December 29, 2009
1.5 Million Items Bought on eBay via Mobile & iPhone App
eBay saw a surge in buyers tapping their eBay iPhone app and other eBay mobile applications. Wireless and Mobile News reports.
-- The number of items bought via eBay mobile apps this year was triple last year's holiday volume.
-- In 2009, eBay buyers and sellers are generating more than half a billion dollars of transactions via mobile, with strong momentum this holiday season.
-- Nearly 6 million people have eBay on their iPhone and shoppers are making 750,000 unique visits a day to eBay via mobile apps.
-- Mobile purchases this season range from designer handbags to a $75,000 1966 Chevrolet Corvette.
-- Users from more than 165 countries visited the eBay mobile Web site and iPhone application.
-- 1.5 million items were bought on eBay using mobile phones worldwide this holiday season.
-- Interesting, In the U.S., the early adopters in mobile commerce are the Texans.
More numbers and facts.
Previously:
-- EBay Translates the Auction Experience to Cellphones
-- Shoppers spent $400 million with eBay's iPhone app
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