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Norwich is eBay capital of UK
2 February 2005

Norwich logs on as eBay.co.uk clocks up 10 million users

Norwich is the eBay capital of the UK, according to figures released today by the nation's leading online marketplace. Released in the week that eBay.co.uk is set to register its 10 millionth user, the figures show nearly half (44%) of Norwich's total population is registered to trade on the UK site, the highest proportion of users from any town in the country.

Founded in 1999, eBay.co.uk has grown rapidly over the last five years and now has approximately 3 million items listed for sale at any one time.

The title of eBay capital was a close run contest with the top two towns both based in East Anglia. Cambridge is in second place with 40% of the town's population signed up to trade online, Reading came in third with 39% and Ilford in Essex was fourth with 37%.

"From cameras to CDs and clothes to computers, you really can buy and sell nearly anything on eBay," comments an eBay spokesperson. "Crossing the 10 million mark means half of all households in the UK contain an eBay buyer or seller, but there's still enormous room for growth as the rest of the general public and businesses alike wake up to the opportunities offered by eBay's huge audience of users."

Top 100 eBay.co.uk towns in the UK

	City	Population	Percentage
1	Norwich	121,553	44
2	Cambridge	108,879	42
3	Reading	143,124	39
4	Ilford	41,300	37
5	Lincoln	85,616	36
6	Nottingham	266,995	35
7	Manchester	392,819	33
8	Southampton	217,445	32
9	Preston	129,642	32
10	Bristol	380,615	29
11	Loughborough	57,000	29
12	Oxford	134,248	28
13	Leicester	279,923	26
14	Watford	79,729	26
15	Ipswich	117,074	26
16	Romford	76,323	25
17	Peterborough	156,061	23
18	York	181,131	23
19	Huddersfield	121,620	23
20	Worcester	93,358	22
21	Chesterfield	98,852	22
22	Gloucester	109,888	22
23	Exeter	111,078	22
24	Cheltenham	110,025	21
25	Northampton	194,477	21
26	Newcastle upon Tyne	259,573	21
27	Swindon	180,061	21
28	Aberdeen	212,125	21
29	Grimsby	91,200	20
30	Stevenage	79,724	20
31	Liverpool	439,476	20
32	Colchester	155,794	20
33	Tamworth	74,531	20
34	Derby	221,716	20
35	Bournemouth	163,441	20
36	Glasgow	577,869	19
37	Milton Keynes	207,063	19
38	Newport	137,017	19
39	Edinburgh	448,624	19
40	Woking	89,836	19
41	Ashford	102,661	18
42	Crawley	100,547	18
43	Plymouth	240,718	18
44	Portsmouth	186,704	17
45	Dundee	145,663	17
46	Cardiff	305,340	17
47	Warrington	191,080	17
48	Chelmsford	157,053	17
49	Worthing	97,540	17
50	Chester	118,207	17
51	Sheffield	513,234	17
52	Middlesbrough	134,847	17
53	Coventry	300,844	16
54	Blackpool	142,283	16
55	Brighton	247,820	16
56	Stoke on Trent	240,643	16
57	Poole	138,299	16
58	Luton	184,390	16
59	Shrewsbury	95,896	16
60	Hull	243,595	16
61	Eastbourne	89,667	16
62	Darlington	97,822	16
63	Slough	119,070	15
64	Bedford	147,913	15
65	Leeds	715,404	15
66	Guildford	129,717	15
67	Basingstoke	152,583	14
68	Swansea	223,293	14
69	Belfast	277,170	14
70	Maidstone	138,959	14
71	Wolverhampton	236,573	14
72	Telford	158,285	14
73	Bracknell	109,606	13
74	Fareham	107,969	13
75	Salisbury	114,614	13
76	Bath	169,040	13
77	Stafford	120,653	13
78	Birmingham	977,091	13
79	Doncaster	286,865	13
80	Stockport	284,544	13
81	Bolton	261,035	12
82	High Wycombe	162,108	12
83	Blackburn	137,471	12
84	Hemel Hempstead	137,807	11
85	Harrogate	151,339	10
86	Aylesbury	165,749	10
87	Rotherham	248,176	10
88	Solihull	199,521	10
89	Barnsley	218,062	10
90	London	7,172,091	10
91	Halifax	192,396	9
92	Bradford	467,668	9
93	Oldham	217,393	9
94	Wigan	301,417	8
95	Sunderland	280,807	8
96	Walsall	253,502	8
97	Wakefield	315,173	8
98	Rochdale	205,233	7
99	Croydon	300,688	7
100	Wirral	312,289	6

* Population figures sourced from 2001 UK Census

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