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Conference · 2026-06-02

Ebay Inc (EBAY) June 2, 2026 Conference Transcript

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Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

All right. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. My name is Benjamin Black. I'm the U.S. Internet Research Analyst here at DB, and I'm very pleased to be joined by Peggy Alford, the CFO of eBay. So thank you so much for joining. Thanks for having me. All right. So maybe to kick things off, Peggy, you've been in the seat for about a year now. Some would say that you're a real boomerang, right? Yes. So, you know, back to eBay, where you started in the early 2000s, you were at PayPal and on the MetaBoard in between. So what drew you back in, and I guess what surprised you to the upside, and where's the work a little bit harder than you anticipated from the outside looking in?

Yeah, you know, it's so exciting to be back. As you mentioned, I was at eBay in the early 2000s. That's when everything was sort of ramping. We were ramping a lot of our outside of U.S. business at the time. And I always, you know, realized what was so special about this sort of two-sided marketplace where we help sellers, you know, create a business and, you know, reach buyers across the globe. And so there was this inherent, you know, sort of doing great things that still remained when I joined, when I rejoined. But I feel like along the way, eBay sort of lost its way a little bit in terms of, you know, trying to focus on new and season. And so when Jamie came back about five years ago, our CEO, he really, you know, went back to what we have the right to win. And we wanted to create these customized experiences for non-new and seasoned, for re-commerce, and really think about these categories where we can create these customized experiences that really help buyers and sellers find each other and increase the trust on the marketplace. And so it was really just this renewed focus on, you know, going back to the basics and doing what made eBay so special that really was attractive to me. And then you take tools like AI, you know, we'll talk about magical listings and, you know, agentic search and, you know, those capabilities on top of what is this, you know, differentiated value prop for buyers and sellers was just something that I really wanted to be a part of. And so, you know, I think what people, you know, from the outside, it seems like a pretty simple place, you know, a platform buying and selling. But on the back end, you know, there's just a lot of trust that we've built through these shipping solutions and financial services and, you know, fitment and authenticity guarantee. These are all things that really create complexity, but also make it a lot easier for buyers and sellers to trust the platform and be able to really be able to create value between the buyer and seller.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Yeah, I mean, it looks like that's working because 2026 looks to be up to a relatively good start. You raise your GMV guide, you raise your operating income guide for the year as well. So from a high level, if you had to point to sort of one to two factors that are driving the strength, you know, what are those and what gives you the confidence that those will sustain?

Yeah, you know, what gives me confidence is how the breadth of the strength. You know, there's a lot of folks that will talk about the strength in Pokemon. Pokemon is one part of collectibles. We're seeing in collectibles outside of Pokemon, which has been tremendously Tremendously strong triple-digit growth. We are seeing all of the sporting categories, cards really being popular. The other collectible card games are extremely popular. Then you step outside of collectibles. Fashion has been tremendously, tremendously strong. Parts and Accessories is a category that was strong even when I was back here in the 2000s, and it's still, you know, creating a lot of strength. When you look at focus categories, re-commerce, and our C2C, our consumer to consumer business, it makes up about 70% of our GMV now. Those are areas where we can create these very customized experiences, and we're just seeing that strength, you know, quarter after quarter. It grew in the, that 70% grew in the high teens. Focus categories specifically, double-digit growth in Q1, and so we're just seeing so much strength that's very broad, but our playbook of really thinking about, you know, focusing on these areas with large TAM and creating experiences where buyers and sellers can really, you know, trust the platform are really starting to yield the

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

I want to dig into all of those, but perhaps just more near-term, just given the rising fuel costs, inflationary concerns, it would be great to hear an update on the health of the U.S. consumer, at least from your vantage point. How are you seeing a difference in trends domestically from a consumer health perspective versus internationally?

Yeah, so in the U.S., you know, it's something that we're watching closely. The consumer has been very resilient, surprisingly resilient in some ways. And, you know, you see that in our U.S. GMV strength. It's, you know, both a healthier consumer overall, but also these areas that we talked about that we're really focusing on strategically. And we, internationally, it's definitely been the macro environment has been much, much softer. And we see that show up in the strength of the international consumer. However, when you look at our areas of strategic focus, even internationally, you see a lot more strength than the macro environment would suggest. And so that tells us that our focus that we have is the right one. We're seeing improvement in the last quarter in Q1. We saw improvement even outside of the U.S. And so we feel like our areas of strategic focus are the things that are going to cause the consumer, even with fewer dollars, to want to transact with our platform. And we also see that, you know, because we have this sort of mix of discretionary and non-discretionary goods, if you think about re-commerce, you know, a lot of consumers, when they're looking to get a deal, may want to buy on eBay because they can, you know, they can get what they want for less. And then in, you know, times when, you know, you have more dollars that we have a lot of inventory, like, you know, that, that, you know, nice to have type inventory as well. And so I think that mix really creates some resilience on our platform as well, both in the U.S. as well as outside.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Some counter-cyclicality, almost, so to speak. Okay, let's key off the focus category. So collectibles, eBay Motors, fashion, those are all running hot. I think it's up 24% or so in Q1. That certainly outpaces the rest of the marketplace. So you also have a lot of momentum, as you mentioned, in re-commerce. So what's the secret sauce? Do you think you found a structural edge relative to the more verticalized players out there, and how durable of an edge do you think that is?

Yeah, you know, I think one of the things that we focused a lot on is making it a lot easier for sellers to list. A lot of friction is created just if you think about all the things you may have in your house and your garage and your attic that you could pretend that you're not using that you could sell. What prevents people from doing that is just the friction of getting it online. And so we have really focused on making sure that it is extremely easy. And AI really has enabled us to do that in a much more scalable way. We have this magical listings technology that we introduced where essentially you can just take a picture and all of the 30 years of data can help with creating all of the, you know, tell you, like, take a picture of the label, take a picture of the bottom, take a picture, you know, to kind of guide you through the process. And that enables you to use all of our proprietary data to create the listing along with pricing guidance and that sort of thing. And so I think, you know, on the selling side, that technology has unlocked a lot of inventory. We see a 50% increase in listings, new listings, new listers, and also increases in GMV as well as items listed just because of how easy it is. On the demand side, for buyers, we're really focused on using AI to help with the agentic search process. So how do you actually use your voice to essentially get to what you're looking for in a much more seamless way? And so I think that we're really just focused on taking the friction out of the process on both the buying side and the selling side, which has really been an unlock.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Yeah, and maybe that's sticking with focus categories, and I think you touched on this earlier in terms of the breadth that you really have, right, and how broad-based, you know, the strength is. It's not just Pokemon. It's not just Boolean. So what's driving that breadth, you know, across sort of the collectible subcategories, across, you know, vehicles, parts, and accessories, across fashion, and, you know, how are you going to drive, you know, how can you prove to the market that that's a durable breadth and a

Yeah, I mean, you know, part of our strategic focus has really been for each of these categories, figuring out where is the friction and how do we remove that? So it takes parts and accessories. We, you know, focused a lot both on what we built as well as some acquisitions that we did, you know, around, you know, fitment and guaranteed fit and, you know, allowing, you know, if it doesn't fit, which it will, given the technology, You can return it easily. And so, you know, if you think about that area, you know, we are leading both in the U.S. and internationally just because of how easy it is to find parts for your car. In Europe, you know, in some parts of Europe, a lot of the salvage parts are used even by, you know, the insurance companies require that the salvage parts be used or be offered at least in addition to new parts. And so and then you combine it with the vehicles business that we've been scaling. And, you know, if you're an enthusiast car collector, you probably also may be interested in parts for your car. And so those two categories are complementary. And so I think it's a combination of, you know, shipping solutions and specific customized functionality for each of these areas that really reduce the friction for both buyers and sellers in these areas with large TAM. And so that's been sort of our focus in all of these categories, which has enabled us to really get traction. Great.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

And I think right now, focus categories account for about 35% of GMV today. When you think about extending that playbook to sort of the next set of verticals, what's the bottleneck? What's sort of the gating factor? Is it engineering capacity? Is it the right sort of authentication infrastructure? Is it marketing? And how should we think about sort of the expansion to new subcategories?

Yeah, we have a long sort of roadmap of additional focus categories that are, you know, sort of complementary to the ones we have today. We sort of balance the growth of our existing focus categories where, despite our growth, we are actually, there's a lot of TAM ahead, and so we want to make sure we're continuing to grow the focus categories that we have because these are areas where we really feel like we have a right to win. And there's a large TAM. In addition to that, there's, you know, geographic expansion as well. We think about the focus categories and what's relevant in different parts of the world and where we can grow those categories as well. But we also will continue to increase additional focus categories. Fashion was one of our newest focus categories, and we're seeing a lot of traction both in the U.S. as well as outside of the U.S. Right.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

So a lot of runway within the existing.

Lots of runway, which that's what gives us confidence in sort of the continued growth ahead.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Right. Okay. eBay Live. Yeah, you spoke about the annual run rate being up 8x on a year-on-year basis. That's a big number, the last I checked. You know, you've launched it across a number of countries over the last few quarters. Maybe talk to us about the next leg here. Is it more category expansion going beyond the collectibles and watches? Is it sellers? Is it monetization? Just give us a...

Yeah, you know, it's a newer category for us and a newer medium for us, and we've seen very encouraging growth. You talked about eight times growth in Q1 year over year. That figure in Q4 was seven times, and so we're seeing accelerating growth in eBay Live. We're focused currently on really making sure that we've got the right content on the site. So that's about finding these creators that really will drive the momentum and make it interesting for buyers to, you know, to view this type of medium. We're also focused on, you know, the demand side and really making sure that we're creating an experience that's entertaining and, you know, is yielding sort of transactions and And GMV, we're always working on sort of just improving the functionality of the capability. And what's exciting about it is for a platform like eBay, it's very complementary to our core business and specifically right now focus categories, you know, fashion, collectibles. These are areas that are large for eBay Live right now. But what we're seeing is that a lot of sellers in our core categories are recognizing that this is a very attractive medium for showcasing their content and, you know, enticing buyers, and then creates this flywheel that works really well on our platform.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Yeah, certainly. Acceleration is always good to hear as well. Shifting to buyers, and it's great to hear the U.S. growth there, you know, up 6% on a year-year basis, and across enthusiasts think you're up 8%, exactly. So that's higher than the global trends. So can you talk about what's driving that relative strength in the U.S., and then relatedly, do you think you're seeing efficient returns on your marketing spend, and if so, sort of what cross-learnings can you take domestically to the international business?

Yeah, you know, our U.S. buyer growth has been very encouraging, and it's really about the areas of focus, of strategic focus, that are really attracting new buyers and also increasing the activity of the buyers to make them enthusiast buyers. It's something that we've really focused on. We focus on customer satisfaction because we know that GMV follows that, and that's what really drives active buyer growth and enthusiast buyer growth. We, you know, marketing is a part of it. We've seen a lot of efficiency and effectiveness with our marketing. And, you know, especially for some of our newer areas of focus, we have, you know, really invested in marketing. But it's not just marketing. As a reminder, you know, most of our traffic is organic. 85% of our traffic is organic. And so, you know, while we are reliant on marketing and we're always focused on making sure that our marketing dollars $100 are, you know, always efficient and driving, you know, usage. It's really the focus that we have on creating these really enticing experiences that's really driving a lot of the buyer growth. Outside of the U.S., I think the macro conditions have been what's really impacted our buyer numbers. However, we do see that in our strategic focus areas, the buyer growth is higher, which makes us encouraged that we're on the right track with these strategic focus areas.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Right, so once the macro clears, presumably.

Yeah, we feel like, you know, we're focused on the right things. When the market starts to turn around, then it'll be, we'll see that it shows up in the buyer numbers.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Right. So in regards to sellers, so you had the UK C2C overhaul. You had the work in Germany before that. Now you've launched Australia, I think, this or last month, really. What's the right way to think about the playbook here? Is it sort of a repeatable formula that you keep on sort of portaling from one market to the next? And how should we think about sort of seller growth over the next 12 to 18 months?

Yeah, you know, we definitely have a repeatable playbook. We see it working. You know, we did the C2C initiative in Germany initially. We then rolled it out to the UK. You know, as you mentioned, we launched a C2C model in Australia last month. And so the playbook is something that we continue to apply to many markets. However, we look at each market individually and look at what buyers and sellers actually want, and we create our solutions around that. In the U.S., we have a very strong C2C business already. And with the acquisition of Depop, we're extremely excited to amplify the C2C business in the U.S. with that business as well once it closes. And so definitely a repeatable playbook, but something that we customize based on each market and what it needs.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

All right. Shifting to AI, which is obviously the topic of every conversation right now. You guys have talked about this as being sort of a structural tailwind, just given your unique inventory. So from the CFO seat, where are you actually seeing the ROI show up today? And what are some of the investments that you're making that may have a longer payback period?

Yeah, you know, we've been using AI capabilities for a long time, and, you know, recently we've really accelerated those efforts. You know, we talked about magical listings and just the ability to allow sellers to very quickly upload many things and just sort of unlock the friction on the site. We talked about, you know, on the demand side, really making search much more customized and personalized and easy for buyers to sort of build on their, you know, needs as they see results and just continue to add on the way you see in some of the ChatGBT or other models. We have that internally built. And so, you know, we've really focused on building a platform that enables us to have those capabilities that capitalize on 30 years of data. We hit our 30-year anniversary last year, so we have 30 years of buyer and seller data that really enables us to fuel these AI capabilities in a way that it's very personalized, but also cost-efficient, such that, you know, we're not having to rely on third-party models fully. But I think most importantly, what is a tailwind for us is this sort of like trust and enablement layer. We talked about our shipping solutions, our financial services capabilities, our, you know, things like fitment, authenticity guarantee. These are all things that when you apply it to extremely unique inventory that we have, Builds sort of like trust and enablement that causes buyers and sellers to want to do that on our platform. You know, you're not buying toilet paper where you can sort of just, you know, put it in a search engine or in one of these AI engines and, you know, that's all that matters. And so that's where I think for us, we're really building this platform that enables us to use these capabilities using our technology, But also, flexible enough to be able to plug into third-party models so that we're doing it in a very efficient manner. And then there's all of the capabilities internally. You know, you mentioned engineering capability. AI has really enabled us to get a lot more productivity out of our engineers. But even we created a lot of capabilities for our customer service agents to be able to answer customer calls in a much more personalized way. And we even gave these capabilities to our sellers so that they could help with questions that may come in around their inventory or their listing so they could spend more time selling. And so those are just a few areas that, in a cost-efficient manner, we're able to really amplify the capabilities that we have on the platform, which makes us very confident that this is a tailwind for eBay.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Yeah, yeah. Maybe drilling into magical listings specifically, you mentioned AI listings up to 500 million, over a 50% increase in new listing creation rate. So how do we think about the through line from it's easier to list to actual GMV, right? It's a bottleneck. Is it supply? Is it discovery? Is it demand? Is it both?

Well, you know, I think what we were addressing with Magical Listings is that the friction is really about getting inventory on site. So, you know, we talked about earlier, there's just so much inventory out there that, you know, I think the stat is everyone has at least $4,000 of things that they could sell, and only, you know, a fraction of that is online. And a lot of that has to do with just, you know, if you think about how busy we are, you know, going into your attic or your closet or the basement and kind of saying, okay, let me get rid of a bunch of stuff. And rather than throwing it away or taking it to donate, I could easily get it online. That's the technology that Magical Listings has enabled because just with a camera, you're able to take pictures and then it generates the listings. And so if you think about how easy it is to get a listing up, and then how easy it is to get 10 or 20 or 30 listings up, that's really the unlock as it relates to magical listings, just to get inventory on site, which then, you know, we have so much inventory on the site, which creates an environment where for buyers, you can pretty much find anything that you may want to find. And then with our agentic search capabilities, which makes it much easier to find what you're looking for and be able to talk and continue to hone your search, that capability really enables kind of the demand side of the equation. And so I think it's both that the unlock that we can use AI that really unlocks both demand and supply.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Yeah, I can imagine the first time you have a successful listing as a seller using MagicListing, that may be, that may unlock some of the floodgates and you're going through the ad.

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Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

All right, on agentic commerce, right, so you have the, you know, the on-platform agentic search beta that's showing, I think, 50% increase in search engagement. You're also an early participant on OpenAI's ad pilot as well. So how are you thinking about that on-platform versus off-platform balance? And maybe zooming out a little bit, how do you address concerns that agentic discovery could over time sort of commoditize marketplaces? That's a concern that we've heard.

Yeah, you know, so we have our own cloud-based proprietary platform that we built, and the reason we did that is because we wanted to make sure that we could create kind of the very customized, unique experience on our site using 30 years of data, along with all of the sort of trust and enablement capabilities that we have, so that you could actually amplify that experience on our site. And we built it in a way that we're able to also, you know, continue to experiment with third-party plug-ins and that sort of thing because we know that that traffic is additive. We see that although traffic from third-party models is extremely small today, it is traffic that's coming with intent, and so it's additive to our overall. You know, traffic, our organic traffic, as well as our paid traffic. And we see that, you know, that traffic that comes from third-party sources, it actually, you know, for someone who would buy something coming through, you know, a third-party model, we see that when they come back, 50% of the time, they come back organically. And so that is just an indication of the value that we're driving because of those capabilities as well as the unique inventory on eBay. And so, you know, we felt that it was important that we started by building a platform that we run ourselves, but then make it flexible enough so that as some of these models are producing more and more traffic that we can plug them in as well and continue to experiment in that area.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Right, that makes sense. Okay, shifting gears completely. Cross-border trade, tariffs. So obviously a lot's happened in the last 12 months or so, and that clearly brings, and you mentioned this a few times, sort of shipping into focus to remove friction. So maybe spend a few minutes talking about your latest shipping initiatives and how much room is there left to run to lower friction to drive up sort of throughput?

Yeah, you know, the geopolitical environment and tariffs has definitely introduced friction into the process for buyers and sellers. And we noticed in 2025 when we were seeing this happen that shipping, as you mentioned, was an area where we could really help both buyers and sellers kind of navigate the trade environment and remove some of the friction. And so through eBay International Shipping, through our Speedpack partnerships, these were all areas that we really doubled down on and we continued to increase this capability in more and more markets because of the fact that we saw this is the way that we can enable buyers and sellers to navigate. And so what we saw is even though we saw impact from tariffs, we saw that over time, we're starting to, first of all, buyers and sellers are starting to get used to the environment a little bit more. But our shipping solutions have really taken a lot of the friction out of the process and enabled us to, you know, sort of reduce some of that impact of tariffs.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Right, right. All right, let's quickly move over to margin. So you're guiding, you get these numbers right, 27.6 to 28.1 operating margin for Q2. You raise your full year OI growth to 9 to 11 from 8 to 10. So as advertising scales and you cycle through the UK man's shipping impact, what's the right framing for the medium term margin algorithm for eBay?

Yeah, you know, we're really focused on driving growth in operating dollars. So that's where we focus. That's what we, you know, sort of solve for. Because, you know, you mentioned advertising. Advertising has been the primary contributor to, you know, our margin and take rate dynamics. Shipping is becoming an increasing contributor also, but we have a number of sort of both take rate and margin profiles with the different sort of portfolio of businesses that we have. Some of our newer businesses like vehicles and live, live because it's sort of earlier in lifecycle and will really focus on generating growth in the, and both on the demand side as well as the supply side, and so less focused initially on the market. monetization focus, you know, with vehicles and some of our other higher ASP categories, which are growing because of the trust we've built on the platform. Those may result in lower take rate, but both contribute very positively to both GMV as well as to margins. And so that's why overall, we really focus on operating profit growth. And as you mentioned, we grew it from we, you know, we guided eight to 10% And now we're 9 to 11. And so we've increased our growth profile for the year. And so we feel really good about that. And that balance between really driving, continuing to drive GMV growth and investing in continued growth ahead is something that we really focus on overall.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

All right. And then you mentioned that first-party ads grew 30% year-on-year in the Q1 now. Ads is a percent of GMVs in the 2.6% range. So how much runway do you have left there? And I guess relatedly, how should we think about the take rate going forward with that and shipping as well?

Yeah, you know, we talked about in the past sort of a 3% target for ads penetration. That's by no means a ceiling. You know, you mentioned 2.6, and so we're well on our way. But there is so much growth ahead. And that growth can come anything from, you know, increased penetration in our listings with advertising, more sellers advertising, or just, you know, some of the, you know, AI-enabled tools that just increase the relevance of the ads and just drive more use of advertising. And so there's lots of sort of drivers that are ahead for continued growth in advertising. You know, we as I talked about before, you know, that has been a primary driver of. Of take rate and margin profile, but, you know, there continue to be a lot of other levers. You mentioned shipping. And so we're just focused on making sure that we're continuing to grow our strategic focus areas and then these enabling functionality like shipping and ads along with it.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Right. And then shifting to an acquisition, Depop, expected to close at the end of the third quarter. Just help us understand what a good outcome will look like in a year or two after the close. Is it primarily about demographic expansion into sort of Gen Z? Is it C2C fashion supply? Is it cross-listing? Could it just help us understand?

Yeah, really all of that. So Depop has been such an exciting brand on its own. It grew 60% year over year in the U.S. and just really strong sort of fashion and other, you know, categories as well where we're really approaching it from a position of strength. We have a really strong U.S. C2C business as well, and Depop gives us, you know, sort of additive, strong C2C fashion business, but also access, as you mentioned, to a younger demographic that we think is complementary to the strength that we have in our business as well. So we're very excited to allow Depop to continue to operate as a brand, a strong brand that it is, but then be able to bring some of the scaled capabilities that we have on the eBay platform, some of our shipping solutions and some of our, you know, authenticity guarantee, cross-listing. These are all areas that, you know, we'll explore for, you know, bringing synergy between the two brands and really driving a strong, continued fashion C2C business. Yeah.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

And then on capital allocation, so you've reiterated the 90 to 100 percent of free cash flow target, you have two billion buyback, the dividend as well. Now you have the DPOP acquisition. It's 1.2 all cash. And with rates where they are today, just walk us through how you think about the right balance between the buyback, M&A, and then also, you know, boundary flexibility as well.

Yeah, so the financial architecture of eBay is something that was attractive to me, especially as the CFO coming in. And we've been able to, you know, really drive with strong GMV growth, also strong profitability and free cash flow. That free cash flow gives us a lot of opportunity to both return to shareholders while continuing to invest in future growth. And so our primary objective first is to drive continued growth. And so when we were continuously investing in areas where we know there's a lot of TAM and a lot of growth ahead, But we also, you know, want to drive strong flow through to profit dollars and also return to shareholders. And so, you know, even with the Depop acquisition, the $2 billion of stock buyback and the dividend, we're square within the 90 to 100 percent of normalized free cash flow that we guided to.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Okay. And then I'd be remiss not to touch on the GameStop situation. So, you know, obviously the board rejected the proposal last month. But, you know, one of the underlying rationales was that physical retail could give, you know, a marketplace, a national network of authentication, of intake, drop-off, even live commerce. So how do you think about, you know, whether or not physical touchpoints, be it partner-led or otherwise, could actually Do you play a role in eBay's sort of model going forward?

Yeah, you know, I think one of the things that's been so attractive about eBay is how asset light we are. And the idea of being able to introduce all the capabilities that you mentioned, you know, we have authenticity centers that enable us to do that in a scalable but efficient manner. We have fitment. We have, you know, shipping capabilities that we do ourselves As well as through partners, but all being able to do it in an asset-light way. And so, I'm not sure that physical locations really fits into that model, because we already have those capabilities, we're continuing to scale those capabilities, but we're doing it in an asset-light manner that is much more financially attractive.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Right, right. Okay, so you're using technology, basically.

We're using technology, we're using partnership, we're using scaled centers that are centralized So, there's a lot of supplies that enable us to have a lot of sort of scale in an asset light way.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

So, last question, I promise. You know, when you and Jamie are sitting down and you're looking at the next three to five years, you look at the picture for eBay, what's the one thing that you want investors to be focused on that you don't think they're focused on right now? And conversely, what's something that folks are focused on that you think is maybe less relevant for the overall picture?

Yeah, I mean, I guess I would say one in the same on both. You know, I mentioned earlier how exciting the breadth of our strength is, right? And I think that, you know, because of how strong certain parts of the business have been, like, you know, people will say, oh, my gosh, Pokemon, it's been so strong for so long, and how durable is it? And then they'll tie it into our GMV growth. And yet, you know, Pokemon is just one part of collectibles. Collectibles is just one of our focus categories. And if you look at all of our focus categories, you look at re-commerce, you look at C2C, these are all growing individually and together and represent such a large part of our GMV. And so even removing collectibles from the equation, we still have double-digit growth for the rest of the business. And so I think it's really just how resilient our business is because of the focus that we've had on creating these very customized user experience between buyers and sellers, doing them in areas where there is a very large TAM and doing it in a way that creates sort of diversity of GMV contribution, which gives us a lot of confidence in the durability of That growth ahead, and how much more runway. We're really just getting started, and I'm just so excited to be a part of the journey.

Benjamin Black Analyst — DB

Great. Well... I think we're off on time. Peggy, thank you for the time, for the insights. It seems like a lot of tailwinds going your way with a lot of focus and a lot of self-help as well. And so thank you again for your time and hope to welcome you back next year.

Yes, thank you for having me.

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