I just wanted to give a quick shout-out of congrats to everyone back on the other side of the pond. My accent may have slipped in the 18 years since I left Blighty but I would be remiss if I didn’t wish them a very happy 10th anniversary over at ebay.co.uk!

From the UK AB post…

eBay.co.uk has seen over 950 million items sold in the past decade – testimony to our buyers’ enduring love of shopping and pursuit of a bargain.

From the first ever eBay.co.uk sale (a 3-track CD from German rockers The Scorpions sold for £2.89), the eBay.co.uk site has become an indicator of changing consumer tastes. We’re proud that our site is also a platform for charity fundraising and entrepreneurialism. More than £10.5m has been raised for more than 3,500 charities since the launch of eBay for Charity in 2006. And, of the 123,000 British businesses now trading on eBay, over 170 turn over more than a million pounds a year from selling on our site.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our buyers and sellers for your business over the past 10 years and we look forward to providing you with a great place to buy and sell for the next 10 years. Find out more about eBay.co.uk over the past ten years.

Regards,

The eBay.co.uk Team

I did like the following quick stats:

- 964 million items sold
- 171 businesses turning over more than £1m a year
- From Britney Spears’ discarded tissue, to David Beckham’s BMW and the sale of a handbag every 25 seconds

Congratulations to all involved. Definitely cause for a tipple or two down the pub; I’ll raise a pint and make a “virtual toast” from here in California later today (but I’ll make sure it’s a real beer, unlike Obama’s Bud Light {shudder}).

Cheers!
RBH