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eBay Inc.

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What Do They Do?

Runs online marketplaces and apps where buyers find goods and individual sellers and businesses list and sell them, including collectibles, vehicle parts and refurbished goods.

How Do They Make Money?

Marketplace revenue comes mainly from seller fees on paid transactions; transaction fees are earned when an item is paid for, while store subscription fees are earned over the subscription period. Sellers also pay fees to promote listings.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Marketplace revenues
82%
FY2022: 88%
Advertising revenues
18%
FY2022: 12%

Who Are Their Customers?

Buyers shop through eBay’s online marketplaces and apps; individual sellers and businesses use those platforms to list goods for sale.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 18 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 13 cents into free cash flow.

Operating income, FY2025
21% of revenue
▼ −2% vs FY2024 ($2.3B, 23%)
Net income, FY2025
18% of revenue
▲ +3% vs FY2024 ($2B, 19%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
13% of revenue
▼ −27% vs FY2024 ($2B, 19%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +15%
vs $2.7B in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▲ +51%
vs $364M in Q2 FY2025
Marketplace revenues share of revenue vs 82.3% in Q2 FY2025
  • May 5, 2026 GameStop made an unsolicited, nonbinding proposal to acquire eBay eBay’s board said it would review the proposal.

Flat. Revenue was $11.1B in FY2025, about the same as the $10.4B of FY2021.

Revenue over time
Marketplace revenues Advertising revenues
$20B$10B$0

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