In addition to eBay's original auction-style sales, the website has evolved and expanded to include: instant 'Buy It Now' shopping shopping by Universal Product Code, ISBN, or other kind of SKU number (via, which was shut down in 2017) and other services. The website is free to use for buyers, but sellers are charged fees for listing items after a limited number of free listings, and an additional or separate fee when those items are sold. The company manages the eBay website, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a wide variety of goods and services worldwide. eBay is a multibillion-dollar business with operations in about 32 countries, as of 2019.

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