ebay.com was founded in 1995 as an auction website in which people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. Items sold on ebay have ranged from electrical items, books, clothes, cars, household appliances. Almost anything can be sold and bought on ebay even the original Hollywood sign was sold on eBay for $450,400 in 2005. There are two ways of sellings items 1. Auction, were the person with the highest bid wins or 2. Fixed Price were the item will be marked with buy it now. When you need to pay for the item you can pay cash if you collect the item in person, cheque or the most popular and trusted method is paypal. When the transaction is complete the buyer and seller both leave feedback for each other. In time you build up your feedback comments so people then know your a trusted seller. There are many sites which show you how to use ebay and help you through the learning process. It's our top recommendation and if you require help with ebay.com visit our sister site which is full of help for ebay.com.

Why use ebay? Look at 10 AMAZING facts! 

• 276 million ebay users worldwide

• ebay is used in over 39 countries worlwide

• $2,000 worth of items are traded every second worldwide

• Over 6 billion feedback comments have been left worldwide

• In the last quarter of 2007 sales totaled over 1.5 billion, with 46% from the united states

• 6.7 million listings added daily

• In the last quarter of 2007 637 million new listings added to eBay worldwide

• The most expensive item sold was a private jet worth $4.9million

• 550,00 stores are now registared on ebay worldwide

• 1.5million users use ebay as thier main or secondary source of income