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eBay Sellers Helped Raise $1.3 Billion for Charity over Past 20 Years

Ina Steiner
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eBay Sellers Helped Raise $1.3 Billion for Charity Since 2003

eBay is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the eBay for Charity program, which allows buyers and sellers to support causes through their transactions.

Sellers can donate up to 100% of the proceeds of a sale (or sales) to the charity of their choice, while buyers can add a donation to their purchase during checkout.

eBay announced on Tuesday that sellers and buyers have helped raise $1.3 billion in charitable giving, “making eBay one of the world’s most active e-commerce giving platforms.”

In 2022, eBay for Charity raised over $163 million, a 12% increase year-over-year.

Charities can sell on eBay to raise money for their organization – eBay automatically chooses 100% as the donation percentage for those sellers and provide the proceeds from their sales directly to the charity.

An interesting factoid: eBay CEO Jamie Iannone was part of the team that founded the program in 2003, according to Tuesday’s announcement. More information about the program is available on charity.ebay.com.

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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.

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2 thoughts on “eBay Sellers Helped Raise $1.3 Billion for Charity over Past 20 Years”

  2. How much did eBay give?

    They seem to be great at getting OTHERS to give….

    eBay announced on Tuesday that sellers and buyers have helped raise $1.3 billion in charitable giving, “making eBay one of the world’s most active e-commerce giving platforms.

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