Purchases via eBay mobile apps triple in 2009

The number of items purchased via eBay mobile applications tripled during the 2009 holiday season over the previous year, the online auction giant said. Consumers purchased 1.5 million items on their mobile handsets during the holidays, translating to a sale every two seconds--acquisitions include a 23-foot boat ($19,108), a Steinway piano ($10,000) and a Hermes bag ($3,888).  In all, eBay mobile users generated more than $500 million in transactions during 2009--close to 6 million consumers have now downloaded eBay's iPhone application, and shoppers across 165 countries are now making 750,000 unique visits a day to the site using mobile apps. 

eBay adds that consumers in Texas are leading the charge for mobile commerce. Four of the top 10 U.S. ZIP codes for number of shoppers buying via their mobile phones are from the Lone Star State, including Burleson, Texas 76028; El Paso, Texas 79936; Frisco, Texas 75034; and McKinney, Texas 75070. Florida, New York and California are also experiencing significant growth in mobile PayPal transactions.

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