How does the company ebay make there money?

Question

How does the company ebay make there money?

Answer 1

They charge sellers for selling and take a percentage of the sale fee?!"!

Answer 2

1 - They charge sellers for listing fees

2 - They charge for additional listing features (e.g. bold, featured, etc)

3 - They charge a commission for every sale called final value fees

4 - They charge for services such as their Marketplace research http://pages.ebay.com/marketplace_resear...

5 - They charge a monthly fee for their seller tools such as Selling Manger Pro, Blackthorne (formerly Seller’s Assistant) or File Exchange http://pages.ebay.com/sell/tools/allinon...

6 - They own Paypal which charges a fee for processing or accepting payment

7 - They charge a fee for those who open eBay stores http://stores.ebay.com/

8 - They sell ads on their site from other sellers/merchants (e.g. banner ads, large squares) who want to reach eBay buyers

9 - They have Prostores http://prostores.com/ for those who want to open their ecommerce operations OUTSIDE of eBay