eBay grows users but value of goods sold drops

An overview of eBay active buyers and gross merchandise volume between Q3 2016 and Q2 2019.

More people are buying products on eBay but the value of goods sold remains flat, according to the latest company reports. The number of active buyers, those who closed a transaction in the previous 12-month period, reached 182 million in Q2 2019. This is up 4.0% year-on-year and continues a trend of user growth across Marketplace and StubHub, eBay's e-commerce and online ticket platforms.

Despite more users, gross merchandise volume (GMV), the total value of goods sold via eBay, has dropped for the second quarter in a row. GMV equalled $22.6bn in Q2 2019, down 4.4% year-on-year. Although accounting for...

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