eBay has come a long way since being born ‘Auction Web’ in September of 1995 and then officially renaming itself ‘eBay’ in September of 1997.
Pierre Omidyar launched AuctionWeb in 1995 as a site “dedicated to bringing together buyers and sellers in an honest and open marketplace.”
And I believe, Mr. Omidyar has managed to fulfill his primary mission, in spite of the many bumps along the way, as expected, for anyone who is bold enough to set out to realize a dream.
However, as for me, eBay is more than just a marketplace of stuff where you can find a good deal.
eBay is where many people have found opportunity to realize their own dreams through business ownership.
In the beginning, for many people, ‘business ownership’ was not even a dream.
For many people, eBay was just a place to sell a pair of jeans, a CD, a trinket, or any one of many other used items that were sitting around the house, and the selling of these items, in many cases, meant everything.
You see, in the beginning, many people were selling items on eBay with the hope and the intent to make just enough money to pay a phone bill, or to pay the rent, or to afford buying some groceries for their families.
And as eBay kept plugging away at developing their online marketplace and improving their features, ‘regular people’ kept plugging away too.
And these ‘regular people’, in time, became ‘eBay Sellers’, and to their surprise, these ‘eBay Sellers’ gave birth, to millions of unexpected online businesses.
In 2022, eBay reported 18 million active ‘eBay Sellers’ from around the world, and many are earning a very good living sourcing and selling to customers locally and around the globe.
31% percent of eBay Sellers are in the United States, 29% percent are from the United Kingdom, 15% from Germany, and 12% percent are from China.
eBay continues to be a wonderful story and continues to make ‘selling online’ possible for millions of people around the world.
If you have some stuff that you would like to sell online and make some extra money, or if you would like to give birth yourself to your very own online business, feel free to take advantage of this wonderful eBay opportunity.
As of December 2022, eBay reported 135 million users, all looking for the things that they need and want.
(YOU just may have what they are looking for)
Thank You eBay!
Keep Up the Good Works!