eBay says iPhone/iPod touch shoppers went crazy over the holiday season . The number of items bought via eBay’s free mobile app this 
year was triple last year’s holiday volume. In 2009, eBay buyers and sellers are generating more than half a billion dollars of mobile transactions. Nearly 6 million people have eBay’s app on their “iDevice” and shoppers are making 750,000 unique visits a day to eBay. Mobile purchases this season range from designer handbags to a $75,000 1966 Chevrolet Corvette, the company says.
In 2009, an item sold every 2 seconds via eBay mobile app worldwide with luxury items a favorite of shoppers this holiday season. Recent mobile transactions in the US include:
- $19,108 for a 23-foot deck boat
- $10,025 for 250 grams of pure gold
- $10,000 for a Boston grand piano made by Steinway
- $3,888 for a Hermes Kelly bag
- $770 for a Jean Paul Gaultier wool and leather coat
- $600 for a pair of Christian Louboutin, camel-colored patent leather pumps
