Tradera.com is an

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based in Stockholm, Sweden. With its 3 million members, 6 million weekly visits and more than 4 million listings at any given point (2021), it's the largest marketplace in the Nordics for sustainable shopping. Items are sold from both private consumers and businesses and are ranging from

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and

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and

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. Although Tradera welcomes members from all over the

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, most are from within the EU and

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. Tradera was originally based completely on auctions, but today visitors can purchase both new and

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items through

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as well as fixed price listings. Tradera was founded in 1999 but was acquired by eBay Inc. in 2006, which already owned the financial tech company

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. When

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and

were separated in 2015, Tradera became part of

. Since PayPal's sale of Tradera in 2021, Tradera has once again become a Swedish company.

History

Tradera was founded in 1999 with Daniel Kaplan as

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. The objective was to create a

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to decrease the

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between

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who wanted to trade various types of exclusive

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. It was originally intended to be a small

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but

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became interested and invested in the

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, which led to rapidly increasing expansion plans. However, after about a year in a luxurious

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at Norrmalmstorg in

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the company ran out of money as a result of the

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bursting. In 2003, the company had regained its strong position and in 2004 it had about 400 000 members. In April 2006 the company was acquired by

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. for 365 million SEK, and in 2011 the member count was up to 2,5 million. When

and

split in 2015, Tradera became a part of

. Since PayPal's sale of Tradera in 2021, Tradera has once again become a Swedish company.

Items

Millions of items are listed on Tradera, in categories such as

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and

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. From having previously focused on private

consumer-to-consumer Customer to customer (C2C or consumer to consumer) markets provide a way to allow customers to interact with each other. Traditional markets require business to customer relationships, in which a customer goes to the business in order to purchas ...

, the service now accommodates both

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and

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sellers. Swedish visitors are able to use the service. International buyers are permitted to use Tradera with a registered PayPal account. Although the service is commonly referred to as an

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auction service, it is also possible to buy and sell items for fixed prices. The company has previously

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with various

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, such as Röda korset, Wateraid,

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and Cancerfonden. In 2021 an initiative named
Donera med Tradera
was started in order to raise money for

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. Since 2017 members have collectively raised more than 35 million Swedish crowns to charities. As opposed to the major

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service in the Swedish market, the

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