A new poll as reported here shows more than one in six Americans who go online have sold something, or tried to, most of them using Internet classified and auction sites, a new poll said Monday.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project's phone survey found that 17 percent of Internet-using adults have sold goods or services online, with about 2 percent selling something on any given day.
"I'd say these numbers were only moderately surprising," said Amanda Lenhart, the senior research specialist at Pew Internet who co-authored the survey. "It doesn't seem out of the ordinary, given the popularity of sites like eBay and Craigslist."
EBay and Craigslist are examples of the two most popular online methods Americans use to turn stuff into cash, said Lenhart: auction and classified advertisement sites.
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The indication shows that with more sellers on the internet, there must have been an increased of shoppers online as well.
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