

In the first quarter of 2022, Amazon’s net sales generated through its third-party seller services reached more than 25 billion U.S. Third-party online sales usually refer to marketplace sales on a digital sales platform. Whereas eBay is primarily known as an online auction platform and Amazon as an online retailer, both platforms offer first- and third-party online sales. In 2015, online payment provider PayPal split from eBay to become an independent company, which had an effect on eBay’s overall revenue development.īoth eBay (launched 1995) and Amazon (launched 1994) are online shopping websites that are notable success stories of the dot-com bubble in the United States. The two e-commerce giants are direct competitors in the U.S. In 2022, Amazon achieved 9.4 percent year-over-year net sales revenue growth whereas eBay's year-over-year revenue decreased by six percent. Year-over-year revenue growth of Amazon and eBay 2006-2022
