Free Data GraphicCoresight Bites: What Happened to eBay? Coresight Research September 13, 2021 Coresight Bites provide free snapshots of Coresight Research data and findings. Subscribers can access the full research here. To find out how to subscribe, click here. Once a peer to Amazon, eBay has gradually become a relatively less significant player in US e-commerce. This relative decline has occurred alongside the growth in marketplace and resale formats, with rivals including Amazon capturing greater share as the overall marketplace space has grown. eBay’s total US GMV has roughly flatlined over the past five years, and its underperformance equates to lost share of online retail sales—a 4.5-percentage-point attrition in channel share between 2016 and 2020, we calculate. Click the image below for more on eBay’s position in US retail. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Economic Optimism at Five-Month Low; Holiday Shopping Slows: US Consumer Survey InsightsWeekly US Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2025, Week 50: Dollar General To Open More Than 450 Stores in 2026Analyst Corner: Exploring IKEA’s City Stores Worldwide, with John MercerAnalyst Corner: Agentic Commerce Is Progressing at Warp Speed, with John Harmon