East Midlands is Tops... for eBay

Did you know the East Midlands is the "eBay capital" of the UK?

The East Midlands are leading both in terms of business success, .... and also law breaking.

eBay have announced that over the last two years Nottingham, Derby and Leicester have produced the largest number of new eBay 'start up' businesses.

eBay entrepreneurs in Derby alone are reported to generate a stonking £64m for the British economy.

One Derby company was not so pleased about all this eBay success: AceCad found their £13,000 specialist computer aided design software being being sold on eBay for £12.

The villain, Michael Walton, faces a 10 year prison sentence for software piracy.

eBay also report a distinctive north-south divide, with the largest number of startups being located outside of too-posh-for-eBay London.

eBay have announced incentives to stimulate growth in the business, and in doing so gave us some very interesting cocktail party conversation statistics:

• 180,000 people make a living buying and selling on eBay
• eBay sellers generate £2 billion in sales, more than WH Smith
• 10 million items for sale on eBay at any one time
• there are 20 million eBay users

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