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in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. As of December 31, 2002, through our wholly owned and
majority-owned subsidiaries and aÇliates, we reached the following countries:
‚ Australia ‚ Ireland ‚ Spain
‚ Austria ‚ Italy ‚ Sweden
‚ Belgium ‚ the Netherlands ‚ Switzerland
‚ Canada ‚ New Zealand ‚ Taiwan
‚ France ‚ Singapore ‚ United Kingdom
‚ Germany ‚ South Korea ‚ United States
As of December 31, 2002, through investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and aÇliates, we
reached the following countries:
‚ Argentina ‚ Ecuador ‚ Uruguay
‚ Brazil ‚ Mexico ‚ Venezuela
‚ Chile ‚ People's Republic of China
‚ Columbia
The globalization of the eBay marketplace provides buyers access to an even greater supply of items
and provides sellers an even broader audience of potential customers.
Category Growth
Category growth both in number and size within the eBay marketplace is a key element in creating a
faster, easier, and safer online trading experience. In 2002, we made signiÑcant investments to grow
existing categories and to expand the number of categories in the eBay marketplace. By focusing
development and marketing eÅorts around re-organized major categories, we achieved greater than 10%
growth in all of our major categories and increased the number of categories under which eBay users can
list goods for sale from 10, when eBay was Ñrst introduced, to more than 22,000 as of December 31, 2002.
As of December 31, 2002, listings on eBay were organized under the following categories:
Major Categories Specialty Sites
‚ Antiques ‚ Home ‚ Sports ‚ eBay Motors
‚ Art ‚ Baby ‚ Fan Shop ‚ eBay Stores
‚ Books ‚ Home Dπecor ‚ Memorabilia ‚ Half.com by eBay
‚ Business & Industrial ‚ Lawn & Garden ‚ Sporting Goods ‚ PayPal
‚ Cars & Other Vehicles ‚ Kitchen ‚ Stamps ‚ Sothebys.com
‚ Cars ‚ Pet Supplies ‚ Tickets
‚ Motorcycles ‚ Tools ‚ Toys & Hobbies
‚ Parts ‚ Jewelry & Watches ‚ Crafts
‚ Clothing and ‚ Movies & DVDs ‚ Diecast
Accessories ‚ Music ‚ Travel
‚ Coins ‚ Musical Instruments ‚ Everything Else
‚ Collectibles ‚ Pottery & Glass ‚ Gifts
‚ Dolls & Bears ‚ Real Estate ‚ Health & Beauty
‚ Electronics and ‚ More
Computers
‚ Computers & OÇce
‚ Consumer
Electronics
‚ Networking
‚ PDAs
‚ Photo
‚ Video Games
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