eBay helps small business with e-commerce

The growth of e-commerce has helped the growth of businesses generally, particularly 'after hours' business when retailers are not trading on the high street.One of the world's largest online marketplaces, eBay, has joined forces with Enterprise Ireland and the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland for an initiative that is set to benefit up to 50 small to medium-sized Irish companies with the e-commerce side of their business.The retail expansion programme, which was launched today in Dublin, has been designed to support local Irish businesses in reaching new domestic and global audiences, opening up opportunities with 179 million buyers across the 190 markets in which eBay operates. In 2018, there were 3.7 million listings from Irish professional sellers on eBay, 68% of whom used the marketplace to export.