eBay reveals its apple ipad 2 sales data

eBay reveals its apple ipad 2 sales data Unsurprisingly the hard-to-gettablet might be moving briskly upon the service, reaching just as few as 12,000 sales at the two-week period within the U.S. launch therefore the iPad 2's launch in 25 additional international countries.

What is surprising at this point is the eBay's data shows a lot higher number of iPads selling inside the U.S. as nexus 4 bumper case opposed to the launch for the first-generation device. That number is 65 percent of sales keeping the U.S., in comparison with just 35 percent really.

Nonetheless, individuals are exporting to other countries, which eBay can be tracking and plots out in the infographic embedded below. Both biggest export locations are Canada and Russia, followed closely by Hong Kong, Japan, and therefore the British isles. Of special note is Russia, being the receiver of 500 iPad 2s, fairly 215 inside the original device all through the same in time 2010. Last year's eBay iPad numbers had also pegged Russia considering that the biggest importer of 16GB iPads, as well as having superior average mark-up upon the 32GB model at $306 over retail. By comparison, one of the several big droppers was Australia, which went from 317 units in last year's iPad to 110 while using new nexus 4 bumper case model.

Two weeks of iPad 2 sales on eBay, and where they went. (Click to enlarge)

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eBay averaged away cost of the various models (excluding color and category of 3G), which sit well above Apple's own retail pricing. To illustrate, the 16GB Wi-Fi only iPad 2, which retails for $499 had a normal value of $697, and is $198 higher. It's up next, hitting a $264 premium around the 64GB model, together with a staggering $406 average premium within the top-of-the-line 64GB model with built-in 3G. One important thing to recall here are that an integral part of that amount finnishes seeing eBay also known as a listing fee, rrn addition to all others fees connected to payment options or reserve fees. It's an average, meaning not everyone was selling it in the same price.

As far due to the fact most desired models, eBay has the entry-level 16GB model topping the charts at Thirty percent of sales, as well as these 64GB 3G model at 23 percent. The 32GB Wi-Fi only model enters in third place at 17 percent. Either least-liked models inside the looks through the data are the first two models with 3G, with the 16GB while the 32GB models 7 percent and 9 percent, respectively. However that is due more to availability than user preference thinking about interest in the high-end model with 3G.

While eBay's numbers represent merely part the estimated sales from the apple ipad 2 from Apple's suppliers and various other retailers, it comes with a quite interesting pay attention to which models might possibly be the best-selling and ways in which case for nexus 4 much users want to pay in control of the price tag to obtain their hands on one. Besides auctions, eBay has jumped throughout the trade-in space, offering a rapid Sale program that original iPad owners are able to use to hand-off the sale to eBay so they could earn money before rendering their services. In some release preceding the U.S. launch associated with the iPad 2, the company announced 38,000 Instant Sale offers was initially made on original iPads within the program, with 22,000 of being created in a few days following a iPad 2's announcement.

Embedded below is last year's chart for comparison:

Last years iPad eBay sales movement during the bi weekly window following its launch on the U.S. (click to enlarge)

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