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EBay has been around for years and has become an everyday tool to use to shop and auction your unwanted things online.

How has it become one of the biggest ways to sell items online?

Here are 10 exciting facts about eBay that will leave you wanting to discover some of the mysteries people list online.

At the age of 28, he was working on designing code for an online auction website originally called Auction Web.

Their selling process is one of the simplest platforms available online which makes it accessible to almost everyone.

The result of all of this hard work was Airbnb, a revolutionary online marketplace for renting rooms and apartments.

This breakthrough in online lodging has become a massive success, bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars annually and operating in a staggering 192 countries worldwide.

Older folk are flocking to the online marketplace, in record numbers, opting for a home-away-from-home experience, instead of the one size fits all, assembly line hotels, which often feel impersonal and lacking in charm.

Two million guests stay with Airbnb each night alone, making Airbnb, by far the biggest and most lucrative online rental marketplace in the world today.

The Internet is used for many things, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer and other documents of the World Wide Web.

Much like when you log into your online bank account and see your balance, you also have a bitcoin wallet that is established when you sign up.

There is a variety of merchants who accept bitcoins as payment for items, both online stores, and physical stores.

In addition to extensive banking, payment, and stock options that have become the norm online, there are also new currencies that have been created.

These cryptocurrencies, digital currencies with encryptions to maintain security and validity, feature a real value and can be exchanged for USD, GBP, or any other type of physical currency through online options.