No doubt about it, if you have the time and desire, you can earn a living through eBay sales. Having said this, it should be pretty obvious that when you have a site that sells 500 items a second, the fraud rate is naturally going to be higher than what is being claimed below.
The internet could turn the UK into a nation of online shopkeepers, according to figures unveiled yesterday by online auction giant eBay.
It revealed that more than 68,000 cottage industries in the UK depend on the site for at least a quarter of their income, more than in any other country in Europe.
And despite controversy over fraud and the sale of illicit items, the hugely popular website provides a significant chunk of the income of more than 170,000 small businesses across Europe. [Read the rest]