The New ebay: The Official Guide to Buying, Selling, Running a Profitable Business

Conclusion

eBay is possibly the most effective marketplace the world has ever seen. Every year around 100 million buyers across the globe buy from millions of eBay sellers. I’ve spent 11 years working for the company and have sold more than 10 000 items. This is the third book I’ve written to help people discover the experience of buying and selling on eBay, because it’s a business model I believe in that offers unsurpassed equality for buyers one and sellers alike. Recently eBay shares were valued at around $67 billion dollars — that’s more valuable than Facebook. After more than 15 years eBay has emerged as an internet stalwart, a visionary for the future of commerce.

In this book, for the first time I’ve covered how best to use the site from a variety of electronic devices, including desktop computer, iPad and iPhone. eBay leads the charge on mobile commerce and its app is one of the most popular downloads in the world. In the not-too-distant future more people will be accessing eBay from mobile devices than they will from computers. Imagine the possibilities of a world where a seller’s products are truly available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, where sales are taking place every second of every minute. In this reality, the overheads of operating and staffing a retail store during government- or centre-imposed trading hours seem too restrictive to contemplate.

For buyers, the choice between either fighting crowds for bargains and car-parking ...