30% UK Students are using eBay and Internet for Living

A few days ago a survey by Tufin Technologies revealed that 1 in 5 UK university students is a hacker. Now another interesting Survey found that almost 30% Students in UK are earning from ebay and 36% are using online business to make their living.

ebay for students


These surprising figures comes as a result of a survey by vouchercodes.co.uk. According to survery 30% students are turning eBay and 36% use the internet other means to make extra cash and some are even living on these sources.

The trend for using ebay and internet business after less employment opportunities for students and also job market hit by recession. Surveys shows that undergraduates are turning to eBay, blogs and their own websites to get by even those who have part time jobs which means at least one whole day’s studying is lost to work.

Survey also showed that 7% use blogs and are adapting to affiliate marketing whilst others simply sell items on the plethora of online marketplaces available on the web.

  1. studenti
    October 12th, 2010 at 10:02
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    its better then steeling or robbing

  2. Frank
    January 8th, 2011 at 11:36
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    I never would of thought this was happening at such a large scale

  3. Athletic Floors
    May 20th, 2011 at 18:58
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    That is right, because gov not allow, and supply students with money,

  4. efrizzz
    June 18th, 2011 at 05:26
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    “its better then steeling or robbing” agree with you.LOL

  5. kerem
    August 9th, 2011 at 22:08
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    Bende sizinle ayn? fikirdeyim arkada?lar

  6. aLiSa
    October 20th, 2011 at 18:12
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    yes i like

  7. panerai
    October 26th, 2011 at 03:38
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    The only problem I faced was the minimum amount required to start a campaign using **** was higher than PayPal. Since, I prefer running many small campaigns, I found this to be a problem. I haven’t tried them out as a Publisher yet.

  8. Hawaii Website Design
    November 7th, 2011 at 08:22
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    The statistics are staggering. Makes you wonder how long until the IT market truly gets flooded?