7. 1.8M
active sellers
AS OF JUNE 30, 2017
30.6M
active buyers
AS OF JUNE 30, 2017
$2.84B
annual GMS
IN 2016
45+M
items for sale
AS OF MARCH 31, 2017
Photo by Kirsty-Lyn Jameson
By The Numbers
16. • “Election surveys are done with a few thousand
people”1
• Targeting small effects
• A .5% change in conversion rate (e.g. 6% to 6.03%) on a
high traffic page is millions of dollars annually
1Online Experimentation at Microsoft
Why Statistics Anyway?
18. Visit:
activity by
browser over a
defined time
period (30
minutes)
Browser:
Cookie or device ID
(for apps)
User:
Signed-in
user ID
1 2 3
Level of Analysis
19. I really want my
own lightsaber
Browser vs Visit: An Example
26. Question:
What is the conversion rate in Estonia on Saturday of
users looking in the wedding category?
First Response:
What decision are you using this for?
Dealing with Adhoc Questions