Assessment of eBay’s Role in the Buying and Selling Community

My research focus is on the impact of eBay on my hobby, more specifically on how eBay can turn buying and selling items into a business. I buy and sell sneakers and phones in my spare time. I want to research and explain how eBay turned my hobby into more of a business-like operation. I also want to explore the impacts of eBay on everyday consumers as well as businesses. I think that eBay has a significant role in the buying and selling world and I want to better my understanding of how sellers make a living using eBay. My research will also explore the effects of how the buying and selling community competes with retailer prices. In a broader picture, I want to research how eBay will impact the buying and selling community in the future. Will the buying and selling community put stores out of business with competitive prices? Will stores lower their prices to compete with private sellers on eBay?