In fact, the percentage of eBay’s total revenues that came from this segment had fallen from 72% to 56%. Further evidence of the declining growth was the 1% decrease in gross merchandise volume, a measure of the total sales, in the third quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter in 2007.
Kwa kweli, asilimia ya eBay ya jumla ya mapato ya kwamba alikuja kutoka sehemu hii imeanguka kutoka 72% hadi 56%. Ushahidi zaidi ya ukuaji kupungua ilikuwa 1% kupungua kwa pato la bidhaa kiasi, kipimo cha mauzo ya jumla, katika robo ya tatu ya mwaka 2008 ikilinganishwa na robo kama hicho mwaka 2007.