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How have EBay benefited from the internet?

scaramooshscaramoosh Member Posts: 3,424
in Off-Topic Discussion

I know they've only started because of it but how have they benefited because of it than auction houses that are just set in one location?

 

I've answered all i can think of, just wanna know what i've missed out?

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  • KiamdeKiamde Member CommonPosts: 5,820

    25 cents to start an auction. Multiply that by 10,000 auctions a day.

    "Whoever controls the media controls the mind..-'Jim Morrison"

    "When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out." ~Abbie Hoffman

  • learningd1learningd1 Member Posts: 27

    Originally posted by Kiamde
    25 cents to start an auction. Multiply that by 10,000 auctions a day.


    I might be wrong but.... isn't that only 2500 dollars a day?

  • PBskaterPBskater Member Posts: 228
    its 250,000 learn how do do math.
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    yea it does equal 250 000 cents which is 2500 dollars so i think its you who has to do the math.

  • DodooDodoo Member Posts: 78


    Originally posted by PBskater
    its 250,000 learn how do do math.

    PBskater -> image -> image -> image -> image -> image -> image -> image

  • PBskaterPBskater Member Posts: 228

    sry double!!!

  • PBskaterPBskater Member Posts: 228


    Originally posted by Dykie

    yea it does equal 250 000 cents which is 2500 dollars so i think its you who has to do the math.

    well im only 13 and i forgot about the deciaml(also i kinda was droped on my head but really fell down cement stairsimage) yea so if u cant tell im not that smart.image
  • patheospatheos Member Posts: 1,148

    sponsers and auctions, i thought it was 50 cents, but it may be 25.

    Taken from ebay.com
    How does eBay make money?
    eBay primarily makes its money from listing, feature and final value fees collected from registered users who use an eBay site to trade their goods.

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  • DodooDodoo Member Posts: 78

    To answer Scaramoosh:

    - They have a much broader audience.

    - They don't have to organize and validate every auction.

    - They don't have to pay for "evaluation experts".

    - They don't have any stock costs.

  • karter64karter64 Member UncommonPosts: 96

    Thanks to a two year investigation by the FBI it's also been proven that ebay is a common route for selling stolen goods. Thats a bit harder to do at a standard auction house. But you have to understand that there's no way that Ebay can know the origins of all the items listed on their website.

     

  • EnigmaEnigma Member UncommonPosts: 11,384

    I forget the exact numbers but i think ebay changes hands of 18 billion dollars worth of merchandise a year. Then add a 10% service fee to those.

    Thats a lot lol

    People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.

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