
• Founded in 1999, eBay.co.uk is the UK’s largest online shopping destination,
providing a platform for over 17m unique visitors per month to
buy and sell new, unique and used items in a fun and easy way.
• eBay has around 40 million live listings on the UK site,
with fixed price goods accounting for the majority (61%) of items sold globally.
• Sellers of all sizes, including 180,000 registered businesses
and over 100 well-known brands and retailers use eBay.co.uk to
reach the UK’s largest online shopping audience.
• The eBay fashion Outlet sells products from over 30
high street brands at up to 70% off the recommended retail price.
• Over 4m shoppers regularly look for Clothing, Shoes
and Accessories on eBay.co.uk. Transaction volume on eBay Fashion grew
30% YoY over 2010, outstripping the market.
• eBay.co.uk is owned by eBay Inc, which has expanded to include
a range of brands that help consumers find and purchase the goods they want including
eBay, PayPal, Shopping.com, RedLaser, Milo and others.
eBay mobile facts
• Over 20 million people have now downloaded the core iPhone eBay app across
the globe.
• eBay mobile users are visiting the mobile website 10-15 times a day.
• 300,000 new eBay shoppers made their first eBay purchase through the company’s
mobile apps between January and May 2011.
• eBay mobile applications are available in more than 190 countries and eight
languages.
• eBay mobile apps have been downloaded over 50 million times globally.
• Mobile shoppers on eBay.co.uk have bought more than 30 million items through
iPhone and WAP since July 2008.
• There are up to 380,000 daily visits to eBay.co.uk via mobile apps, and more
than 170,000 UK mobile shoppers spend over £30 with the eBay mobile app per
week.
• In 2010, global eBay sales via a mobile device more than tripled, generating
$2 billion in sales – up from $600m in 2009. This is set to more than double again
in 2011 to over $5 billion.
• Globally an item is purchased every second using the eBay app.