July 11, 2011 will mark the three-year anniversary of the launch of Apple’s App Store. That’s when Apple officially opened the App Store for business, launching with over 500 apps including our very own eBay and PayPal mobile apps. Apple has unquestionably started a revolution in mobile computing and we’re delighted to have been there from the very beginning… I even wrote the first blog post about eBay Mobile back in June, 2008 – 5 weeks before the App store even launched.
In three short years, eBay and PayPal have emerged to become leaders in mobile shopping and payments. eBay’s mobile apps are now available across the globe in eight languages and 190 countries. We have also gone on to develop several apps customized for Motors and Fashion enthusiasts, StubHub, Half.com and Classifieds customers. In 2010 – based on the company’s early success on the iPhone – eBay was also one of the first apps available at the launch of the iPad.
As of today, eBay’s mobile apps have been downloaded more than 45 million times and one purchase is made every second of every day via eBay mobile. eBay expects to generate $4 billion in mobile sales this year – double the nearly $2 billion it did in 2010. (More …)
