eBay Celebrates #GivingTuesday with Exclusive Charity Shop Experiences and Gifting Inspiration
November 30 2015 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
New destination makes it even easier to support
important causes during the holiday season – and throughout the
year
This #GivingTuesday, eBay invites shoppers to gift with purpose.
Whether browsing gift inspiration in the Charity Shop
(www.ebay.com/charityshop), shopping exclusive jewelry for a cause,
choosing a favorite charity to win a grant or bidding on a
once-in-a-lifetime experience that helps end AIDS, people can
support the causes they care about most when they shop on eBay.
To help shoppers discover unique gifts that give back, eBay for
Charity has unveiled the Charity Shop, which provides people with
an easy way to connect directly with the charities they want to
support and shop hundreds of items benefitting charity, including
one-of-a-kind memorabilia and experiences from celebrities and
sports stars. Throughout this holiday season, eBay will have its
Celebrity Charity Fundraisers in collaboration with Taste of the
NFL, Billy Crystal and Michael Strahan, among others, to offer
experiences and unique items with proceeds benefiting charity.
“Since eBay's founding, we’ve been committed to charitable
giving at scale – it’s in our DNA,” said Devin Wenig, President and
CEO of eBay. “By leveraging our technology, we’re able to help
foster powerful connections and inspire new forms of support for
the causes we care about around the world.”
Shoppers who visit the Charity Shop on #GivingTuesday will also
have access to Pamela Love for eBay (www.ebay.com/PamelaLove): a
limited-edition jewelry collection that benefits Fashion Targets
Breast Cancer, a charitable initiative of the Council of Fashion
Designers of America/CFDA Foundation. The collection pieces –
including rose gold plated earrings, rings, a bracelet cuff and a
pendant – retail at a fixed, accessible price of $50 to $75. It’s
the perfect gift for the style set this holiday season – after all,
gift giving with purpose is a priority for shoppers: one-quarter of
Americans have a preference for gifts that “do good.”1
Additionally, eBay shoppers who select a favorite charity
(www.ebay.com/mfc) during the holiday season will be eligible to
win a $2,500 eBay shopping spree, while the charity with the most
new favorites during this timeframe will win a $25,000 grant from
eBay.
“With over $600 million raised to date, I’m pleased that
we’re able to leverage our platform for good this holiday season —
including Giving Tuesday – to make an impact for more than
35,000 organizations and millions of lives,” said Wenig.
Finally, with World AIDS Day also taking place on December 1,
eBay and (RED) are collaborating to auction off one-of-a-kind (RED)
pieces and one-on-one brunch experiences with iconic global
business figures (www.ebay.com/RED). Among those offering an hour
or more long brunch include: Devin Wenig, President and CEO of
eBay, Muhtar Kent, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The
Coca-Cola Company, Ari Emanuel, Co-CEO of WME and IMG, Neil
Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Warby
Parker, Biz Stone, Ev Williams and Jack Dorsey, Co-Founders of
Twitter, Jonathan Adler, CEO of Jonathan Adler Enterprises, and a
trip to Italy to meet Alessandro Mendini, Alessi Design
Contributor. All proceeds from the auctions will benefit the Global
Fund to Fight AIDS.
eBay for Charity helps charities of all sizes raise funds on
eBay, the world’s most vibrant marketplace for discovering great
value and unique selection. Established in 2003, eBay for Charity
has enabled the eBay community to raise over $600 million for
charity globally. It also gives eBay users a secure and efficient
way of donating to a charity of their choice when they buy or sell
on the site. For more information visit:
http://charity.ebay.com/about/.
eBay by the numbers:
- eBay has 159 million active buyers and
800 million listings at any given time
- 79% of merchandise sold on eBay is
new
- ~84% of GMV on eBay is fixed price
- The majority (63%) of items on eBay
ship for free
- Virtually all of the items on eBay are
backed by a Money Back Guarantee
- There are 300 million searches each day
on eBay
- eBay apps have been downloaded 291
million times across the globe
About eBay
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is a global commerce leader including
the eBay, StubHub and eBay Classifieds platforms. Collectively, we
connect millions of buyers and sellers around the world, empowering
people and creating opportunity through Connected Commerce. Founded
in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay is one of the world’s largest and
most vibrant marketplaces for discovering great value and unique
selection. In 2014, eBay enabled $83 billion of gross merchandise
volume. For more information about the company and its global
portfolio of online brands, visit www.ebayinc.com.
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