Why your business should be selling using an eBay shop

eBay is a tool that pretty much every SME can and should be making use of, we know of no other ecommerce outlet that can match its reach and sales potential. Couple this with the actual cost for taking your business onto ebay and you have a winning combination.

eBay was launched in the UK in October 1999 and unsurprisingly this is the UK’s largest online marketplace

eBay.co.uk has over 14 million active users

eBay.co.uk has achieved the 10 million live listings landmark, meaning there are more than 10 million items for sale on the site at any one time

40.62% of active internet users visit eBay.co.uk at least once a month (Nielsen / Netratings, February 2008)

eBay.co.uk has over 13,000 categories

eBay.co.uk’s unique audience reached 13.2 million in February 2008 (Nielsen / Netratings, February 2008)

eBay visitors average 1 hour 46 minutes on the site and view 225 pages per month (Nielsen / Netratings, February 2008)

eBay has emerged as the most popular online retailer over the Christmas period, according to figures from Nielsen Online. The site was visited by an average of 15 million Britons in both November and December 2007.

eBay estimates that 178,000 users run a business or use eBay as their primary or secondary source of income (eBay.co.uk data, January 2008)

The UK continues to grow at very strong rates, and in the process, reached an important milestone: achieving its first ever $100 million revenue quarter in Q2 05

GleaveMedia run numerous eBay seminars and have worked with a considerable number of businesses to both launch on eBay and enhance the profile they have to make the most out of it. If you want to find out more then please get in touch and add your details to our newsletter list below.

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