eBay saw a surge in buyers tapping their eBay iPhone app and other eBay mobile
applications. Many items were bought on iPhone and in exclusive zip codes.
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.
Here are some mobile
eBay trends:
- Nearly six million people are carrying eBay around in their pocke.
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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.
In the U.S., the early adopters in mobile commerce are the Texans:
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Four of the top 10 U.S. ZIP codes for number of people buying via
their mobile phones are from Texas, including Burleson, TX 76028; El
Paso, TX 79936; Frisco, TX 75034 and McKinney, TX 75070, followed
closely by Florida, New York and California.
In 2009, an item sold every 2 seconds via eBay mobile applications
worldwide with luxury items a favorite of shoppers this holiday season;
some recent mobile transactions in the US include:
- $19,108 for a 23-foot deck boat.
- $10,025 for 250 grams of pure gold bullion.
- $10,000 for a Boston grand piano made by Steinway.
- $3,888 for a Hermes Kelly bag.
- $770 for a Jean Paul Gaultier wool and leather coat.
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$600 for a pair of Christian Louboutin camel colored patent leather
pumps.