LONDON, September 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
And with an iPhone related product
sold every second - it's big
business!
With the much-anticipated iPhone 8 hitting stores today,
eBay.co.uk has today revealed customers can make 20% more when it
comes to selling their phones on eBay - where an iPhone related
accessory is sold every second.
According to the eight facts collated by the online marketplace,
'iPhone' has remained the number one most searched for item on eBay
in the UK, with sales exceeding £1 billion over the same period,
with Sunday evenings marking the most popular time to browse.
Surprisingly it's the iPhone 5C - which came out in 2013 - that
takes the crown as the most popular iPhone when it comes to
searches. The trusty model has seen more than 35 million searches
in the past three years as people look for how much they can sell
their old model- that's 22 every minute![1]
8 stats on the iPhone from eBay.co.uk:
- Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, sales of the product
have jumped by 5000% with eBay seeing 16,000 searches in that first
year - compared to 835,000 in 2016
- In 2011, the year Snapchat was first released, the online
marketplace saw a massive increase in demand for iPhone
accessories. Selfie sticks proved particularly popular as Brits
were sick of straining to get the right angle, with searches
increasing from 8 in 2010 to a huge 37,000 in 2011
- In the last three years Brits have spent more than 830 million
minutes searching for the perfect iPhone on eBay, with an average
search time of 45 minutes and more than 17 million searches in
total
- When it comes to the most popular iPhone model, the 5c takes
the crown - with more than 35 million searches in the past three
years, followed by the iPhone 6 model
- And it seems Britain is a
nation of bargain hunters, with Black Friday proving the peak day
to bag an iPhone 6 with sales reaching 283,000
- The average price an iPhone will go for on eBay is £396 - £434
and the average Brit will spend £23 on iPhone accessories per year,
including; selfie sticks, headphones, chargers and cases
- In the last year Brits have spent more than 730 million minutes
on site searching for the perfect iPhone accessories - that's
enough time to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy one million
times
- Today, there are 9 million iPhone related products on
site[2] with more than 5 million items sold in the last
three months - that's nearly one every second[3]
Murray Lambell, senior director,
UK trading at eBay says, "Over the years we have seen the
popularity of this iconic piece of tech grow exponentially, from
customers checking the sale price they'd get for their old phone as
new versions are released to snapping up the huge selection of
unlocked, new products available.
"Whether it's searching for the latest smartphone or
accessorising for success with the incredible assortment of
everything from iPhone cases to fish eye lenses on site -
eBay.co.uk is the one stop shop for iPhones and accessories."
For a great selection of iPhones and accessories visit:
http://www.ebay.co.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is a global commerce leader including
the Marketplace, StubHub and Classifieds platforms. Collectively,
we connect millions of buyers and sellers around the world,
empowering people and creating opportunity through Connected
Commerce. Founded in 1995 in San Jose,
Calif., eBay is one of the world's largest and most vibrant
marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. In
2016, eBay enabled $84 billion of
gross merchandise volume.
For more information about the company and its global
portfolio of online brands, visit http://www.ebayinc.com
1. All data unless specified is taken from eBay.co.uk
May 2007 - June 2017
2. Data taken from eBay.co.uk 22.09.17
3. Data taken from eBay.co.uk 18.03.17 -
15.06.17