One in six online Americans sell on web
One in six US internet users have sold goods and services online and 2 per cent do so on a given day, a new study claims.
Sales are typically done through such online classifed ads sites as Craigslist or through an auction like eBay, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said on Sunday.
Those who use the internet more frequently, have high-speed broadband connections or have been online longer are more likely to be an online seller, the study found.
Online selling is also higher among men, the more affluent and the better educated.
The study is based on a random, telephone-based survey of 1577 adult internet users conducted between September 14 and October 13. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.