* Respondents were C2C eBay sellers from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Australia, and Japan.
The source adds the following information regarding the survey methodology: "In the U.S. and Canada, C2C sellers include those with less
than $10,000 gross merchandise value (GMV) or fewer than
25 transactions in a year. In the U.K., Germany and France, Italy and Australia
this includes any seller who identifies themself as C2C. For Japan, accounts self-identified as personal were surveyed."
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Reasons for eBay sellers to participate in second-hand e-commerce 2024
A survey conducted in 2024 among eBay consumer-to-consumer (C2C) sellers revealed that sustainability was a primary reason for sellers to participate in second-hand e-commerce. Among all respondents, ** percent reported this.
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