Other Interesting Statistics January 23, 2007
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Some interesting information on the number of cross boarder sales that occur on eBay.
United States
Unites States Sellers -> United States 88.4%
United States Sellers -> Canada 4.2%
Unites States Sellers -> United Kingdom 1.7%
Unites States Sellers -> Other Countries 5.7%
Canada
Canadian Sellers -> Canada 43.2%
Canadian Sellers -> United States 47.4%
Canadian Sellers -> United Kingdom 2.4%
Canadian Sellers -> Other Countries 7.0%
Germany
German Sellers -> Germany 92.3%
German Sellers -> Austria 2.5%
German Sellers -> Other Countries 5.2%
United Kingdom
United Kingdom Sellers -> United Kingdom 85.5%
United Kingdom Sellers -> United States 5.5%
United Kingdom Sellers -> Ireland 1.2%
United Kingdom Sellers -> Other Countries 7.8%
What does this mean? Here are a few potential causes for this behavior;
- Tariffs and Duties on goods shipped outside ones own country
- Lack of knowledge of foreign markets, languages, currencies
- The atlantic ocean
eBay e-commerce forum 2007 January 23, 2007
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I went to the annual eBay e-commerce forum last week. (Jan 16,17,1 
The event was held in San Francisco. The event was well planned and enjoyable. I found the discussions and sessions to be use-full from and informative and sharing standpoint.
If I was asked to summarize the event in one sentence, it would read as follows.
“eBay e-commerce forum - a time of communication and sharing of information on the development of the eBay market.”
At this event eBay executives spend a lot of time listening to eBay sellers as well as providing valuable information on key strategies for eBay in the following year. Overall I believe that eBay is genuinely interested in the growth of eBay businesses and wants to provide support to sellers.
The Three Hot Topics;
- Profitability
- Feedback 2.0
- Past Fee Increases
