Ebay is an American multinational e-commerce company that facilitates consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales through its website. Ebay was founded in 1995 and has operations in about 32 countries as of 2019 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay]. Ebay provides a platform to buy and sell a variety of products including electronics, cars, clothing, and collectibles [https://www.ebay.com/why-ebay/?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5336728181&customid=&toolid=10001]. Ebay allows all internet users to sell items and has a seller community of over 1.1 billion listings [https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/this-is-why-ebay-is-different-from-any-other-retailer/].
In the current environment, buyers have 21 business days to return items, and sellers need to allow these returns to timeout naturally at 35 business days [https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping/Why-ebay-Why/td-p/30810499?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5336728181&customid=&toolid=10001].
Ebay has a simple fee structure, but still relies on an auction model [https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/052615/ebay-vs-amazon-business-model.asp]. Ebay's Q4 2022 results are scheduled to be reported on 2/22/2023, and it is expected to meet the revenue expectations [https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2023/02/03/ebay-stock-to-meet-the-revenue-expectations-in-q4/].