EBay found astronomical success when it was founded in the US in 1995 and since then has proliferated to several other countries in addition to eBay Spain. They include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Korea, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Holland, Ireland, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Philippines, Switzerland, Singapore and Taiwan



Despite having more than 20 sister sites, the essence of eBay remains unchanged. The colors, fonts, logos and basic premise for conducting business is the same. People can still bid on auctions and transform trash in to treasure. As the saying goes, your item is worth anything someone is willing to pay for it. So, something you consider a worthless piece of junk could be the missing piece in someone's prized collection or a fix to a problem they are encountering and hence you can make some good money from sites like eBay Spain and other auction sites like Yahoo! or bid.com.

However, the flipside is that something that may be very special to you, an heirloom passed down for generations or memories from your first child can have little or no significance to others. So where you may be hoping to make a small fortune out of your grandmother's vintage wedding veil or your child's first pair of shoes, to others they have no real value.

Beyond Auctions

Another misconception some people have about auction sites like eBay Spain is that you always have to gamble at bidding as you may or may not be the highest bidder and will have wasted time and money trying to win an item. This is not true as all eBay sites including eBay Spain have eBay stores where people sell stuff at 'buy it now' prices. You can make instant payment and not have to wait until the auction ends.

People are always in the news for having bought and sold unusual items on eBay such as a university student in England who sold a single corn flake for an equivalent of around $3. Of course some items like alcohol and tobacco are not allowed to be traded on eBay, but apart form a short list of exceptions, anything and everything can be sold or at least be listed on this mega business. Corn flakes, anyone?