eBay Buyers, Sellers Give Record $63 Million To Charity In 2011
eBay enabled its users to give a record $63 million, or $120 a minute to charitable causes last year. The PayPal division also processed $3 billion in transactions for more than 200,000 nonprofits. eBay launched the celebrity page in early November, which recently included a $10,200 sale of Miami Marlins shortstop Jose Reyes’ dreadlocks to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida. To learn more about eBay’s philanthropic reach, check out the Giving Works page. [via eBay Ink]

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Looking Back on eBay Ink
February 16, 2011: eBay has taken the number one spot in a new ranking of the the top social media brands, carried out by Yomego. A number of factors were involved in tabulating the list but from what I can tell it was primarily based on overall reach and satisfaction in determining where companies landed in the Top 50.

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