There was a great deal of excitement when Ebay first came onto the scene and provided a platform for mass online buying and selling. It opened up the second hand trading market to a truly global scale and started a whole new breed of amateur online shop keeper, who later went on to start trading new items as well. Ebay is still going strong but now with the rise in social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, the online trading markets are stronger than ever. read more..