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any way to find out numbers wise if ebay is doing better or worse as the years go by?
 

Just wondering....

financial statements

available to the public??

As a company that is traded yes those financial reports are readily available. They have to be for potential investors to become interested in buying their stock.
Do some research online and youll find them.
Also - have a look at the price of their shares over the last few years. Thats a good indicator as to how well or poorly a company is doing.

EBAY Income Statement | eBay Inc. Stock - Yahoo! Finance

income statement tells you profit/loss, balance sheet shows assets, liabilities and equity and cash flow shows you where all the lovely cash has gone.

didn't look into their earnings last quarter, only amazon's and amazon's numbers were pretty incredible (if only they would cut their spending, lol)......but recent news has ebay trying to court big companies/retailers away from amazon and open up ebay stores....and given the recent friendly seller updates of late, i'm guessing ebay is feeling the backlash of top rated sellers migrating to amazon....jsut a guess.

from what i've heard lately ebay has been closing the gap on amazon

there must be some reason it went to $45 from about $30 earlier this year. i hope there is a legit reason...

Boost in revenues due to less sellers receiving 20% discount... :suspicious:

Ebay is Getting DESTROYED by Amazon,,Here is Just 1 atricle:

Amazon Is Still Eating eBay's Lunch - Business Insider

A Goole Search will Turn up HUNDREDS of Articles from The Wall Street Journal to Yahoo Finance and EVERYTHING in Between, ALL Pretty much saying the Same thing

articles from 2010 don't count :)

Please, do NOT tell me what counts, that first link was simple the First Article that came up in a Quick Google search that I remembered, go ahead do a "Ebay vs Amazon Market share" Google search as see the results yourself, also take a look at the SOURCE of the information, you will NOT Find any Positive News,,Yea you'll find an article here and there talking about some BULL$H^T rosey outlook PROJECTIONS, but those projections have NEVER been realized

How about a NY Times Article from 2012:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/07/te...gy/07ebay.html

Does this one count?

It Does NOT Matter where, when, or how, you look Ebay has Been STEADLY Losing Market Share to Amazon for over 5 years,,the ONLY reason that ebay still posts SOME Gains is simply because online Shopping overall is Growing at an Ever increasing Rate, and Ebay consistantly captures a Smaller and Smaller Market share

that article is actually from 2011. to say it does not matter when you look does not make much sense as companies can drastically change from year to year for the better or worse. i simply stated ebay was closing the gap, not that they are bigger or better or are even close. here is an article from this month, current year
An Amazon-eBay throwdown is coming - Fortune Tech

Well Yeah Amazon does better than Ebay, Amazon deletes accounts and you can't get your money after! lol, they keep your cash!

At least ebay still allows you to go into your account(s) and eventually cash out.

There is much more to it than just numbers to say who is doing better than who.

Ebay is NOT closing ANY gap not by ANY Article, this article simply reports increased Earnings for Ebay , Thats ALL. This increase in Earnings in in NO WAY indicative of any gain in Market share. By your very own article Ebay increased its Total revenue reaching 11.7 Billion,,,SO What what is that compared to Amazons Staggering 48 Billion?

The Gap is getting BIGGER, and Growing FASTER

Here is an excerpt from Your Very Own Article:

"Amazon and eBay are gunning for the same consumer dollars. And Amazon has plenty of resources. The company last year generated a $631 million profit on $48 billion in revenue. In other words, Amazon is huge. And so far, not a single company has come close to matching it in sales or popularity."

Ebay Revenue increased 2.4 Billion in 2011, Amazons increased 16 Billion in 2011, the TOTAL Of ALL E-Commerce Sales was 27 Billion in 2011,,,

Here Look:

Top 500 - E-commerce sales jump 16% in 2011 - Internet Retailer

And Here

http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Amazo...a/Revenue/2010


Ebays revenue increases are Simple due to a overall increase in E-Commerce, so out of the increase
in E-commerce sales in 2011 Ebay got about 9%, Amazon got 60%

Amazon is predicted to go OVER 100 BILLION in Revenue by 2015,

Believe me there is NO Evidence at all of Ebay regaining any of its Market share back from Amazon

So please Stop with these comparisons, Amazon has MORE than 4 Times Ebays Revenue

Slapped just for the record please do not take offense. Everyone here is my brother and sister

NOTHING Personal I absolutly assure you, I simply have a PASSION for accuracy, I have always felt that one of the BIGGEST things that leads to people having problems in life is that they base decisions on inaccurate information, and I always strive to keep topics as accurate as possible.

I know that this is a trivial matter in the within the scope of this forums goals, but I still am driven to try and be accurate.

Peace

Too bad Ebay is going down slowly IMO.

eBay business has been stagnant. Their Paypal business has been increasing in market share. Paypal is becoming more and more the company's prime asset.