eBay Buyers and Sellers Gave a Record $54.8 Million to Thousands of Nonprofits in 2010

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jan. 27, 2011 – Buyers and sellers on eBay, the world’s leading e-commerce marketplace, donated $54.8 million to U.S. and U.K. nonprofit organizations in 2010. A donation was made every 24 seconds through eBay Giving Works in the U.S. and eBay for Charity in the U.K., raising more than $91 every minute for nonprofits. Donations were up 7 percent last year, compared to 2009, and nearly 9 million items were listed for sale, with all or a portion of the sale price donated to a nonprofit, more than double the items listed in 2009.