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2004 2005 2006
Year Ended December 31,
(In millions)
Supplemental Operating Data:
Marketplaces Segment:(1)
Confirmed registered users(2) . ........................ 135.5 180.6 221.6
Active users(3) .................................... 56.1 71.8 81.8
Number of non-store listings(4) ........................ 1,339.9 1,689.6 1,996.1
Number of stores listings(4). . . ........................ 72.7 187.2 369.2
Gross merchandise volume(5) . ........................ $34,168 $ 44,299 $ 52,474
Payments Segment:
Total accounts(6)................................... 63.8 96.2 133.0
Active accounts(7).................................. 20.2 28.1 37.6
Total number of payments(8) . . ........................ 339.9 480.7 610.7
Total payment volume(9) ............................. $18,915 $ 27,485 $ 37,752
Communications Segment:
Registered Users(10) ................................ — 74.7 171.2
(1) Rent.com, Shopping.com, and our classifieds websites are not included in these metrics.
(2) Cumulative total of all users who have completed the registration process on one of eBay.com’s platforms.
(3) All users, excluding users of Half.com and Internet Auction, who bid on, bought, or listed an item within the
previous 12-month period.
(4) All store inventory listings on eBay.com’s platforms during the period, regardless of whether the listing
subsequently closed successfully.
(5) Total value of all successfully closed items between users on eBay’s trading platforms during the period,
regardless of whether the buyer and seller actually consummated the transaction.
(6) Cumulative total of all accounts opened, including users who made payments using PayPal but have not
registered, excluding accounts that have been closed or locked and the payment gateway business accounts.
(7) All accounts, and users whether registered or not, that sent or received at least one payment through the PayPal
system during the period.
(8) Total number of payments initiated through the PayPal system during the period, excluding the payment
gateway business, regardless of whether the payment was actually sent successfully, or was reversed, rejected,
or pending at the end of the period.
(9) Total dollar volume of payments initiated through the PayPal system during the period, excluding the payment
gateway business, regardless of whether the payment was actually sent successfully, or was reversed, rejected,
or was pending at the end of the period.
(10) Cumulative number of unique user accounts created on Skype.
Our net transaction revenues from our Marketplaces segment are derived primarily from listing, feature and
final value fees paid by sellers and lead referral fees. For our Payments segment, net transaction revenues are
generated primarily by fees from payment processing services. Our Communications segment primarily generates
net transaction revenues from fees charged to users to connect Skype’s VoIP network to traditional telecommu-
nication networks. These fees are charged on a per minute basis and we refer to these minutes as SkypeOut minutes.
Net revenues from advertising are derived principally from the sale of advertisements for cash and through barter
arrangements. Other net revenues are derived principally from contractual arrangements with third parties that
provide transaction services to eBay and PayPal users and interest earned from banks on certain PayPal customer
account balances.
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