This month on the UK eBay site the number of antiques offered for sale stands at 99,443 which is down by about 6% on January, but almost identical to the number in December 2009. On the US site the number of items listed as antiques has dropped to 239,022, which is down from 252,939 – a decrease of 6%.
What’s really interesting is to compare this year with last year. In the UK there were 65,010 items for sale in February 2009 – this means there’s been a massive 53% increase. On the US site the number of items listed as antiques was 209,687 – an increase of 14%. What does this tell us about eBay in the UK?
Anecdotally I’m hearing that there are more people offering things for a set price rather than in an auction. This could well be a part of the rise in items offered.
