eBay Inc. took first place in the Mobile Commerce Daily competition for the 2009 Mobile Retailer of the Year award.

Mobile Commerce Daily indicated that “there were many worthy nominations, but after careful consideration, eBay did an outstanding job in its mobile efforts,” citing the high number of items bought via mobile on eBay this past holiday season (1.5 million) and the generation of more than a half a billion dollars of transactions via mobile in 2009.

From the article:
Mobile shopping
Holiday shopping went mobile this season, with a surge in buyers using the eBay iPhone application and other eBay mobile properties to find great deals while on the go.

The number of items bought via eBay mobile applications this year was triple last year’s holiday volume.

Mobile deals
EBay launched the Deals application, providing iPhone and iPod touch owners with a constant stream of the best deals across hundreds of millions of eBay.com listings.

Available as a free download in the App Store, the Deals application features intuitive navigation, customizable search features and PayPal integration enabling mobile check-out.

EBay launched its first application for iPhone in July 2008 and ever since has continued to ramp up its mobile commerce initiatives.

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Cheers,
RBH